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Delirium AKA Delirio Caldo AKA Death at the Villa (Blu-ray) (1972)
More perverted than FRENZY... Bloodier than PSYCHO... More sadistic than BLUEBEARD!Director: Renato Polselli
Year of Copyright: 1972
OVERALL: Blu-ray ALL-
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Extras:*The Film - Italian Version (101:58)
*The Film - U.S. Version (85:53)
Audio Commentary on the Italian version by film historians Troy Howarth and Eugenio Ercolani (2023)
"Gothic Polselli" 2023 interview with screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (12:44, in Italian with English subtitles)
"The Polselli Clan" 2023 interview with director Renato Polselli's daughter Vanessa Polselli (36:52, in Italian with English subtitles)
"The Polselli Factor" interview with filmmaker and film historian Luca Rea (14:39, in English with English subtitles)
"Fear and Delirium in Cinecittą" 2023 edit of an archival never-before-seen archival interview with actor Mickey Hargitay (31:14)
"The Theorem of Delirium" 2002 interview with director Renato Polselli and actor Mickey Hargitay (14:23, in English and Italian with English subtitles) -
Subtitles:Italian Version
English (optional)
U.S. Version
Dutch (BURNT-IN for opening and closing sequences) -
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Italian Version
Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
U.S. Version
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Credits on the Italian version are in French with the title card "Sexes en Delire".
The U.S. version is a reconstruction using upscaled video for the scenes specific to this version including the opening and closing sequences and English opening credits.
Comes with a reversible cover.
The first 6,000 copies ordered directly from Vinegar Syndrome include a special limited edition embossed and spot gloss slipcover designed by Robert Sammelin (a standard edition without slipcover can also be purchased for a lower price). -
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OVERALL: Blu-ray ALL
Only version so far.
GENERAL NOTES:
The film exists in at least three versions:
- the Italian version (~102 minutes);
- the American version (~86 minutes) with exclusive footage shot by Polselli including wraparound footage that depicts Hargitay as a Vietnam vet and two additional murders including one of a character who does not appear at all in the Italian version (which changes the motivation of one of the characters during the climax) and the perpetrator of one of the last killings through re-editing;
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray ALL America- Vinegar Syndrome - No cuts - includes the Italian version (101:58) and the U.S. version (85:53)
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Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 01/08/23UPDATE LOG:
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