BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The In-Laws (1979) Directed by Arthur Hiller Country: United States Duration: 103 minutes Language: English Spine #823 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2003 featuring director Arthur Hiller, actors Alan Arkin and Peter Falk, and writer Andrew Bergman New interview with Arkin In Support of “The In-Laws,” a new interview program featuring actors Ed Begley Jr., Nancy Dussault, James Hong, and David Paymer Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by comedy writer Stephen Winer and a 2011 recollection of the making of the film by Hiller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Muriel, or The Time of Return (1963) Directed by Alain Resnais Country: France Duration: 116 minutes Language: French Spine #824 DVD BONUS FEATURES Excerpt from the 1980 documentary Une approche d’Alain Resnais, révolutionnaire discret Excerpt from a 1969 interview with actor Delphine Seyrig Interview with composer Hans Werner Henze from 1963 New interview with film scholar François Thomas, author of L’atelier d’Alain Resnais Trailer PLUS: An essay by film scholar James Quandt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 A Touch of Zen (1971) Directed by King Hu Country: Taiwan Duration: 180 minutes Language: Mandarin Spine #825 DVD BONUS FEATURES Documentary from 2012 about director King Hu New interviews with actors Hsu Feng and Shih Chun New interview with filmmaker Ang Lee New interview with film scholar Tony Rayns Trailer PLUS: An essay by film scholar David Bordwell and notes by Hu from a 1975 Cannes Film Festival press kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The New World (2005) Directed by Terrence Malick Country: United States Duration: 172 minutes Language: English, Algonquin Spine #826 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with actors Colin Farrell and Q’orianka Kilcher New program about the making of the film, featuring interviews with producer Sarah Green, production designer Jack Fisk, and costume designer Jacqueline West Making “The New World,” a documentary shot during the production of the film in 2004, directed and edited by Austin Jack Lynch New program about the process of cutting The New World and its various versions, featuring interviews with editors Hank Corwin, Saar Klein, and Mark Yoshikawa Trailers PLUS: A book featuring an essay by film scholar Tom Gunning, a 2006 interview with Lubezki from American Cinematographer, and a selection of materials that inspired the production Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) Directed by Robert Altman Country: United States Duration: 121 minutes Language: English Spine #827 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2002 featuring director Robert Altman and producer David Foster New making-of documentary, featuring members of the cast and crew New conversation about the film and Altman’s career between film historians Cari Beauchamp and Rick Jewell Featurette from the film’s 1970 production Art Directors Guild Film Society Q&A from 1999 with production designer Leon Ericksen Excerpts from archival interviews with cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond Gallery of stills from the set by photographer Steve Schapiro Excerpts from two 1971 episodes of The Dick Cavett Show featuring Altman and film critic Pauline Kael Trailer PLUS: An essay by novelist and critic Nathaniel Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015) Directed by Stig Björkman Country: Sweden Duration: 114 minutes Language: Swedish Spine #828 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with Björkman Selection of 8 mm home movies shot by Bergman in the 1930s Two deleted scenes, showing Bergman’s daughters reading an essay she wrote at age seventeen and an interview with film historian and Bergman scholar Rosario Tronnolone Extended versions of scenes featuring interviews with actors Sigourney Weaver and Liv Ullmann and Bergman’s daughter Isabella Rossellini and with the three Rossellini siblings Clip from the 1932 film Landskamp, featuring Bergman in her first screen role Outtakes from Bergman’s 1936 film On the Sunny Side Music video for Eva Dahlgren’s song “The Movie About Us,” which is included on the film’s soundtrack Trailer PLUS: An essay by film scholar Jeanine Basinger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 A Taste of Honey (1961) Directed by Tony Richardson Country: United Kingdom Duration: 100 minutes Language: English Spine #829 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with actors Rita Tushingham and Murray Melvin Audio interview with director and coscreenwriter Tony Richardson from the 1962 Cannes Film Festival Excerpt from a 1960 television interview with A Taste of Honey playwright Shelagh Delaney Interview from 1998 with cinematographer Walter Lassally Remaking British Theater: Joan Littlewood and “A Taste of Honey,” a new piece about the film’s stage origins, featuring an interview with theater scholar Kate Dorney Momma Don’t Allow (1956), a Free Cinema short film by Richardson, shot by Lassally PLUS: An essay by film scholar Colin MacCabe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Chimes at Midnight (1966) Directed by Orson Welles Country: Spain Duration: 116 minutes Language: English Spine #830 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring film scholar James Naremore, author of The Magic World of Orson Welles New interview with actor Keith Baxter New interview with director Orson Welles’s daughter Beatrice Welles, who appeared in the film at age nine New interview with actor and Welles biographer Simon Callow New interview with film historian Joseph McBride, author of What Ever Happened to Orson Welles? Interview with Welles while at work editing the film, from a 1965 episode of The Merv Griffin Show Trailer PLUS: An essay by film scholar Michael Anderegg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The Immortal Story (1968) Directed by Orson Welles Country: France Duration: 58 minutes Language: French, English Spine #831 DVD BONUS FEATURES Alternate French-language version of the film Audio commentary from 2005 featuring film scholar Adrian Martin Portrait: Orson Welles, a 1968 documentary directed by François Reichenbach and Frédéric Rossif New interview with actor Norman Eshley Interview from 2004 with cinematographer Willy Kurant New interview with Welles scholar