New on Blu-ray: RETURN TO REASON - FOUR FILMS BY MAN RAY (2023) - Criterion Collection

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Product Description: The swirling surrealist dreams of Man Ray are high-water marks of 1920s avant-garde cinema, a nexus of cryptic themes, dark eroticism, and playful abstraction. Seemingly plucked from an unconscious realm, these four shorts—Le retour à la raison, Emak bakia, L’étoile de mer, and Les mystères du château du dé—find the visionary artist experimenting with the limitless possibilities of montage, superimposition, distortion, and even the application of objects directly onto celluloid. Set here to an ethereal score by the Jim Jarmusch–Carter Logan collaboration SQÜRL, these cine-poems are optical carnival rides that surprise, delight, and unsettle with each tantalizing frame.

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Director: Man Ray

Starring: ‎ Jim Jarmusch, Man Ray

Genre: Music, Romance

Runtime: 70 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: French

Studio: Criterion

Home Video Release Date: December 2, 2025

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• Blu-ray

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• Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
• Resolution: 1080p
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Region: Region A/1

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• Blu-ray: None

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• Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

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SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS

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• New 4K digital restorations of all four films, featuring a score by SQÜRL presented in 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio
• Interview with Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan, who form the avant-rock band SQÜRL
• Concert from 2023 featuring SQÜRL performing its semi-improvised score to Man Ray’s films
• Trailer
• PLUS: An essay by author Mark Polizzotti
• New cover by Fred Davis

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