OBEX and Mistress Dispeller Coming to Blu-ray This Summer from Oscilloscope Labs
By Lio Renwick
Oscilloscope Labs is bringing two new titles to Blu-ray this summer.
Albert Birney's OBEX, a black-and-white lo-fi fantasy set in 1987, follows a reclusive man whose obsession with a mysterious computer game pulls him into a surreal analog nightmare. The Blu-ray includes an audio commentary, short films from Birney, a featurette on the making of the real OBEX game, and several Blu-ray exclusive extras including Josh Dibb's scoring sessions, promos, and behind-the-scenes footage. A theatrical trailer is also included.
Elizabeth Lo's documentary Mistress Dispeller examines China's emerging profession of hired intermediaries who work undercover to end extramarital affairs and preserve marriages. The film follows Wang Zhenxi as she navigates a real, unfolding love triangle. The Blu-ray includes an audio commentary, a Q&A with director Elizabeth Lo and executive producer Constance Wu, deleted scenes, and a theatrical trailer.
OBEX and Mistress Dispeller are available to pre-order from the Oscilloscope Labs website. You can read the full release details below.
OBEX
In pre-internet 1987, Conor and his dog Sandy live a life of seclusion, lost in the slow-rendering graphics of early Macs and televisions aglow with late night horror movie marathons. But when he begins playing OBEX, a new and mysterious, state-of-the-art computer game, he finds himself trapped in a low-tech, but high-stakes analog hellscape as the line between reality and game blurs.
Audacious and uncanny, writer-director Albert Birney's OBEX is a delightfully skewed lo-fi fantasy. Shot in striking black and white, this surreally nostalgic nightmare revisits the dawn of personal computing to reflect on the loneliness of our always-online present day.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary
- Short films from Albert Birney
- "Making the Real OBEX Game"
- Josh Dibb Scoring OBEX (Blu-Ray Exclusive)
- Promos (Blu-Ray Exclusive)
- BTS Footage (Blu-Ray Exclusive)
- Theatrical Trailer
Mistress Dispeller
In China, a new industry has emerged devoted to helping couples stay married in the face of infidelity. Wang Zhenxi is part of this growing profession and is hired to go undercover and break up affairs by any means necessary; a "mistress dispeller." Offering strikingly intimate access to a real, unfolding love triangle, Mistress Dispeller documents all sides of what is usually kept behind closed doors. As Teacher Wang attempts to bring a couple back from the edge of crisis, sympathies shift between husband, wife and mistress while emotion, pragmatism and cultural norms collide in this spellbinding look at modern love.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary
- Q&A with director Elizabeth Lo and Executive Producer Constance Wu
- Deleted Scenes
- Theatrical Trailer
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