Overview
- Three outlets reported on Thursday that B‑Rated International has acquired worldwide sales and distribution rights to Robert Richardson: The White Devil and that the film’s first trailer was released the same day.
- The documentary will have its world premiere on July 5 at the 60th Karlovy Vary Film Festival, where Richardson will receive the Crystal Globe for Contribution to World Cinema.
- Director Jana Hojdová, on her feature debut, followed Richardson across Los Angeles, London, New Zealand and Sofia and says she was given access to hundreds of hours of his personal archives for the film.
- The doc features interviews and onscreen testimony from major collaborators including Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese and Oliver Stone and aims to trace Richardson’s visual influence on contemporary cinema.
- Producers and production companies from several countries worked on the project with support from the PPF Foundation, and the Karlovy Vary launch is positioned to drive festival buzz, sales opportunities and wider release plans.