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Product Description Beautifully restored in 4K, this classic film is now released for the first time in North America on Blu Ray with bonus DVD, including feature documentary A Wolf at the Door, about the last year of director Wolf Gremm's life. In his last film role, legendary director Rainer Werner Fassbinder plays Jansen, an expert cop living in a dystopic future where a mysterious organization known as the The Combine controls all media. After The Combine's headquarters receives several bomb threats, Jansen is tasked with infiltrating the nefarious conglomerate. Soundtrack by Edgar Froese of Tangerine Dream. Bonus Features, include: feature documentary, A Wolf at the Door; 60-minute documentary, Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Last Year; Commentary by Producer Regina Ziegler; John Cassavetes Kamikaze '89 radio spots; Kamikaze '89 trailer. Package includes Collector's Booklet with: Film essay by top film critic and writer, Nick Pinkerton; Mini-essay about the film's soundtrack, written by Samuel B. Prime; cast and crew credits; chapter breaks; stills. Review WINNER - Critics' Award - Fantasporto Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Chicago Int'l Film Festival --- Fassbinder remains an impressive, witty screen presence as he plays out this satiric charade about a plot to bomb the ultramodern headquarters of the conglomerate that controls all media in this perfect Germany. --Ben Kenigsberg, The New York Times [T]here's no way the director of Drive, Nicholas Winding Refn, for example, hasn't screened this film multiple times, or slept with a copy of it under his pillow for years. --Adam Sternbergh, Vulture