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Lips of Blood AKA Lèvres de sang (1975)
Frederick sees a photograph of a ruined seaside castle, which triggers a strange childhood memory. He then goes on a strange quest to find the castle and the beautiful woman who lives there.Director: Jean Rollin
Year of Copyright: 1975
Year of Production: 1975
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
The R1 re-release from Redemption Films in the USA contains an anamorphic transfer that doesn't have the framing issues of the Encore release. However, it's an interlaced transfer. Whilst this release ports over most of the extra features of the Dutch release, it drops a few features, including the 24 min interview with Rollin and the 13 min interview with his son Serge.
The 3-disc Dutch -release contains an anamorphic transfer and bountiful extras but suffers from some minor "framing issues" (for more info, please see the review and the link) though.
So the Redemption Films re-release contains the best presentation of the film, whilst the Encore disc contains the best selection of extra features.
GENERAL NOTES:
The film exists in two versions:
- the original version (~87 mins)
- the hardcore version “Suce moi vampire” (~74 mins) with hardcore inserts featuring the photographer’s models and new wraparound footage with the lead Jean-Loup Phillippe. This footage was shot by director Jean Rollin as a concession to the producers.
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CUTS:
- R0 America- Image Entertainment - No cuts. Original Version (86:50 NTSC).
- R0 America- Kino Lorber - No cuts. Original Version (87:15 NTSC).
- R0 Collector's Edition Holland- Encore Filmed Entertainment - No cuts. Original Version (83:20 PAL).
- R0 Scandinavia- Njutafilms/Anotherworld - No cuts. Original Version (83:21 PAL).
- R0 United Kingdom- Salvation Films / Redemption - No cuts - original version
- R1 America- Koch Vision - No cuts. Original Version.
- R2 France- LCJ - No cuts. Original Version (83:15 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Redemption Films - No cuts. Original Version (83:15 PAL).
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Comparison added by Jari_Kovalainen on 11/04/06
Comparison last updated by Anthony_DiPaola on 27/10/23UPDATE LOG:
11/04/06: Initial entry.
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07/08/11: Added Redemption Films USA re-release.
02/05/20: Added running times, corrected Image aspect ratio, added DVDBeaver and version notes.
28/05/22: Added Scandinavia, cleanup.
12/10/23: Dates.
27/10/23: Updated 2004 UK release.
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