Retail prices are $39.95 for the Blu-rays, $29.95 for the DVDs. PLUS: An essay by critic and novelist Ed Park.INCOHERENCE, a 1994 student film by Bong, with a new introduction by the director.New program about the use of sound in Bong’s work, featuring film scholar Jeff Smith.Deleted scenes, with optional audio commentary by Bong.Documentary from 2004 on the making of the film.New interview with Bong about the real-life serial killer who inspired the film.New program featuring filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.Two 2009 commentaries featuring Bong and members of the cast and crew, plus a new commentary featuring critic Tony Rayns.New 4K digital restoration, supervised by cinematographer Kim Hyung-ku and approved by director Bong Joon-ho, with 5.1 Surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray.The special features in this director-approved edition are: The synopsis: “Based on the true story of a string of serial killings that rocked a rural community in the 1980s, MEMORIES OF MURDER stars New Korean Cinema icon Song Kang-ho as the local officer who reluctantly joins forces with a seasoned Seoul detective to investigate the crimes–leading each man on a wrenching, years-long odyssey of failure and frustration that will drive him to the existential edge.” Kim Roe-ha, Song Jae-ho, Byun Hee-bong and Ko Seo-hie also star. And in a country that had never known such crimes, the dark whispers about a serial murderer grow louder. Two months later, a series of rapes and murders commences under similar circumstances. A slow-burning, ultimately haunting film, it helped launch director Bong Joon-ho (who scripted with Shim Sung-bo from Kim Kwang-rim’s play) on the international cinema scene he would go on to helm THE HOST, SNOWPIERCER and the Oscar-winning PARASITE, among others. The body of a young woman is found brutally raped and murdered. A second approach to Bong Joon Ho's noir classic MEMORIES OF MURDER and my third time working with the director, after a prior poster for NEON and PARASITE before.This was created for the dvd/blu-ray release of the film from The Criterion Collection with Eric Skillman serving as AD once again. The Criterion Collection will release MEMORIES OF MURDER on two-Blu-ray and two-DVD sets April 20. The modern serial-killer classic is getting the special editions it deserves.
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