Corrado Farina

Baba Yaga Blu-Ray

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION

Director Corrado Farina re-edited his film as an exclusive 1st for Shameless in order to show his vision of his film as he intended it to be before his producers hacked it to bits behind his back the day before the film opened in cinemas..!

Director Corrado Farina re-inserted the footage cut by the producers and took that opportunity to also reinsert prior censors cuts…This is Director Corrado Farina’s avowed  “own BABA YAGA”, which he had re-edited for Shameless, now this extended “redux” version is presented for the 1st time on blu-ray, finally doing justice to the filmmaker’s unique original vision…

Perverted dreams and fevered reality are blurred when beautiful witch Baba Yaga (Carroll Baker) gets her sapphic claws into a beautiful young photographer in this rampant adaptation of the classic Guido Crepax comic-book.

Restored, Re-graded, re-edited and re-imagined this is the Director’s Cut of BABA YAGA, REDUX for 1st time in HD on UK Bluray!

£14.50

Description

THE LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF BABA-YAGA

Shameless is proud to present the sensational new release of Corrado Farina’s BABA YAGA ‘REDUX’. Finally published for the first time on Blu-Ray, this limited numbered edition features never seen before scenes. Once and for all, Shameless Films honours Farina’s unique and original vision by bringing to you the original and restored version of the film. The director, Corrado Farina himself especially reinserted scenes for this Shameless Films edition of BABA YAGA. This is undoubtedly an edition you don’t want to miss out on. 

Set against the backdrop of the seismic changes of sexual and revolutions of the 1970s, and adapted from the epoch-making ‘Valentina comic books created by Guido Crepax. The film tells the story of the beautiful Valentina, a famous, trendy photographer.

One night she’s nearly run over by an enigmatic older woman, Baba Yaga (Carroll Baker). We later come to discover that she is not only the devil witch… but also a sapphic predatory witch who must possess Valentina! She is pursued by the sensuous seduction of a now obsessed Baba Yaga. Valentina must either submit to her carnal S&M lust or escape the waking nightmare of perverted realities!

BABA YAGA simultaneously keeps the central dreamy sexiness of the heroine’s wild adventures, while also creating a film full of sophisticated eroticism that is both cerebral, yet gently and intelligently ironic. A sensuous and satisfying watch from beginning to end! 

To this day, the film’s unique mixing of comic strips and live-action remains groundbreaking and influential for filmmakers across the world. 

Extras included in the Blu-Ray:

  • The director’s own re-edit of film, now with improved visuals.
  • Interview and Introduction by Corrado Farina.
  • Audio Commentary by author, editor & film critic Kat Ellinger.
  • Fact Track by The Wilson Bros.
  • English or Italian audio with subtitles.
  • Two Guido Crepax documentaries by Corrado Farina: COMIC-STRIP FREUD & COMIC-STRIP PHOBIA.

SPECIFICATIONS

Distributor: Shameless Screen Entertainment
Certificate: 18
Release date: October 2020
VFD: 25189
Running time: 88’ min 32 sec
Cat No: SHAM216
Barcode: 5060162232164
Extras:
– Director’s own re-edit of film, now with improved visuals
– Corrado Farina Interview and Introduction
– Audio Commentary by author, editor & critic Kat Ellinger
– Fact Track by The Wilson Bros
– English or Italian audio with subtitles
– Two Guido Crepax documentaries by Corrado Farina:
COMIC-STRIP FREUD & COMIC-STRIP PHOBIA
Director: Corrado Farina
Stars: Carroll Baker, George Eastman, Isabelle De Funès

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ONLINE REVIEWS

In a coup for Shameless, (director) Farina presents his film in a newly re-edited version that is as close as possible to his original (cut by producers and censors alike for theatrical release) …The result is an elegant phantasmagoria … certainly unique, & far from the Eurosleaze schlockfest you might expect.★★★★ rottentomatoes

‘’fascinating to behold. There are numerous long and beautifully lensed sequences… that feel like acid dreams, and elegant erotic sequences that are also surprisingly intense. The atmosphere these sequences create is truly is special  … further enhanced by an outstanding soundtrack by great Piero Umiliani”.  ★★★★ bluray.com