Description

Niccolò Paganini was a legend in his time; a master violinist and renowned composer who brought new depth and complexity to the art of music. But in his private life Paganini was a brute and a womanizer who used his talents to seduce and manipulate beautiful women, driving himself, his young son, and devoted wife to the brink of madness.

A mesmerizing biography of the infamous composer as imagined through the eyes of equally notorious actor and director Klaus Kinski (Aguirre, the Wrath of God), PAGANINI explores the violinist s descent into derangement and carnal mayhem. Moving between the abstract, the beautiful, and the erotic, Kinski distills Paganini s life into a consuming cinematic fever dream as photographed by Pier Luigi Santi (Weapons of Death). Vinegar Syndrome Labs is excited to offer the Blu-ray debut of Kinski s sole feature film directing effort, newly restored in 2K from its 35mm original camera negative and loaded with an abundance of fascinating behind-the-scenes footage along with a selection of new interviews with cast and crew, detailing the untold and often harrowing story of how this unique outlier in Italian genre cinema came to be.

FEATURES:
Region Free Blu-ray
Newly scanned and restored in 2K from its 35mm original camera negative
Presented in its original Italian language mono soundtrack with newly-translated English subtitles, as well as its English language dub soundtrack
Brand new commentary track with film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
My Life with Kinski (16 min) – an audio interview with actress Debora Caprioglio
The Devil s Left Hand (30 min) – an interview with music consultant violinist Salvatore Accardo
The Voice of Madness (26 min) – an interview with soundman Luciano Muratori
Aiming at the Director (29 min) – an interview with unit manager Stefano Spadoni
How to Kill a Producer (30 min) – an interview with film historian Eugenio Ercolani
Paganini – 95-minute English language director s cut (sourced from tape)
Behind-the-scenes footage (sourced from tape, partially translated, 52 min)
Klaus Kinski press conference from Cannes 1988 (5 min) • English theatrical trailer
English opening titles and end credits
Reversible sleeve artwork
Newly-translated English subtitles