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Limelight (1952) Directed by Charles Chaplin Country: United States Duration: 137 minutes Language: English Spine #756 DVD BONUS FEATURES Chaplin’s “Limelight”: Its Evolution and Intimacy, a new video essay by Charlie Chaplin biographer David Robinson New interviews with actors Claire Bloom and Norman Lloyd Chaplin Today: “Limelight,” a 2002 documentary on the film Archival audio recording of Chaplin reading two short excerpts from his novella Footlights Two short films by Chaplin: A Night in the Show (1915) and the uncompleted The Professor (1919) Outtake and two trailers PLUS: An essay by critic Peter von Bagh and excerpts from an on-set piece by journalist Henry Gris

Le silence de la mer (1949) Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville Country: France Duration: 87 minutes Language: French Spine #755 DVD BONUS FEATURES The short 24 Hours in the Life of a Clown (1946), director Jean-Pierre Melville’s first film New interview with film scholar Ginette Vincendeau Code Name Melville (2008), a seventy-six-minute documentary on Melville’s time in the French Resistance and his films about it Melville Steps Out of the Shadows (2010), a forty-two-minute documentary about Le silence de la mer Interview with Melville from 1959 PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien and a selection from Rui Nogueira’s 1971 book Melville on Melville

Odd Man Out (1947) Directed by Carol Reed Country: United Kingdom Duration: 116 minutes Language: English Spine #754 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with British cinema scholar John Hill, author of Cinema and Northern Ireland: Film, Culture and Politics Postwar Poetry, a new short documentary about the film New interview with music scholar Jeff Smith about composer William Alwyn and his score Home, James, a 1972 documentary featuring actor James Mason revisiting his hometown Radio adaptation of the film from 1952, starring Mason and Dan O’Herlihy PLUS: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith

The Thin Blue Line (1988) Directed by Errol Morris Country: United States Duration: 102 minutes Language: English Spine #753 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with Morris New interview with Joshua Oppenheimer, director of The Act of Killing NBC report from 1989 covering Randall Adams’s release from prison PLUS: An essay by film scholar Charles Musser

Vernon, Florida (1981) Directed by Errol Morris Country: United States Duration: 56 minutes Language: English Spine #752 DVD BONUS FEATURES Two new interviews with Morris Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980), a twenty-minute film by Les Blank featuring Herzog fulfilling a bet intended to inspire Morris to complete his first feature Footage of Herzog professing his admiration for Gates of Heaven at the 1980 Telluride Film Festival PLUS: An essay by critic Eric Hynes

Gates of Heaven (1978) Directed by Errol Morris Country: United States Duration: 83 minutes Language: English Spine #751 DVD BONUS FEATURES Two new interviews with Morris Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980), a twenty-minute film by Les Blank featuring Herzog fulfilling a bet intended to inspire Morris to complete his first feature Footage of Herzog professing his admiration for Gates of Heaven at the 1980 Telluride Film Festival PLUS: An essay by critic Eric Hynes

Ride the Pink Horse (1947) Directed by Robert Montgomery Country: United States Duration: 101 minutes Language: English Spine #750 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring film noir historians Alain Silver and James Ursini New interview with Imogen Sara Smith, author of In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1947, featuring Robert Montgomery, Wanda Hendrix, and Thomas Gomez PLUS: An essay by filmmaker and writer Michael Almereyda

The Soft Skin (1964) Directed by François Truffaut Country: France Duration: 117 minutes Language: French Spine #749 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary by screenwriter Jean-Louis Richard and François Truffaut scholar Serge Toubiana New video essay by filmmaker and critic Kent Jones Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock, a 1999 documentary by film historian Robert Fischer Interview with Truffaut from 1965 about the film PLUS: An essay by critic Molly Haskell

Watership Down (1978) Directed by Martin Rosen Country: United States Duration: 92 minutes Language: English Spine #748 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with director Martin Rosen New interview with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro about the film’s importance in animation history Four film-to-storyboard scene comparisons Defining a Style, a 2005 featurette about the film’s aesthetic Trailer PLUS: An essay by comic book writer Gerard Jones (REISSUE) Picture-in-picture storyboards for the entire film

