New Rose Hotel LE (Region B) Blu-ray ***Preorder*** 9/14

Abel Ferrara (Ms .45) directs cyberpunk pioneer William Gibson's neo-noir short story about industrial espionage. Two extraction specialists Fox (Christopher Walken, King of New York) and X (Willem Dafoe, Poor Things) are hired to tempt the genius Hiroshi away from a rival company by using sexy call girl Sandii (Asia Argento, Land of the Dead). Featuring a variety of screens and footage, New Rose Hotel uses these mixed media formats to distance us from Hiroshi as an intractable presence that emphasises the lack of control experienced by Fox and X whilst also presenting a prescient view of our own engagement with screens and digital communications. Misunderstood upon release, Ferrara's feverish film has been reappraised in recent years and compared to David Lynch's exploration of perception and paranoia. Newly restored and making its UK home video debut, New Rose Hotel is one of the finest examples of cyberpunk on film. 

BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

• 2K restoration from the 35mm interpositive by Vinegar Syndrome, approved by Abel Ferrara
• Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio surround sound
• Audio commentary by co-screenwriter Christ Zois (1998)
• New interviews with director Abel Ferrara and star Asia Argento (2026)
• Wild and Woolly - an interview with star Willem Dafoe (2025)
• Interview with critic Beatrice Loayza (2026)
• Trailer
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original promotional materials
• Booklet featuring new writing on the film by Brad Stevens, author of Abel Ferrara: The Moral Vision
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in and full-height Scanavo packaging with O-card and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings