{"product_id":"the-man-who-thought-life-blu-ray-with-limited-edition-slipcover-deaf-crocodile","title":"The Man Who Thought Life Blu-ray with Limited Edition Slipcover (Deaf Crocodile) [Preorder] LIMIT 1 PER CUSTOMER","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreorder scheduled for release on November 30, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eTHE MAN WHO THOUGHT LIFE (MANDEN DER TÆNKTE TING)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – 1969, Danish Film Inst., 97 min.  A long-overlooked gem of late 1960s Sci-Fi, Danish director \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJens Ravn’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eeerie, hypnotic thriller opens on a respected doctor, Max Holst (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePreben Neergaard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) who is brought in to examine an enigmatic, arrogant man, Steinmetz (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Price\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e).  Steinmetz can miraculously make objects materialize by focusing his mind (including an expensive cigar, in the film’s recurring leitmotif).  When he attempts to blackmail Dr. Holst into performing surgery to expand this sinister brainpower, Holst refuses – and Steinmetz calls to “life” a mirror image that sets out to destroy the doctor’s willpower.  Brilliantly shot in B\u0026amp;W Scope by cinematographer Witold Leszczyński, with a disturbing minimalist score by Per Nørgaard (BABETTE’S FEAST), the film has the angular 60s Mod \/ Sci-Fi vibe of films like THE UNKNOWN MAN OF SHANDIGOR and TIME OF ROSES (both Deaf Crocodile releases) and British TV shows like “The Prisoner” and “The Avengers,” with labyrinthine corridors, banks of geometric lights and nurses whizzing past on electric scooters.  “I will open the depths of existence to you, and will make all your ideas collapse violently,\" Steinmetz both promises and threatens Holst – and as we descend down the rabbit-hole of Ravn’s gripping, Stanley Kubrick-meets-Kiyoshi Kurosawa cerebral horror, we too begin to lose our grip on reality, until it may be too late.  Deaf Crocodile is thrilled to present this first-ever U.S. Blu-ray release of the film, in collaboration with the Danish Film Institute.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Danish with English subtitles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecial Features\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe early Jens Ravn short film “Window Space” (Vinduesplads) (1967, 11 min.).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew video interview with Ravn’s wife and collaborator, Jette Bonnevie.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew video interview with Ravn’s close friend and co-worker, Steen Dalin. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew video interview with Thomas C. Christensen, Head of Collections - Danish Film Institute \/ Film Archive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew visual essay by Danish filmmaker Reinert Kiil.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew audio commentary by Erica Shultz and Lance Schibi from Unsung Horrors podcast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e48-pg. booklet featuring essays by film critic Walter Chaw, film historian Justin Humphreys, Steen Dalin, Jette Bonnevie, and an archival interview with Jens Ravn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew cover art and graphic design by Beth Morris.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlu-ray authoring by Vital Passenger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"x_gmail-docs-internal-guid-20ed522f-7fff-bd9c-3753-002042d25438\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan id=\"x_m_-1003865247994529182gmail-docs-internal-guid-20c682e8-7fff-5b7b-d19c-3c22396d022a\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLimited Edition Slipcover of 1250 units, featuring \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003enew artwork \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby Ryan Quackenbush.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreorder Policy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll items ordered together will ship together when everything is in stock. 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