The Pied Piper + Jiri Barta Shorts: Limited Deluxe Edition (DC-042)(Exclusive)*

Disc Two

• Six Barta short films, newly restored by Deaf Crocodile:
• RIDDLES FOR A CANDY (1978, 8 min.)  In Barta’s debut short, a fantastical anteater-shaped creature must solve complicated riddles posed by a magical book
• DISC JOCKEY (1980, 10 min.).  Everyday life is a world of discs:  plates, ashtrays, buttons, a copy of “Abbey Road,” in Barta’s satire of empty modern life
• THE DESIGN (1981, 6 min.).  An apartment block comes to life on a drafting board, in Barta’s critique of state-socialist housing
• A BALLAD ABOUT GREEN WOOD (1983, 11 min.)  A miniature masterpiece about the occult mysteries of earth, sky, stone, wood and snow
• THE LAST THEFT (1987, 21 min.)  Barta’s spectral ghost story follows a thief who breaks into an apparently-abandoned mansion to loot it of its treasures
• THE CLUB OF THE LAID OFF (1989, 25 min.)  Barta’s disturbing stop-motion gem is set in a decrepit apartment where wooden mannequins mimic their almost-human "lives"
• New video interview with director Jiří Barta about his short films, moderated by Dennis Bartok
• New visual essay narrated by Czech film expert Irena Kovarova of Comeback Company, film critic & historian Peter Hames and edited by Ryan Verrill of Someone’s Favorite Productions
• New artwork by Beth Morris
• Blu-ray authoring by David Mackenzie of Fidelity In Motion

Limited Deluxe Edition Bonus Content

• Slipcase featuring new artwork by Brian Level
• 60-page illustrated book
• New essay by film historian Jonathan Owen
• New essay by film critic and author Walter Chaw
• Essay on THE PIED PIPER by Czech film expert Irena Kovarova
• Limited Edition of only 2000 units