Fiction
Blu-ray
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Details
PUBLISHED
©2013
EDITION
DESCRIPTION
5 videodiscs (approximately 746 min.) : sound, color and black & white ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
LANGUAGE
SERIES
Criterion collection #250-255
NOTES
Title from box
Shadows: Explores interracial friendships and relationships in the 1950's Beat-era New York City. Faces: Richard and Maria are attempting to escape the anguish of their dissolving marriage by falling in the arms of others. A woman under the influence: Mabel is loved by her husband Nick, but her madness proves to be a problem in their marriage. The killing of a Chinese bookie: To clear his debt, a strip club owner grapples with his own conscience as he must kill a Chinese bookie. Opening night: A young woman gets killed in an accident trying to meet her favorite actress after a play
Shadows originally released as a motion picture in 1959; Faces originally released as a motion picture in 1968; A woman under the influence originally released as a motion picture in 1974; The killing of a Chinese bookie originally released as a motion picture in 1976 and again in 1978; Opening night originally released as a motion picture in 1977
Special features include: high-definition digital restorations of all five films; interviews with Cassavetes collaborators Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, Seymour Cassel, Lelia Goldini, Lynn Carlin and Al Ruban; "Faces" alternate opening; "Cineastes de notre termps": an episode from the French television series; audio commentary on "A woman under the infuluence"; stills and poster galleries ; documentary "A constant forge" by Charles Kiselyak
Directors of photography, Erich Kollmar ... [and others] ; art director, Phedon Papamichael ; editors, John Cassavetes ... [and others] ; music, Shifi Hadi, Jack Ackerman, Bo Harwood ; costume designer, Alexandra Corwin-Hankin ; production designers, Randy Liles ... [and others]
Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Fred Draper, Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Joan Blondell
Rated PG (Shadows), PG-13 (Faces, Opening night), R (The killing of a Chinese bookie, A woman under the influence)
Blu-ray, region A, monaural; full screen (1.33:1) presentation (Shadows) ; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation (Faces) ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation (A woman under the influence, The killing of a Chinese bookie, Opening night); requires Blu-ray player
Closed-captioned