Deep Red (Profondo rosso) in 4K

The final installment of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Trilogy of Life, which also includes The Decameron (1971) and The Canterbury Tales (1972), this triumphant adaptation of folktales from The Thousand and One Nights is framed by the story of a young man’s quest for his beloved. The film was shot amid the labyrinthine streets, mirrored palaces, bustling bazaars, and cloisters of Yemen, Nepal, Iran, and Ethiopia. In these ancient sites, Pasolini searched for an intoxicating sexuality he felt was no longer present in Europe. Visual effects artist Carlo Rambaldi contributed to the production by creating a mechanized mannequin with human features and bat wings.

Introduced by Academy Governor Gerry Quist

A quartet of blissed-out hippies finds an outdoor adventure cut short when their dune buggy breaks down in the English countryside. Seeking assistance and overnight shelter at a nearby villa, the friends accidentally wander into an occult ceremony that results in unexpected tragedy. Like Rosemary’s Baby (1968) by way of Jess Franco, this stylish, slow-burn thriller captures the fears and anxieties of a drifting generation and features visual effects from Carlo Rambaldi, including incredible facial casts and lifelike body parts used to chilling effect in key climactic scenes.

Andrzej Zulawski’s intense genre-bending thriller delves into the psychological—and biological—effects of separation and jealousy. Driven to the brink of madness by his wife Anna’s sudden indifference, Mark hires a private eye to find the source of her new infatuation, unaware of the horrors awaiting them. Told by the production team that he should keep the murderous object of Anna’s desire unseen, Zulawski was of the belief that if one doesn’t want to show it, they shouldn’t make the film. Carlo Rambaldi was hired to create the otherworldly creature, departing from the sleek designs of his recent work in Hollywood, and pulled from his roots in lower-budget horror and sci-fi films to build the terrible monster that appears on-screen. Isabelle Adjani’s frighteningly committed, physical performance as Anna, along with Sam Neill’s distraught Mark, makes Rambaldi’s creature even more realistic and horrifying.

Filmmaker Luchino Visconti devotes this lavish historical epic to the public life of Ludwig II, the “Mad King” of Bavaria, whose reign lasted from 1864 to 1886. The infamous monarch, who was deposed shortly before his death and embraced aesthetics far more than politics, is brought to life by iconic Austrian actor Helmut Berger, whose off-screen exploits and cultural intrigue rivaled those of his character. Effects artist Carlo Rambaldi worked uncredited on this spectacular saga to create a mechanized universe within one of the rooms of Ludwig’s immense palace, a practical effect that simulates a sky moving through a lunar cycle.

“In a city set to explode, one man has just lit the fuse!” Italian filmmaker Sergio Sollima, who made his mark in the poliziotteschi subgenre of crime films in the country, directed and co-wrote this grimy revenge picture shot primarily on location in New Orleans and San Francisco, and at Cinecittà Studio in Rome. Inspired by Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Samouraï (1967), the film stars tough guy Charles Bronson as professional killer Jeff Heston, who is hoodwinked by mobster Al Weber (Telly Savalas) and his lover, Vanessa, played by Bronson’s longtime wife and frequent on-screen collaborator, Jill Ireland. Effects artist Carlo Rambaldi is uncredited for creating a black widow that crawls over Bronson’s hand.