Cul-De-Sac Blu-ray

Roman Polanski orchestrates a mental ménage à trois in this slyly absurd tale of paranoia from the director’s golden 1960s period. Donald Pleasence and Françoise Dorléac star as a withdrawn couple whose isolated house is invaded by a rude, burly American gangster on the run, played by Lionel Stander. The three engage in role-playing games of sexual and emotional humiliation. Cul-de-sac is an evocative, claustrophobic, and morbidly funny tale of the modern world in chaos.
 
Film Info
 
United Kingdom 
1966
112 minutes
Black & White
1.66:1
English 
Spine #577
 
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
 
New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Roman Polanski, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Two Gangsters and an Island, a 2003 documentary about the making of Cul-de-sac, featuring interviews with Polanski, producer Gene Gutowski, and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor
Television interview with Polanski from 1967
Theatrical trailers
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: A new essay by film critic David Thompson

New cover by Eric Skillman