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Some of the extras

Le Pont du Nord
• A lengthy booklet with writing about the film by Arthur Mas, Andy Rector, Serge Daney, and Caroline Champetier
• Writing from the original press-book by Jacques Rivette, and Jean Narboni
• Rare archival imagery
• and more

The Birth of a Nation
• Music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra in 2.0 stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Short archival introductions to the film by D. W. Griffith and Walter Huston
• Newly rediscovered original intermission sequence and 1930 re-release title sequence
• Seven Civil War shorts directed by Griffith:
In the Border States (1910)
The House with Closed Shutters (1910)
The Fugitive (1910)
His Trust (1910)
His Trust Fulfilled (1910)
Swords and Hearts (1911)
and The Battle (1911).
• A lengthy booklet with writing about the film, rare archival imagery, and more.

Tabu

• New transfer of the Murnau-Stiftung / Luciano Berriatúa 75th anniversary restoration of the pre-Paramount, longer Murnau-approved version of the film, with uncensored scenes and titlecards, appearing in its original 1.19:1 aspect ratio for the first time
• Full-length commentary track by R. Dixon Smith and Brad Stevens
• 15-minute German documentary about Tabu by Luciano Berriatúa
• Newly presented outtakes from the original shoot of the film
• Treibjagd in der Südsee (1940) - an archival short film
• 56-page Booklet with articles by Scott Eyman, Richard Griffiths, and David Flaherty
• An interview with the film’s cinematographer Floyd Crosby
• The original story treatments written by Murnau and Flaherty for Tabu and its aborted predecessor Turia.

The Naked Island

• Full-length audio commentary by director Kaneto Shindô and composer Hikaru Hayashi
• Video introduction by Alex Cox
• 24-page booklet with an essay by Acquarello, and a reprint of Joan Mellen’s interview with Shindô from Voices from the Japanese Cinema