UK Targets (Blu-ray) (BFI) [UK]

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Release date: September 25, 2023
Purchase links: BFI Shop - Amazon UK - HMV - Zavvi
Price: £19.99 (BFI) - £17.99 (Amazon - HMV - Zavvi)
Notes: **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring an introduction by Sara Karloff, new writing on the film by Stephen Jacobs and an essay on Peter Bogdanovich by Peter Tonguette

 

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Targets (Blu-ray)
Director: Peter Bogdanovich

Byron Orlok (Boris Karloff) is a retiring horror-star bidding farewell to the limelight. Bobby Thompson (Tim O’Kelly) is an unassuming but disturbed Vietnam veteran who suddenly embarks on a murderous shooting rampage. As Byron makes one final public appearance, the two’s worlds collide as Bobby brings carnage to a suburban Los Angeles drive-in cinema.
Both a comment on the terrors of contemporary America and homage to the horror films of Roger Corman, this thrilling crime drama launched the career of its director Peter Bogdanovich. Hailed as one of the most powerful films of the late 1960s, Targets has been newly restored in 2K and is presented here in High Definition and on Blu-ray for the very first time in the UK.

Extras:

• New 2K digital restoration from a 4K scan, supervised by director Peter Bogdanovich and presented in High Definition
• New audio commentary by author and film critic Peter Tonguette
• Audio commentary by Peter Bogdanovich (2003)
• Introduction to the film by Peter Bogdanovich (2003)
• Newly recorded interview with Sara Karloff (2022)
• Newly recorded interview with Stephen Jacobs, author of Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster (2023)
• Video essay by Vic Pratt on Karloff, Target and the changing face of horror (2023)
• The Guardian Interview: Peter Bogdanovich (2005, c60 mins): the Oscar-nominated writer and director is interviewed on stage by Clive James
• Trailers From Hell: Joe Dante on Targets (3 mins)
• Gallery
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring an introduction by Sara Karloff, new writing on the film by Stephen Jacobs and an essay on Peter Bogdanovich by Peter Tonguette

 

[steelmybeatingheart]

original trailer below. i own almost everything Karloff, and i know this is completely different to his earlier films, & supposed to be good, but i've never seen it - anyone?

 

[TheWildEye]

Great film this. Worth watching.