Eureka Entertainment have announced that they will be releasing A TIME TO LOVE AND A TIME TO DIE in a gorgeous new 1080p HD Blu-ray transfer of the film in its original CinemaScope aspect ratio. The second-to-last feature film by Hollywood master Douglas Sirk (Written on the Wind, All That Heaven Allows, Imitation of Life), made during the height of his popularity, and adapted from the popular novel by Erich Maria Remarque (author of All Quiet on the Western Front) will be accompanied by a plethora of special features spread across two discs, including a video-essay based upon French New Wave director and critic Jean-Luc Godard’s 1959 article about the film for the influential Cahiers du cinéma; a video interview about Sirk with Wesley Strick, author and screenwriter of Martin Scorsese’s Cape Fear; a 49-minute interview film with Douglas Sirk and his wife from 1984; and a booklet containing writing by Jean-Luc Godard, critic Tag Gallagher, and excerpts from Sirk’s published thoughts about the film. A Time to Love and a Time to Die will be released on blu-ray for the first time anywhere in the world as part of the Masters of Cinema series on 23 September 2013…Read More
