Wow, interesting cover - not really accustomed to these "split" covers on steelbooks more often seen on U.S / Continental steelbooks - and an image that has inspired some great comic book art.
Price also not bad for in effect two movies . . . OK, "One movie, Two Cuts" . . .
Presumably the same Extras as on the upcoming U.S. "High Octane" edition (?) :-
"HIGH OCTANE COLLECTION SPECIAL FEATURES AND ADDITIONS:
NEW! *Fury Road "Black & Chrome" Edition – Witness the surreal black and white version of mastermind George Miller's Fury Road.
NEW! *George Miller Introduction to the Mad Max Fury Road: Black and Chrome Edition – Special introductory piece by George Miller describing his vision.
NEW! Road War – In 1982, the world was blindsided by George Miller's masterpiece of apocalyptic destruction: The Road Warrior. For the first time ever George Miller, Terry Hayes and star Mel Gibson tell the story of the car-crushing production that redefined action cinema forever.
Madness of Max – The previously released Mad Max (1979) documentary is a feature-length documentary on the making of arguably the most influential movie of the past thirty years. With over forty cast-and-crew interviews, hundreds of behind-the-scenes photographs and never-before-seen film footage of the shoot, this is, without a doubt, the last word on Mad Max (1979). Interviews include: George Miller, Byron Kennedy, Mel Gibson, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Roger Ward, Joanne Samuel, David Eggby, Jon Dowding and many more. From the Producers to the Bike Designers to the Traffic Stoppers, this is the story of how Mad Max was made.
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD TWO FILM COLLECTION SPECIAL FEATURES:
NEW! George Miller Introduction to the Mad Max Fury Road: Black and Chrome Edition – Special introductory piece by George Miller describing his vision."
No fuss with this Director'Cut / preferred B/C version or "The best version" as there is with another upcoming release ("The Warriors") . . . LOL .
According to the director in an interview with the LA Times :-
"Will we ever see the buzzed-about silent-film version — black and white, no dialogue, just music — of "Fury Road"?
Not in cinemas. The best version of "Road Warrior" was what we called a "slash dupe," a cheap, black-and-white version of the movie for the composer. Something about it seemed more authentic and elemental. So I asked Eric Whipp, the ["Fury Road"] colorist, "Can I see some scenes in black and white with quite a bit of contrast?" They looked great. So I said to the guys at Warners, "Can we put a black-and-white version on the DVD?" There wasn't enough room. [It'll end up] on *another version with commentary and other features."
*see upcoming (December) U.S and European releases.
. . . and again from the director in an interview with "Slashfilm":-
"One thing I’ve noticed is that the default position for everyone is to de-saturate post-apocalyptic movies. There’s only two ways to go, make them black and white — the best version of this movie is black and white, but people reserve that for art movies now. The other version is to really go all-out on the color. The usual teal and orange thing? That’s all the colors we had to work with. The desert’s orange and the sky is teal, and we either could de-saturate it, or crank it up, to differentiate the movie."
. . . and from another interview:-
"A while after this talk, during a post-film reception, I spoke with Miller about his affinity for that black and white version of
Fury Road. He said that he has demanded a black and white version of
Fury Road for the blu-ray, and that version of the film will feature an option to hear just the isolated score as the only soundtrack — the purest and most stripped-down version of
Fury Road you can imagine."
To end - a bit more on the B/W (or rather Black/Chrome) version
http://www.slashfilm.com/fury-road-trivia/3/ including a B/W mock-up of the trailer.
though.
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