THE RETURN OF THE LOVING DEAD

Monika isn’t like other young women. She shares her small flat with Rob, a recently disinterred corpse which serves as the object of her affections. But then she meets good-natured Mark, and soon finds herself torn between the prospect of a ‘normal’ life with a living, breathing partner and her overwhelming desire for her rotting bed-fellow.

Once prosecuted in its native Germany for “glorifying violence”, Jörg Buttgereit’s follow-up to his ground-breaking Nekromantik is just as shocking as its reputation would suggest. But it’s also a profoundly moving (if decidedly twisted) love story, and a thought provoking meditation on the nature of life and death.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:

• High Definition transfer approved by director Jörg Buttgereit
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
• Original Stereo 2.0 audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio commentary with Buttgereit Introduction to the film with Buttgereit Masters of Life and Death – a brand new documentary looking at the film’s production and release history City of the Loving Dead – a walking tour of some of the original Berlin locations with Reeder and Jelinski
• Necropolis: Jörg Buttgereit’s Berlin – film scholar Dr. Marcus Stiglegger on the significance of the German capital as the backdrop for Nekromantik 2
• The Making of Nekromantik 2 – vintage documentary viewable with two different audio tracks: an English track comprising audio interviews with Buttgereit Nekro Waltz: The Music of Nekromantik 2 – Reeder discusses his work on the film’s score
• Outtakes Reel
• Nekromantik 2 Livekonzert – footage from the 20th anniversary Nekromantik 2 concert Nekromantik 2 Livekonzert – the complete 20-track audio recording of the concert [BD/DVD-ROM content]
• Two Buttgereit short films: Bloody Excess in the Leader’s Bunker (Blutige Exzesse im Führerbunker Two Buttgereit-directed music videos: ‘Rise Up’ by Die Krupps (1997) Complete collection of Buttgereit feature film trailers
• Extensive image gallery