Happy End Blu-ray

'Happy End' Director: Oldřich Lipský (1967) Second Run Blu-ray | 4K restoration | Region Free |  Staff Pick  | Czech w/ English subtitles

Oldřich Lipský's one-of-a-kind, sepia tone, silent-era style black comedy employs an ingenious twist - telling the life story of a philanderer and condemned murderer entirely in reverse: from his 'birth' at the guillotine, to his departure as an infant. Starring the great Vladimír Menšík (A Blonde in Love, The Cassandra Cat) in a rare leading role, the film is wildly inventive and disarmingly hilarious.

The reverse chronology, with events playing out completely backwards, upends the narrative flow to become a playful, surreal, Dadaist experience unlike anything else in contemporary cinema.

Special features include:
- Projection Booth audio commentary with Mike White, Kat Ellinger and Ben Buckingham
- 20-page booklet featuring new essay by writer, researcher and commentator Jonathan Owen
- Video essay by film critic Cerise Howard