The Bird With The Crystal Plumage 4K Ultra HD

In 1970, first-time director Dario Argento made his mark with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, a film that redefined the giallo murder‑mystery. Sam Dalmas, an American writer living in Rome, inadvertently witnesses a brutal attack on a woman in a modern art gallery. Powerless to intervene, he becomes increasingly obsessed with the incident.

Convinced that a fleeting detail he noticed will identify the maniac terrorising Rome, Dalmas conducts his own investigation alongside the police, risking his safety and that of his girlfriend Giulia. The film established Argento’s signature lavish visuals and inventive, brutal set pieces, here presented in a new 4K‑restored edition.

Edition Contents

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Candice Tripp

Format

• Run Time: 98 mins approx
• Certificate: 15
• Subtitle Languages: English, English SDH
• Main Language: Italian English
• Number of Discs: 1

Special Features

• Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release
• Standard Definition DVD presentation
• Original mono Italian and English soundtrack
• English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
• New audio commentary by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films
• The Power of Perception, a new visual essay on the cinema of Dario Argento by Alexanda Heller-Nicholas, author of Devil's Advocates: Suspiria and Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study
• New analysis of the film by critic Kat Ellinger
• New interview with writer/director Dario Argento
• New interview with actor Gildo Di Marco (Garullo the pimp)
• Eva's Talking, an archival interview with actor Eva Renzi (Monica Ranieri)
• Original Italian and international theatrical trailers