Just Jaeckin ought to get more attention for being an iconic director. He became the leading force in European erotic cinema. His first major release was Emmanuelle with Sylvia Kristel. He followed it up with scandalous The Story of O with Corinne Clery. He later adapted Lady Chatterley’s Lover with Kristel. His final film was The Perils of Gwendoline with Tawny Kitaen before she became the girl from the Whitesnake videos. After a decade long hot streak of hot movies, Just Jaeckin retired. In the middle of career, Just Jaeckin wrote and directed The Last Romantic Lover. The film is about a magazine’s search for the ultimate romantic man in a time. Will they uncover this rare creature? It appears the movie played on the legendary Z Channel and Cinemax After Dark in the ’80s. Now you can rediscover The Last Romantic Lover and Just Jaeckin when the Blu-ray comes out in October. Here’s the press release from Cult Epics:
Synopsis: The editor-in-chief (Dayle Haddon) of a New York women’s magazine is organizing the “Last Romantic Lover” contest to find out if men still have a sense of romance. One of the winners is a circus lion-tamer (Gérard Ismaël), whose prize is to spend 10 days with her.
Cult Epics presents on Blu-ray & DVD Just Jaeckin’s The Last Romantic Lover in a brand new 4K transfer, supervised by Oscar-nominated cinematographer Robert Fraisse, fully loaded with a plethora of new bonus features.
THE LAST ROMANTIC LOVER Blu-ray / DVD
Price: $34.95 / $29.95
Street Date: October 25, 2022
Production Year: 1978
Country: France
Video run time: Approx. 104 Mins
Language: French language w/optional English subtitles
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: LPCM 2.0 Mono/DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround/Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround/Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (DVD)
Label: Cult Epics
Distributor: MVD Entertainment Group
Blu-ray/DVD Cat.no. CE201 / CE202
BD/DVD UP 881190020197 / 881190020296
Rating: Not Rated
Region: Region Free
SPECIAL FEATURES
4K HD Transfer (from original 35mm negative) supervised by cinematographer Robert Fraisse
Audio Commentary by Jeremy Richey (Author of the book Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol)
Interview with Just Jaeckin (2020, HD)
Interview with Dayle Haddon (2022, HD)
Presentation at the Cinémathèque Française (2022, HD)
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