Lux Æterna Blu-ray

Arrow Films

Gaspar Noé, the arch provocateur of New French Extremity responsible for Irreversible and Enter the Void, blurs the boundaries between reality and fiction in Lux Æterna, his ode to the suffering and sacrifices involved in the creation of art.

French cinema icons Charlotte Gainsbourg (Ismael's Ghosts, Antichrist) and Béatrice Dalle (Betty Blue, Inside), playing themselves, star as the lead actress and the director of an experimental film about witches. But as preparations for the shoot get underway, the increasingly chaotic production slowly unravels as egos and bitter resentments rise to the surface, threatening to derail the entire enterprise.

Shot over just five days and largely improvised by the superlative cast, Lux Æterna is a powerful, hypnotic assault on the senses like no other, cementing Noé's position as one of the most incendiary voices in cinema today.

Product Features

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM 2.0 stereo soundtracks
• Optional English subtitles (French dialogue)
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (all dialogue)
• Brand new audio commentary by writer/director Gaspar Noé and actress Béatrice Dalle
• Brand new audio commentary by author and critic Kat Ellinger
• Brand new visual essay on witchcraft in cinema by author and critic Miranda Corcoran
• The Flicker, a 30-minute short film by Tony Conrad, whose strobing effect inspired Lux Æterna
• Lux in Tenebris, a selection of photos from the set by camera operator, title designer and long-term Noé collaborator Tom Kan
• Theatrical trailers
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring two choices of artwork