François Thomas PLUS: An essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939) Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi Country: Japan Duration: 143 minutes Language: Japanese Spine #832 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with critic Phillip Lopate about the evolution of director Kenji Mizoguchi’s style PLUS: An essay by film scholar Dudley Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Cat People (1942) Directed by Jacques Tourneur Country: United States Duration: 73 minutes Language: English Spine #833 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2005 featuring film historian Gregory Mank, with excerpts from an audio interview with actor Simone Simon Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows, a 2008 feature-length documentary that explores the life and career of the legendary Hollywood producer Interview with director Jacques Tourneur from 1979 New interview with cinematographer John Bailey about the look of the film Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Blood Simple (1984) Directed by Joel Coen Country: United States Duration: 95 minutes Language: English Spine #834 DVD BONUS FEATURES New conversation between Sonnenfeld and the Coens about the film’s look, featuring Telestrator video illustrations New conversation between author Dave Eggers and the Coens about the film’s production, from inception to release New interviews with composer Carter Burwell, sound mixer Skip Lievsay, and actors Frances McDormand and M. Emmet Walsh Trailers PLUS: An essay by novelist and critic Nathaniel Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Valley of the Dolls (1967) Directed by Mark Robson Country: United States Duration: 123 minutes Language: English Spine #835 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2006 featuring actor Barbara Parkins and journalist Ted Casablanca New interviews with writer Amy Fine Collins about author Jacqueline Susann and the costumes in the film New video essay by critic Kim Morgan Footage from Sparkle Patty Sparkle!, a 2009 gala tribute to actor Patty Duke at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco A World Premiere Voyage and Jacqueline Susann and “Valley of the Dolls,” two promotional films from 1967 Episode of the television program Hollywood Backstories from 2001 on the film Screen tests Trailers PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Glenn Kenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) Directed by Russ Meyer Country: United States Duration: 109 minutes Language: English Spine #836 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2003 featuring screenwriter Roger Ebert Audio commentary from 2006 featuring actors Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Harrison Page, John LaZar, and Erica Gavin New interview with filmmaker John Waters Episode from 1988 of The Incredibly Strange Film Show on director Russ Meyer Q&A about the film from 1992 featuring Meyer, Ebert, LaZar, and Read; and actors David Gurian, Charles Napier, Michael Blodgett, and Edy Williams, with host Michael Dare Interview with cast members from 2005 Above, Beneath, and Beyond the Valley; Look On Up at the Bottom; The Best of Beyond; Sex, Drugs, Music & Murder; and Casey & Roxanne, five documentaries from 2006 about the making of the film, featuring the cast and crew Screen tests Trailers PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Glenn Kenny and excerpts from a 1970 account in the UCLA Daily Bruin of a visit to the film’s set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Dekalog (1988) Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski Country: Poland Duration: 583 minutes Language: Polish Spine #837 DVD BONUS FEATURES Selection of archival interviews with director Krzysztof Kieślowski, taken from a 1987 television piece on the production of Dekalog: Two, excerpts from the 1995 documentary A Short Film About “Dekalog,” and a 1990 audio recording from the National Film Theatre in London New program on the formal and thematic patterns of Dekalog by film studies professor Annette Insdorf New and archival interviews with Dekalog cast and crew, including cowriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz, thirteen actors, three cinematographers, editor Ewa Smal, and Kieślowski confidante Hanna Krall Trailers PLUS: A book featuring an essay and capsules on the films by cinema scholar Paul Coates, along with excerpts from Kieślowski on Kieślowski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Directed by Guillermo del Toro Country: Spain Duration: 119 minutes Language: Spanish Spine #838 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary by del Toro from 2007 New interview with del Toro by novelist Cornelia Funke about fairy tales, fantasy, and Pan’s Labyrinth New interview with actor Doug Jones Four 2007 making-of documentaries examining the characters, special effects, themes, and music of the film Interactive director’s notebook Footage of actor Ivana Baquero’s audition for the film Animated comics featuring prequel stories for the film’s menagerie of creatures Programs comparing selected production storyboards and del Toro’s thumbnail sketches with the final film; visual effects work for the Green Fairy; and elements of the film’s score Trailers and TV spots PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Atkinson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Boyhood (2014) Directed by Richard Linklater Country: United States Duration: 165 minutes Language: English Spine #839 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary featuring Linklater and nine members of the film’s cast and crew New documentary chronicling the film’s production, featuring footage shot over the course of its twelve years New discussion featuring Linklater and actors Patricia Arquette and Ellar Coltrane, moderated by producer John Pierson New conversation between Coltrane and actor Ethan Hawke New video essay by critic Michael Koresky about time in Linklater’s films, narrated by Coltrane Collection of portraits of the cast and crew by photographer Matt Lankes, narrated with personal thoughts from Linklater, Arquette, Hawke, Coltrane, and producer Cathleen Sutherland PLUS: An essay by novelist Jonathan Lethem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The Executioner (1963) Directed by Luis García Berlanga Country: Spain Duration: 92 minutes