| Audio | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Subtitles | Deutsch |
| Languages | Deutsch, Englisch |
| Aspect Ratio | 2,35:1 anamorph |
| Color | Black & White |
| Classification | FSK 12 |
| Barcode | 4 006680 052168 |
| Best.-Nr. | 502844 MB |
| Brand | Kinowelt GmbH, Kinowelt Home Entertainment |
| Distributor | Arthaus |
| Notes | Series: Arthaus Collection: British Cinema Interview: The Onion: Why did you choose to depict his life in black-and-white? John Boorman: I love black-and-white, and since I was making the film independently—I borrowed the money from the bank—there was no one to tell me I couldn't. If I had made [The General] for a studio, they wouldn't let me do that. The other reason, the main reason, was because it was about recent events and people who were still alive. I wanted to give it a little distance. Black-and-white gives you that sort of parallel world. Also, it's very close to the condition of dreaming, to the unconscious. I wanted it to have this mythic level because I felt this character was an archetype. All throughout history, you find this rebel, this violent, funny, brilliant kind of character. I wanted to make that kind of connection, and black-and-white film helps. Up until the middle to late '60s, it was a choice to film in black-and-white or color. But then television became so vital to a film's finance, and television won't show black-and-white. So that killed it off, really. O: The black-and-white medium doesn't really seem to hinder it. JB: I think it doesn't in the theaters. Schindler's List was made in black-and-white and people accepted that. Woody Allen makes one then and again. But the resistance to [black-and-white] is huge, in the way that you have to sell the film. It's difficult to distribute around the world. |
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