The Image Book and On Body and Soul on Blu-ray [read more]
For the art lovers
The global curated streaming service and distributor MUBI are delighted to announce that two acclaimed MUBI Releases, Jean-Luc Godard's THE IMAGE BOOK and the 2017 Berlin Golden Bear Winner ON BODY AND SOUL will be now made available to own on Blu-ray from 23 November 2020.
THE IMAGE BOOK is a kaleidoscopic and dazzling film essay examining the role of cinema in world history in a characteristically bold and innovative way). The most recent film from legendary director Jean-Luc Godard garnered acclaim following its World Premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where Godard was also awarded a Special Palme d'Or award for the auteur's unparalleled contribution to cinema.
Jean-Luc Godard is renowned for his relentlessly inventive approach to filmmaking. His films BREATHLESS, PIERROT LE FOU, WEEKEND, BAND OF OUTSIDERS and many others have secured his place in history as one of the founding fathers of modern cinema, influencing everyone from Quentin Tarantino to Wes Anderson.
ON BODY AND SOUL represents a celebrated comeback to feature filmmaking for director Ildikó Enyedi whose debut film MY TWENTIETH CENTURY won the Caméra d'Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival with 1999’s follow-up Simon the Magician also receiving critical praise. The film, which won the Golden Bear prize at the 67th Berlin Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, follows two introverted people, both workers in a meat-processing plant, one a world-weary financial director, the other an obsessive quality controller, who find out by chance that they share the same dream every night. They are puzzled, incredulous and frightened. As they begin to accept this strange coincidence, they try to recreate in broad daylight what happens in their shared subconscious.
Ildikó Enyedi is a Hungarian director and writer. She is known for her HBO Europe series Terápia which ran from 2012 - 2014. She won the Caméra d'Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival for her feature debut MY TWENTIETH CENTURY. In 1992 she was a member of the Jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival and was also on the jury at the 2007 Moscow International Film Festival.
