THIS NOVEMBER, FILM MOVEMENT CLASSICS BRINGS
ARTURO RIPSTEIN'S LANDMARK MEXICAN WESTERN
TO HOME ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
IN A PRISTINE 2K RESTORATION
"TIME TO DIE"
Street Date: November 21, 2017
Blu-Ray/DVD SRP: $39.95/$29.95
CRITIC'S PICK
"A swift slow burn of a film [with] cutting sharpness."
-Alan Scherstuhl, The Village Voice
"Beautifully restored... a gem of a vintage Mexican Western."
-John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter
"Kicks up a slowly blinding storm of dust, regret and vengeance."
-Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
From an Original Story by Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez with Dialogue by Iconic Novelist Carlos Fuentes, Ripstein's Raw and Stunning Black & White Feature-Film Debut (1966) Arrives on Blu-ray and DVD Following its North American Theatrical Premiere
Bonus Features Includes Commentary by Ripstein and Actor Enrique Rocha plus a Video Intro by Repo Man Director Alex Cox
TIME TO DIE Official Trailer
SYNOPSIS
Fresh from serving eighteen years in jail for shooting a man in self-defense, Juan Sayago (Jorge Martinez de Hoyos, The Magnificent Seven) comes back to his hometown to start life anew and reunite with old flame Mariana (Marga López, Buñuel's Nazarin). However, the two sons of the man he killed, consumed by an overwhelming thirst for revenge, have been anxiously awaiting his return in TIME TO DIE, a stunning directorial debut from then 21-year-old Mexican auteur Arturo Ripstein.
From an original story by Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez ("One Hundred Years of Solitude"), and featuring dialogue by iconic Mexican novelist/essayist Carlos Fuentes ("The Death of Artemio Cruz," "The Old Gringo"), the stark and gritty 1966 revenge western provides insight into the director's genius, who would go on to create Deep Crimson and Hell Without Limits.
Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times commented that TIME TO DIE was "shot in a crisp black-and-white that treasures bleak long shots as much as thrillingly nervous camera movement...[and] turns the showdown narrative of so many oaters into an actively intelligent, darkly funny and no less suspenseful rumination on the pull of the horizon versus the ill wind at the back."
BONUS FEATURES
Video Introduction by director Alex Cox (Repo Man)
Commentary by director Arturo Ripstein and actor Enrique Rocha
New essay by Carlos A. Gutiérrez, co-founder of Cinema Tropical
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Type: Blu-ray/DVD
Running Time: 89 mins. + extras
Rating: N/A
Genre: Western
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audio: Stereo
Language: Spanish with English Subtitles
About Film Movement
Celebrating its 15th year, Film Movement is a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. Film Movement has released more than 250 feature films and shorts culled from prestigious film festivals worldwide, and last year it had its first Academy Award-nominated film, Naji Abu Nowar's THEEB. Film Movement's theatrical distribution strategy has evolved to include promising American independent films, documentaries, and an even stronger slate of foreign art house titles. Its catalog includes titles by directors such as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maren Ade, Jessica Hausner, Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrzej Wajda, Diane Kurys, Ciro Guerra and Melanie Laurent. In 2015, Film Movement launched its reissue label Film Movement Classics, featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on Blu-ray and DVD, including films by such noted directors as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway, Bille August, Marleen Gorris, Takeshi Kitano, Arturo Ripstein, and Ettore Scola. For more information, please visit www.filmmovement.com.
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