IN THE AFTERMATH Available on Blu-ray September 24th From Arrow Video

By Tom Stockman | August 14, 2019

IN THE AFTERMATH (1988) will be available on Blu-ray September 24th From Arrow Video

Following in the footsteps of Francis Ford Coppola and Peter Bogdanovich, Roger Corman protégé Carl Colpaert (The Crew) made his directorial debut by combining repurposed excerpts from a foreign film in this case, Mamoru Oshii s (Ghost In The Shell) spellbinding 1985 anime Angel s Egg with new live-action footage shot in America. The result is In The Aftermath, a haunting post-apocalyptic vision like no other.

In a radiation-soaked wasteland, two surviving soldiers, Frank and Goose, search for essential supplies amid the rubble. After a violent confrontation, Frank is haunted by visions of an angelic young girl holding a giant egg, herself a refugee from another world altogether. Could the egg be the key to saving both their worlds?

A unique mash-up of 1980s B-movie nuclear paranoia and hauntingly lyrical animation, In The Aftermath is presented in a stunning new restoration that highlights Oshii s visionary genius and Colpaert s low-budget ingenuity.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:

·  Brand new 2K restoration from original film elements

·  High Definition Blu-rayTM (1080p) presentation

·  Original uncompressed stereo PCM audio

·  Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

·  The Path To Aftermath, a newly filmed interview with producer Tom Dugan

·  Apocalypse Then, a newly filmed interview with star Tony Markes

·  Before The Aftermath: The Influence of Angel s Egg, a new appreciation of Mamoru Oshii s original film by anime expert Andrew Osmond (author of Arrow Books Ghost In The Shell)

·  Still and poster gallery

·  Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Corey Brickley

·  FIRST PRESSING ONLY: booklet featuring essay on the film by Jon Towlson