Fellini Satyricon (1969) Directed by Federico Fellini Country: Italy Duration: 130 minutes Language: Italian Spine #747 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring an adaptation of Eileen Lanouette Hughes’s memoir On the Set of “Fellini Satyricon”: A Behind-the-Scenes Diary Ciao, Federico!, Gideon Bachmann’s hour-long documentary shot on the set of Fellini Satyricon Archival interviews with director Federico Fellini New interview with Rotunno New documentary about Fellini’s adaptation of Petronius’s work, featuring interviews with classicists Luca Canali, a consultant on the film, and Joanna Paul New interview with photographer Mary Ellen Mark about her experiences on the set and her iconic photographs of Fellini and his film Felliniana, a presentation of Fellini Satyricon ephemera from the collection of Don Young Trailer PLUS: An essay by film scholar Michael Wood

A Day in the Country (1936) Directed by Jean Renoir Country: France Duration: 41 minutes Language: French Spine #746 DVD BONUS FEATURES Introduction by director Jean Renoir from 1962 The Road to “A Day in the Country,” a new interview with Renoir scholar Christopher Faulkner about the film’s production Renoir at Work, a new video essay by Faulkner on Renoir’s methods Un tournage à la campagne, an eighty-nine-minute 1994 compilation of outtakes from the film Interview with producer Pierre Braunberger from 1979 Screen tests PLUS: An essay by film scholar Gilberto Perez

Don't Look Now (1973) Directed by Nicolas Roeg Country: United Kingdom Duration: 110 minutes Language: English Spine #745 DVD BONUS FEATURES New conversation between editor Graeme Clifford and film writer and historian Bobbie O’Steen “Don’t Look Now,” Looking Back, a short 2002 documentary featuring Roeg, Clifford, and cinematographer Anthony Richmond Death in Venice, a 2006 interview with composer Pino Donaggio Something Interesting, a new piece on the writing and making of the film, featuring recent interviews with Richmond, actors Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland, and coscreenwriter Allan Scott Nicolas Roeg: The Enigma of Film, a new piece on Roeg’s style, featuring recent interviews with filmmakers Danny Boyle and Steven Soderbergh Q&A with Roeg from 2003 at London’s Ciné Lumière Trailer PLUS: An essay by film critic David Thompson

Every Man for Himself (1980) Directed by Jean-Luc Godard Country: France Duration: 88 minutes Language: French Spine #744 DVD BONUS FEATURES Scénario de “Sauve qui peut (la vie)” (1979), a short video created by director Jean-Luc Godard to secure financing for Every Man for Himself New video essay by critic Colin MacCabe New interviews with actor Isabelle Huppert and producer Marin Karmitz Archival interviews with actor Nathalie Baye, cinematographers Renato Berta and William Lubtchansky, and composer Gabriel Yared Two back-to-back 1980 appearances by Godard on The Dick Cavett Show Godard 1980, a short film by Jon Jost, Donald Ranvaud, and Peter Wollen, featuring Godard Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Amy Taubin

La Ciénaga (2001) Directed by Lucrecia Martel Country: Argentina Duration: 101 minutes Language: Spanish Spine #743 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with Martel New interview with filmmaker Andrés Di Tella about Martel and the film Trailer PLUS: An essay by film scholar David Oubiña

The Palm Beach Story (1942) Directed by Preston Sturges Country: United States Duration: 88 minutes Language: English Spine #742 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with writer and film historian James Harvey about director Preston Sturges New interview with actor and comedian Bill Hader about Sturges Safeguarding Military Information, a 1941 World War II propaganda short written by Sturges Screen Guild Theater radio adaptation of the film from March 1943 PLUS: An essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek

My Winnipeg (2007) Directed by Guy Maddin Country: Canada Duration: 80 minutes Language: English Spine #741 DVD BONUS FEATURES New conversation between Maddin and art critic Robert Enright "My Winnipeg” Live in Toronto, a 2008 featurette Four 2014 cine-essays by filmmaker Evan Johnson and Maddin on various Winnipegiana Five Maddin shorts, the first three with new introductions by the director: Spanky: To the Pier and Back (2008), Sinclair (2010), Only Dream Things (2012), The Hall Runner (2014), and Louis Riel for Dinner (2014) Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Wayne Koestenbaum

