John Cassavetes: Five Films (Criterion Collection)

構成数 : 5

Films In This Set
『Shadows(アメリカの影)』(1959)
『Faces(フェイシズ)』(1968)
『A Woman Under the Influence(こわれゆく女)』(1974)
『The Killing of a Chinese Bookie(チャイニーズ・ブッキーを殺した男)』(1976)
『Opening Night(オープニング・ナイト)』(1977)
『A Constant Forge』(2000)

Special Features
・New high-definition digital restorations of all five films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-ray editions
・New high-definition digital restoration of Cassavetes's 108-minute 1978 version of The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
・A Constant Forge: The Life and Art of John Cassavetes (2000), a 200-minute documentary by Charles Kiselyak
・New interviews with actor Lelia Goldoni and associate producer Seymour Cassel about Shadows
・Silent footage from the Cassavetes-Lane Drama Workshop, from which Shadows emerged
・Restoration demonstration for Shadows
・Alternate eighteen-minute opening sequence for Faces
・Episode of the French television series Cineastes de notre temps from 1968, dedicated to Cassavetes
・Making "Faces," a new documentary featuring interviews with actors Cassel, Lynn Carlin, and Gena Rowlands and director of photography Al Ruban
・Al Ruban on Lighting and Shooting "Faces," a new video program (Blu-ray); Lighting and Shooting the Film, an on-screen essay by Ruban, illustrated with video clips, that discusses the techniques and equipment used on Faces (DVD)
・Audio commentary for A Woman Under the Influence by sound recordist and composer Bo Harwood and camera operator Mike Ferris
・New conversation between Rowlands and actor Peter Falk about A Woman Under the Influence
・New interview program featuring actor Ben Gazzara and Ruban discussing The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
・New conversation between Rowlands and Gazzara about Opening Night
・New interview with Ruban about Opening Night
・Three audio interviews with Cassavetes from the 1970s
・Trailers for Shadows, A Woman Under the Influence, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, and Opening Night
・Stills and poster galleries
・Trailers
・Biographical sketches of the actors Cassavetes frequently cast in his films, written by Tom Chartity (John Cassavetes: Lifeworks) (DVD only)
・English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
・PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by Gary Giddins, Kent Jones, Kiselyak, Stuart Klawans, Dennis Lim, and Phillip Lopate; writings by and interviews with Cassavetes; and tributes to the filmmaker by director Martin Scorsese; actor and writer Elaine Kagan, Cassavetes's former secretary; and novelist Jonathan Lethem

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