Language: Spanish Spine #840 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar New program on director Luis García Berlanga, featuring interviews with his son José Luis Berlanga; film critic Carlos F. Heredero; writers Fernando R. Lafuente and Bernardo Sánchez Salas; and director of the Berlanga Film Museum Rafael Maluenda Spanish television program from 2012 on The Executioner, featuring archival interviews with Berlanga Trailer PLUS: An essay by film critic David Cairns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Lone Wolf and Cub Spine #841 DVD BOX SET FEATURES High-definition presentation of Shogun Assassin, a 1980 English-dubbed reedit of the first two Lone Wolf and Cub films New interview with Kazuo Koike, writer of the Lone Wolf and Cub manga series and screenwriter on five of the films Lame d’un père, l’âme d’un sabre, a 2005 documentary about the making of the series New interview in which Sensei Yoshimitsu Katsuse discusses and demonstrates the real Suio-ryu sword techniques that inspired the ones depicted in the manga and films New interview with biographer Kazuma Nozawa about Kenji Misumi, director of four of the six films Silent documentary from 1939 about the making of samurai swords, with an optional new ambient score by Ryan Francis Trailers PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay and film synopses by Japanese pop-culture writer Patrick Macias FILMS INCLUDED IN THE BOX SET Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) Directed by Kenji Misumi Country: Japan Duration: 83 minutes Language: Japanese Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972) Directed by Kenji Misumi Country: Japan Duration: 81 minutes Language: Japanese Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972) Directed by Kenji Misumi Country: Japan Duration: 89 minutes Language: Japanese Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972) Directed by Buichi Saito Country: Japan Duration: 81 minutes Language: Japanese Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973) Directed by Kenji Misumi Country: Japan Duration: 89 minutes Language: Japanese Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974) Directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda Country: Japan Duration: 83 minutes Language: Japanese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990) Directed by Akira Kurosawa Country: Japan Duration: 120 minutes Language: Japanese Spine #842 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary featuring film scholar Stephen Prince Making of “Dreams” (1990), a 150-minute documentary shot on set and directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi New interview with production manager Teruyo Nogami New interview with assistant director Takashi Koizumi Kurosawa’s Way (2011), a fifty-minute documentary by Kurosawa’s longtime translator Catherine Cadou, featuring interviews with filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Martin Scorsese, Hayao Miyazaki, and others Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri and Kurosawa’s script for a never-filmed ninth dream, introduced by Nogami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Punch-Drunk Love (2002) Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Country: United States Duration: 95 minutes Language: English Spine #843 DVD BONUS FEATURES Blossoms & Blood, a short 2002 piece by Anderson featuring Adam Sandler and Emily Watson, along with music by Jon Brion New interview with Brion New piece featuring behind-the-scenes footage of a recording session for the film’s soundtrack New conversation between curators Michael Connor and Lia Gangitano about the art of Jeremy Blake, used in the film Additional artwork by Blake Cannes Film Festival press conference from 2002 NBC News interview from 2000 with David Phillips, the “pudding guy” Twelve Scopitones Deleted scenes Mattress Man commercial Trailers PLUS: An essay by filmmaker, author, and artist Miranda July Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 One-Eyed Jacks (1961) Directed by Marlon Brando Country: United States Duration: 141 minutes Language: English Spine #844 DVD BONUS FEATURES New introduction by Scorsese Excerpts from voice recordings director and star Marlon Brando made during the development of the film’s script New video essays on the film’s production history and on its potent combination of the stage and screen icon Brando with the classic Hollywood western genre Trailer PLUS: An essay by film critic Howard Hampton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The Squid and the Whale (2005) Directed by Noah Baumbach Country: United States Duration: 81 minutes Language: English Spine #845 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with Baumbach and actors Jeff Daniels, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, and Laura Linney New conversation about the score and other music in the film between Baumbach and composers Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips Behind “The Squid and the Whale,” a 2005 documentary featuring on-set footage and cast interviews Audition footage Trailers PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones and a 2005 interview of Baumbach by novelist Jonathan Lethem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Heart of a Dog (2015) Directed by Laurie Anderson Country: United States Duration: 75 minutes Language: English Spine #846 DVD BONUS FEATURES Alternate no-music soundtrack New conversation between director Laurie Anderson and coproducer Jake Perlin Footage of Anderson’s 2016 Concert for Dogs Deleted scenes Lolabelle’s video Christmas card Trailer PLUS: An essay by film critic Glenn Kenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Directed by John Huston Country: United States Duration: 112 minutes Language: English Spine #847 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2004 by film historian Drew Casper, featuring archival recordings of actor James Whitmore Pharos of Chaos, a 1983 documentary about actor Sterling Hayden New interviews with film noir historian Eddie Muller and cinematographer John Bailey Archival footage of writer-director John Huston discussing the film Episode of the television program City Lights from 1979 featuring Huston Audio excerpts of archival interviews with Huston Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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