Second Run dives for PEARLS OF THE DEEP (review)

Future Czech New Wave film auteurs Vera Chytilová (DAISIES), Jaromil Jires (VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS), Jirí Menzel (CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS), Jan Němec (DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT), and Evald Schorm (PRAGUE NIGHTS) each adapt a story by Bohumil Hrabal who brought out the titular PEARLS OF THE DEEP from the seemingly inconsequential conversations and verbal sparring of socially-marginalized characters.

REVIEW LINK: Second Run (UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

PEARLS OF THE DEEP Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Czech LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Short Films:
• "A Boring Afternoon" by Ivan Passer
• "The Junk Shop" by Juraj Herz
• "About Cats, Beatniks and All Sorts of Other Things" 1967 short film on writer Bohumil Hrabal
• Restoration Trailer
• Twenty-three page booklet by critic Peter Hames