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder Country: West Germany Duration: 125 minutes Language: German Spine #740 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with Ballhaus and actors Margit Carstensen, Eva Mattes, Katrin Schaake, and Hanna Schygulla New interview with film scholar Jane Shattuc Role Play: Women on Fassbinder, a 1992 German television documentary by Thomas Honickel featuring interviews with Carstensen, Schygulla, and actors Irm Hermann and Rosel Zech PLUS: An essay by critic Peter Matthews

Safe (1995) Directed by Todd Haynes Country: United States Duration: 119 minutes Language: English Spine #739 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring Haynes, actor Julianne Moore, and producer Christine Vachon New conversation between Haynes and Moore The Suicide, a 1978 short film by Haynes New interview with Vachon Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Dennis Lim

Tootsie (1982) Directed by Sydney Pollack Country: United States Duration: 116 minutes Language: English Spine #738 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring director Sydney Pollack New interviews with actor Dustin Hoffman and comedy writer Phil Rosenthal Interview with Dorothy Michaels by film critic Gene Shalit Making of “Tootsie” (1982) and A Better Man: The Making of “Tootsie” (2007), two documentaries featuring interviews with cast and crew Screen and wardrobe test footage Deleted scenes and trailers PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Sragow

Les Blank: Always for Pleasure (1968) Directed by Les Blank Country: United States Duration: 563 minutes Language: English Spine #737 FILMS INCLUDED IN THE BOX SET The Blues Accordin’ to Lightnin’ Hopkins (1968 • 31 minutes • Color • Monaural • 1.33:1 aspect ratio) Soon after founding his production company, Flower Films, Les Blank got up close to the legendary Texas blues musician Lightnin’ Hopkins for this rollicking film. God Respects Us When We Work, but Loves Us When We Dance (1968 • 20 minutes • Color • Monaural • 1.33:1 aspect ratio) Blank took his camera to the historic 1967 Easter Sunday love-in in Los Angeles for this immersive, even spiritual collage of a film. Spend It All (1971 • 43 minutes • Color • Monaural • In English and French with English subtitles • 1.33:1 aspect ratio) Blank journeys down the bayous and byways of Southwest Louisiana in this riveting portrait of the region’s Cajun community. A Well Spent Life (1971 • 44 minutes • Color • Monaural • 1.33:1 aspect ratio) Musician Mance Lipscomb commands the screen in Blank’s vivid sketch of a man some consider the greatest blues guitarist who ever lived. Dry Wood (1973 • 37 minutes • Color • Monaural • In English and French with English subtitles • 1.33:1 aspect ratio) Blank ventured back to Southwest Louisiana for this work of ramshackle beauty, an immersion in the region’s black Creole community that teems with delightful detail. Hot Pepper (1973 • 54 minutes • Color • Monaural • In English and French with English subtitles • 1.33:1 aspect ratio) This is an energetic portrait of the Grammy-winning Creole musician Clifton Chenier, a.k.a. the King of Zydeco; Blank beautifully captures his music’s propulsive, foot-tapping joy. Always for Pleasure (1978 • 57 minutes • Color • Monaural • 1.33:1 aspect ratio) Blank’s raucous tribute to the sights, sounds, and flavors of New Orleans is perhaps his most sustained representation of pure joy. Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980 • 50 minutes • Color • Monaural • In English and Spanish with English subtitles • 1.33:1 aspect ratio) More than just a nonfiction lark, Blank’s highly personal film ode to the “stinking rose” is a loving tribute both to a food that unites the most disparate of cuisines and to the East Bay, California, community that appears on-screen. Sprout Wings and Fly (1983 • 30 minutes • Color • Monaural • 1.33:1 aspect ratio) This is a warm depiction of the life of old-time fiddler Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. In Heaven There Is No Beer? (1984 • 49 minutes • Color • Monaural • 1.33:1 aspect ratio) A cinematic jamboree, this film finds Blank in a characteristically jubilant mode as he explores “polka happiness” and the Polish American polka subculture. Gap-Toothed Women (1987 • 31 minutes • Color • Monaural • 1.33:1 aspect ratio) Blank breezily questions our commonly accepted standards of beauty with this paean to women with extra-wide dental spaces. Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of Cajun and Creole Cooking (1990 • 31 minutes • Color • Monaural • In English and French with English subtitles • 1.33:1 aspect ratio) Accordionist Marc Savoy and his family and friends show us how to make goo courtbouillon, gumbo, étouffée, boudin, and other Cajun and Creole delights. The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists (1994 • 53 minutes • Color • Monaural • 1.33:1 aspect ratio) This portrait of the free-spirited painter and singing cowboy Gerald Gaxiola is a testament to creativity unencumbered by commerce. Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella (1995 • 34 minutes • Color • Stereo • In English and Spanish with English subtitles • 1.33:1 aspect ratio) The impassioned rhythms of Francisco Aguabella’s conga propel this portrait of the great Afro-Cuban percussionist. Excerpt from Les Blank: A Quiet Revelation, a film project by Harrod Blank and Gina Leibrecht New interviews with Blank’s sons, Harrod and Beau; Blank documentary subject Gerald Gaxiola (a.k.a. the Maestro); Blank’s friends and collaborators Skip Gerson, Maureen Gosling, Taylor Hackford, Werner Herzog, Susan Kell, Tom Luddy, David Silberberg, and Chris Simon; and chef and author Alice Waters Related shorts by Blank: The Sun’s Gonna Shine (1968), More Fess (1978), Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge (1991), My Old Fiddle: A Visit with Tommy Jarrell in the Blue Ridge (1994), and The Maestro Rides Again (2005)Two outtake performances from The Blues Accordin’ to Lightnin’ Hopkins PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Andrew Horton

