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Criterion Blu-ray in April: Campion, Denis, De Palma, Gilliam, Loach, Melville
The Criterion Collection has announced six titles for Blu-ray release in April. On April 12, it will release Le cercle rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970) and White Material (Claire Denis, 2009). A week later, it will release Kes (Ken Loach, 1969) and Sweetie (Jane Campion, 1989). And finally, on April 26 it will release Blow Out (Brian De Palma, 1981) and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, 1998). With the obvious exception of Le cercle rouge, all digital transfers are director-approved.
Special features include:
Blow Out
* New hour-long interview with De Palma, conducted by filmmaker Noah Baumbach * New interview with star Nancy Allen * Cameraman Garrett Brown on the Steadicam shots featured in the film within the film * Select on-set photos from photographer Louis Goldman * Original theatrical trailer * A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Sragow and Pauline Kael's original New Yorker review
Le cercle rouge
* Excerpts from Cinéastes de notre temps: "Jean-Pierre Melville" * Video interviews with assistant director Bernard Stora and Rui Nogueria, the author of Melville on Melville * Thirty minutes of rare on-set and archival footage, featuring interviews with director Jean-Pierre Melville and stars Alain Delon, Yves Montand, and André Bourvil * Original theatrical trailer and 2003 Rialto Pictures rerelease trailer * A booklet featuring essays by film critics Michael Sragow and Chris Fujiwara, excerpts from Melville on Melville, a reprinted interview with composer Eric Demarsan, and an appreciation from director John Woo
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
* Audio commentaries: o Terry Gilliam o Stars Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro and producer Laila Nabulsi o Author Hunter S. Thompson * Deleted scenes, with optional commentary by Gilliam * Selection of Thompson correspondence, read on camera by Depp * Hunter Goes to Hollywood, a short documentary by filmmaker Wayne Ewing * A look at the controversy over the screenwriting credit * Profile of Oscar Zeta Acosta, the inspiration for Dr. Gonzo * Collection of artwork by illustrator Ralph Steadman * Audio excerpt from the 1996 spoken-word CD Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, featuring filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and actor Maury Chaykin * Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood, a 1978 BBC documentary with Thompson and Steadman * Storyboards, production designs, stills gallery, theatrical trailer, and TV spots * A booklet featuring an essay by critic J. Hoberman and two pieces by Thompson
Kes
* Making "Kes," a new documentary featuring Loach, Menges, producer Tony Garnett, and actor David Bradley * The Southbank Show: "Ken Loach" (1993), a profile of the filmmaker, featuring Loach, Garnett, directors Stephen Frears and Alan Parker, and other Loach collaborators * Cathy Come Home (1967), a feature directed by Loach and produced by Garnett, with an introduction by film writer Graham Fuller * Original theatrical trailer * A booklet featuring an essay by Fuller
Sweetie
* Audio commentary featuring Jane Campion, director of photoraphy Sally Bongers, and screenwriter Gerard Lee * Making "Sweetie," a video conversation between stars Genevieve Lemon and Karen Colston * Campion's early short films An Exercise in Discipline: Peel, Passionless Moments, and A Girl's Own Story * Jane Campion: The Film School Years, a 1989 video conversation between Campion and critic Peter Thompson * Gallery of behind-the-scenes photos and production stills * Original theatrical trailer * A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Dana Polan
White Material
* New interviews with Clare Denis and actors Isabelle Huppert and Isaach de Bankolé * Short documentary by Denis on the film's premiere at the Écrans Noirs Film Festival 2010 in Cameroon * Deleted scene * Theatrical trailer * A booklet featuring a new essay by film writer Amy Taubin
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