John Cassavetes. Five films
(2013)

Fiction

Blu-ray

Series:
Call Numbers:
BLU-RAY/DRAMA/JOHN

Availability

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Movies BLU-RAY/DRAMA/JOHN Available

Details

PUBLISHED
[Irvington, New York] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
©2013
EDITION
Blu-ray edition
DESCRIPTION

5 videodiscs (approximately 746 min.) : sound, color and black & white ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
0715515111713 CC2322BD, 9781604657913 CC2322BD-1--CC2322BD-5, 160465791X, 9781604657920, 1604657928, 9781604657937, 1604657936, 9781604657944, 1604657944 715515111713, 9781604657951, 1604657952, 9781604657968, 1604657960
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
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

CONTENTS

Part 1.

Shadows

(1959) (82 min.) --

Part 2.

Faces

(1968) (130 min.) --

Part 3.

A woman under the influence

(1974) (147 min.) --

Part 4.

Killing of a Chinese bookie

(1976 version) (135 min.) ;

Killing of a Chinese bookie

(1978 version) (108 min.) --

Part 5.

Opening night

(1977) (144 min.)

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