There was a time in the 70s and early 80s when even the suggestion that there might be a new Nic Roeg film on the way would send film fans into a frenzy of excitement. It's hardly surprising given the run of distinctive and sometimes groundbreaking films he helmed, from the 1970 Performance (co-directed with the late Donald Cammell) to the 1985 Insignificance, and now two of his best loved features – Don't Look Now and The Man Who Fell to Earth – are to get a Blu-ray only UK release from Optimum Home Entertainment, both featuring a digitally restored version of the film and some fine looking extras.

Don't Look Now (1973)

Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie star in Nic Roeg's brilliantly atmospheric adaptation of the novel by Daphne du Maurier. Following the death of their daughter, John and Laura Baxter travel to Venice where John is to oversee the restoration of an old church. Here they encounter a pair of elderly sisters, one of them a blind psychic who claims to have been in communication with the couple's dead child. Whilst Laura is intrigued John resists the idea, despite the possibility that he is having his own visions that threaten to put his life in danger. A genuinely unsettling and beautifully atmospheric film with a startling climax, Don't Look Now is widely acknowledged as perhaps Roeg's finest film and one of the best British films of the late twentieth century.

Boasting a new, restored high definition transfer, the disc will have the following extra features:

• Commentary by director Nicolas Roeg;
• Looking Back documentary on the making of the film;
• Interview with composer Pino Donaggio;
• Introduction by Alan Jones;
• Compressed version of Don't Look Now made by Danny Boyle for BAFTA tribute (new);
• Interview with Danny Boyle (new);
• Interview with co-screenwriter Allan Scott (new);
• Interview with director of photography Tony Richmond (new);
• Interview with leading man Donald Sutherland (new).

The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

Crash landing on Earth from his dying planet, an alien humanoid traveling by the name of Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) uses his superior intelligence to build a vast business empire. As he takes on, and beats, every major US corporation, people can only guess his true purpose – to save his dying world from drought.

Newton's ageless fall from grace, as he becomes prey to lust, alcohol, business rivals and the US Government makes The Man Who Fell To Earth not only a bitingly caustic indictment of the modern world but also a poignant commentary on the loneliness of the outsider. Also starring Candy Clark, Rip Torn and Buck Henry and based on the cult novel by Walter Tevis.

Featuring a new, restored high definition transfer, the release will have the following extras:

• Interview with director Nic Roeg;
• Watching the Alien documentary feature;
• Theatrical trailer;
• Interview with cinematographer Tony Richmond (new);
• Interview with screenwriter Paul Mayersberg (new);
• Interview with actress Candy Clark (new).

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