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Seeing the clips of Vampyros Lesbos where Jess was basically restaging with Soledad Miranda and Ewa Stroemberg the scene in Dracula where Bela Lugosi offers Dwight Frye wine with his dinner, but with sunlight instead of moonlight and fishing nets everywhere instead of cobwebs, I made the connection that, here, he was reinventing everything, as a director, in the same way that Christina von Blanc’s character would reinvent everything that she sees in A Virgin Among the Living Dead, as a schizophrenic mental patient—seeing the mental hospital where she is kept as a hotel, and the doctors as hotel staff. It’s an opportunity for the filmmaker to use whatever they have at their disposal to tell any story they care to tell, and for the viewer, it’s an opportunity to see differently.
Tim Lucas, A Morning with Jess (Video WatchBlog, 2015)
Selected disc options for Vampyros Lesbos
Extras | Severin BD-ALL/US 2015 | Image DVD-1/US/OOP 2004 | Synapse DVD-0/US/OOP 2000 |
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Stephen Thrower on “Vampyros Lesbos” | has extra | ||
Jess is Yoda - Interview Clip with Director Jess Franco | has extra | ||
Sublime Soledad - Interview with Soledad Miranda Historian Amy Brown | has extra | ||
Vampyros Jesús - Interview with Director Jess Franco | has extra | ||
German Opening Title Sequence | has extra | ||
Stills Gallery | has extra | ||
German Theatrical Trailer | has extra | has extra | has extra |
Notes
- Synapse’s DVD includes a booklet with writing by Tim Lucas.
Ultimate Edition
Combine the best digital presentation with a selection of choice extras for the ultimate edition.
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Stephen Thrower on “Vampyros Lesbos” (11:26) -
Jess is Yoda (2:44) -
Sublime Soledad (20:28) -
Vampyros Jesús (20:52)
Presentation |
Severin BD 2015
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Extras | Stephen Thrower on “Vampyros Lesbos” Severin BD |
Jess is Yoda - Interview Clip with Director Jess Franco Severin BD | |
Sublime Soledad - Interview with Soledad Miranda Historian Amy Brown | Severin BD|
Vampyros Jesús - Interview with Director Jess Franco Severin BD | |
German Opening Title Sequence | Severin BD|
Stills Gallery Image DVD | |
German Theatrical Trailer | Severin BD