It Happened One Night (1934) Directed by Frank Capra Country: United States Duration: 105 minutes Language: English Spine #736 DVD BONUS FEATURES Screwball Comedy?, a new conversation between critics Molly Haskell and Phillip Lopate Interview with Frank Capra Jr. from 1999 Frank Capra’s American Dream, a 1997 feature-length documentary about the director’s life and career New digital transfer of Capra’s first film, the 1921 silent short Fultah Fisher’s Boarding House, with a new score composed and performed by Donald Sosin American Film Institute tribute to Capra from 1982 Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme

Ride in the Whirlwind (1966) Directed by Monte Hellman Country: United States Duration: 82 minutes Language: English Spine #735 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentaries on both films, featuring Hellman and film historians Bill Krohn and Blake Lucas New interviews with actors John Hackett, B. J. Merholz, Millie Perkins, and Harry Dean Stanton, assistant director Gary Kurtz, and chief wrangler Calvin Johnson, all in conversation with Hellman New conversation between actor Will Hutchins and film programmer Jake Perlin New video appreciation of actor Warren Oates by critic Kim Morgan PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Atkinson

The Shooting (1966) Directed by Monte Hellman Country: United States Duration: 81 minutes Language: English Spine #734 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentaries on both films, featuring Hellman and film historians Bill Krohn and Blake Lucas New interviews with actors John Hackett, B. J. Merholz, Millie Perkins, and Harry Dean Stanton, assistant director Gary Kurtz, and chief wrangler Calvin Johnson, all in conversation with Hellman New conversation between actor Will Hutchins and film programmer Jake Perlin New video appreciation of actor Warren Oates by critic Kim Morgan PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Atkinson

La dolce vita (1960) Directed by Federico Fellini Country: Italy Duration: 174 minutes Language: Italian Spine #733 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with filmmaker Lina Wertmüller, an assistant director on the film New interview with scholar David Forgacs about the period in Italian history when the film was made New interview with Italian journalist Antonello Sarno Interview with director Federico Fellini from 1965 Audio interview with actor Marcello Mastroianni from the early 1960s Felliniana, a presentation of La dolce vita ephemera from the collection of Don Young New visual essay by filmmaker : : kogonada PLUS: An essay by critic Gary Giddins

My Darling Clementine (1946) Directed by John Ford Country: United States Duration: 97 minutes Language: English Spine #732 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary featuring John Ford biographer Joseph McBride New interview with western historian Andrew C. Isenberg about the real Wyatt Earp Comparison of the two versions by film preservationist Robert Gitt New video essay by Ford scholar Tag Gallagher Bandit’s Wager, a 1916 silent western short costarring Ford and directed by his brother, Francis Ford, featuring new music composed and performed by Donald Sosin NBC television reports from 1963 and 1975 about the history of Tombstone and Monument Valley Lux Radio Theatre adaptation from 1947 starring Henry Fonda and Cathy Downs Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic David Jenkins