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BUNDLE!!! Contains:

• Scala!!! or, The Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits [3-Disc Blu-ray w/Slipcase + Calendar Insert + Membership Card]
• Scala Cinema Hardcover Book

Scala!!! or, The Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits 

Between the politically volatile years of 1978 to 1993, London’s most infamous repertory movie theater/pleasure dome screened over 4000 mind-warping films that influenced a generation of remarkable writers, musicians, filmmakers, actors, artists and activists. Co-directors Jane Giles and Ali Catterall now reveal the incredible true story of the Scala Cinema featuring rare archival footage, dozens of film clips from Scala favorites and interviews with former Scala audience members, guests and staff that include John Waters, Ben Wheatley, Jah Wobble, Cathi Unsworth, Mary Harron, Kim Newman, Nick Kent, Isaac Julien, Matt Johnson and more, with 13 hours of Bonus Materials such as the new documentary SPLATTERFEST EXHUMED directed by Jasper Sharp (THE CREEPING GARDEN) about the infamous 1990 all-night horror festival featuring interviews with attendees John McNaughton, Brian Yuzna, Scott Spiegel and more, plus 12 specially curated Scala-screened short films and hours of additional material.

Disc 1: Blu-ray

• Audio Commentary With Co-Directors Jane Giles And Ali Catterall
• Introduction From The UK Premiere At The 2023 BFI London Film Festival
• Introduction To SCALA By Director Michael Clifford
• SCALA (Michael Clifford, 1990)
• SCALA CINEMA (Ali Peck/Victor de Jesus, 1992)
• Director Commentary For SCALA CINEMA
• Scala Programs 1978–1993
• Cabinet Of Curiosities – Inside The Scala Archive
• Extended Interviews
• Mary Harron Outtakes
• Nick Kent Outtakes
• Thurston Moore Outtakes
• John Waters Outtakes
• Cartoons By Davey Jones
• Osbert Parker's SCALA!!! Animation Experiments And Outtakes
• Primatarium Animation
• Scala Programs Animation
• Tentacles Animation
• Trailer

Disc 2: Blu-ray

• DIVIDE AND RULE – NEVER! (Newsreel Collective, 1978)
• DEAD CAT (David Lewis, 1989)
• David Lewis Remembers DEAD CAT
• THE MARK OF LILITH (Bruna Fionda/Polly Gladwin/Zachary Nataf, 1986)
• RELAX (Chris Newby, 1991)
• BOOBS A LOT (Aggy Read, 1968)
• KAMA SUTRA RIDES AGAIN (Bob Godfrey, 1971)
• COPING WITH CUPID (Viv Albertine, 1991)
• ON GUARD (Susan Lambert, 1984)

Disc 3: Blu-ray

• THE ART OF THE CALENDAR (Kier-La Janisse, 2024)
• SPLATTERFEST EXHUMED (Jasper Sharp, 2024)
• MANIAC 2: MR. ROBBIE (Buddy Giovinazzo, 1986)
• Audio Commentary For MANIAC 2: MR. ROBBIE With Buddy Giovinazzo
• HORRORSHOW (Paul Hart-Wilden, 1990)
• Audio Commentary For HORRORSHOW With Director Paul Hart-Wilden
• CLEVELAND SMITH: BOUNTY HUNTER (Josh Becker, 1982) – Original Cut
• CLEVELAND SMITH: BOUNTY HUNTER (Josh Becker, 1982) – Producer's Cut
• Audio Commentary For The Producer's Cut Of CLEVELAND SMITH: BOUNTY HUNTER With Producer Scott Spiegel
• MONGOLITOS (Stéphane Ambiel, 1988)
• Audio Commentary For MONGOLITOS With Director Stéphane Ambiel
• The Legendary H.G. Lewis Speaks – 1989 Scala Appearance By The Godfather Of Gore

Disc Specs:

• Runtime: 96 mins
• Audio: English 5.1, English Stereo
• Closed Captions
• Discs 1&2: Region A | Disc 3: Region Free
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  

Packaged in a firm side-loading slipcase complete with calendar insert and membership card.

Slipcase and calendar designed by Luke Insect.

Scala Cinema Hardcover Book

Postpunk and predigital, the Scala cinema was the most infamous and influential of all cinemas, a pirate ship on the stormy seas of Britain’s Thatcher government, 1978-1993. Specialising in cult movies, arthouse classics, horror, sexploitation, Kung Fu, Psychotronic, and LGBTQ+, the Scala showed a different double-bill every day with legendary Saturday All-Nighters, music gigs and club nights. Over a million people passed through its doors, including future filmmakers, musicians, writers, artists, actors, and activists, who would credit the Scala as part of their cultural inspiration.

This unique book gathers all 178 of the Scala’s iconic monthly programmes along with rare photographs, ephemera, and an in-depth, often outrageous time-travelling commentary to take the reader behind the scenes of the cinema described by John Waters as “a country club for criminals and lunatics and people that were high… which is a good way to see movies”.

A must-have for cinephiles everywhere
Financial Times Weekend Film Book of the Year 2018
Winner of the 2019 Kraszna-Krausz Moving Image Book Award