The Criterion Collection continues to impress through the remarkable range of what it offers cineastes on a monthly basis. Look at the highlights of their May 2014 Blu-ray offerings, all currently available in stores and for online order. What on Earth do “Overlord,” “Like Someone in Love,” and “Red River” have in common?
One is set in World War II, one during the Chisholm Trail, and one in present day. One is British, one defiantly American, and one is Japanese. Abbas Kiarostami really couldn’t have more distinctly different cinematic intentions than Howard Hawks. And yet Criterion wisely understands that film lovers love all different kinds of film. Pick your favorite.
For me, the best film is “Like Someone in Love,” the best release is “Red River.” “Overlord” remains an interesting curiosity, a film that blends archival footage and fictional filmmaking to achieve something unique. Directed by Stuart Cooper and shot...
One is set in World War II, one during the Chisholm Trail, and one in present day. One is British, one defiantly American, and one is Japanese. Abbas Kiarostami really couldn’t have more distinctly different cinematic intentions than Howard Hawks. And yet Criterion wisely understands that film lovers love all different kinds of film. Pick your favorite.
For me, the best film is “Like Someone in Love,” the best release is “Red River.” “Overlord” remains an interesting curiosity, a film that blends archival footage and fictional filmmaking to achieve something unique. Directed by Stuart Cooper and shot...
- 6/5/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Blu-ray Release Date: May 13, 2014
Price: Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Brian Stirner goes to war in Overlord.
Directed by Stuart Cooper, who seamlessly interweaves archival war footage and a fictional narrative, the 1975 war drama Overlord is an immersive account of one twenty-year-old’s (Brian Stirner) journey from basic training to the front lines of D-day. Along the way, the film brings to life all the terrors and isolation of war with jolting authenticity.
Impressionistically shot by Stanley Kubrick’s late, great cinematographer John Alcott (A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon), Overlord is both a document of World War II and a dreamlike meditation on human smallness in a large, incomprehensible machine.
This Critierion Blu-ray edition of Overlord ports over the bulk of the bonus features included on Criterion’s previously issued DVD edition.
Here’s a complete list of features:
• Restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Stuart Cooper, with uncompressed...
Price: Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Brian Stirner goes to war in Overlord.
Directed by Stuart Cooper, who seamlessly interweaves archival war footage and a fictional narrative, the 1975 war drama Overlord is an immersive account of one twenty-year-old’s (Brian Stirner) journey from basic training to the front lines of D-day. Along the way, the film brings to life all the terrors and isolation of war with jolting authenticity.
Impressionistically shot by Stanley Kubrick’s late, great cinematographer John Alcott (A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon), Overlord is both a document of World War II and a dreamlike meditation on human smallness in a large, incomprehensible machine.
This Critierion Blu-ray edition of Overlord ports over the bulk of the bonus features included on Criterion’s previously issued DVD edition.
Here’s a complete list of features:
• Restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Stuart Cooper, with uncompressed...
- 2/26/2014
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
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