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WICKED GAMES: THREE FILMS BY ROBERT HOSSEIN
A prison break, femme fatales and a genre-defining western: Robert Hossein (Rififi) was, both behind and in front of the camera, one of French cinema’s great unsung stylists. Three of his finest genre exploits are collected here.
The feature debut of Robert Hossein, The Wicked Go to Hell was adapted from the novel by celebrated crime writer Frédéric Dard (Paris Pick-up), a prison escape film that spins into a fatalistic noir, oozing with atmosphere from its striking compositions and explosions of violence.
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES
- 2K restorations by Gaumont for each film, presented on three discs
- Original uncompressed mono audio for each film
- Audio commentary on each film by critic and author Tim Lucas (2025)
- Picking Strawberries - A newly created ‘making of’ featurette with historian Lucas Balbo, featuring archive interviews with Hossein and Jean Rollin (2025)
- Behind Marked Eyes: The Cinematic Stare of Robert Hossein - A newly created featurette by Howard S. Berger about Hossein and his work (2025)
- Interview with actor Marina Vlady (2014)
- The Evolution of the Femme Fatale in Classic French Cinema - A visual essay by critic Samm Deighan (2025)
- The Taste of Violence appreciation by filmmaker and Western authority Alex Cox (2025)
- Interview with author C. Courtney Joyner on The Taste of Violence and the Zapata Western subgenre (2025)
- Trailer
- Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Walter Chaw and newly translated archival archival writing by Lucas Balbo
- Limited Edition of 3000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
