SOKUROV: EARLY MASTERWORKS (Whispering Pages / Stone / Save and Protect) [Blu-ray and DVD]

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Product Description A deluxe collector's set featuring three early masterworks by visionary Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov in newly translated and restored director's cuts: WHISPERING PAGES, a brooding, beautiful film inspired by nineteenth-century Russian literature, primarily Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment; STONE, a mysterious fable about a young night watchman's encounter with the ghost of Chekhov; and SAVE AND PROTECT, a visually sumptuous adaptation of Flaubert's Madame Bovary. Review "An indispensable box set." --Film Comment"Highly recommended. Sokurov: Early Masterworks is a triptych of unburied treasures, each more extraordinary and inspiring than the last, that should stand as a landmark home video release and a cause for celebration among all North American cinephiles worth their salt." --DVDTalk"Along with an impressive array of documentaries, shorts, and an invaluable audio commentary, this is essential viewing…. This presentation of Whispering Pages is one of the more revelatory home-viewing experiences I can remember." --Slant