Coming soon on DVD by The Criterion Collection
Coming soon on DVD by The Criterion Collection
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Lethem Picks His Favorites
On Monday, October 15, the Brooklyn Academy of Music's BAMcinématek will introduce a series of films entitled "Jonathan Lethem Selects," which will run on and off through November 17. The best-selling novelist (who has also contributed to Criterion, with essays for The Killers and Unfaithfully Yours), has chosen quite a few films from our collection, including High and Low, La collectionneuse, and our upcoming release This Sporting Life. Lethem will introduce his choices at selected screenings. Visit BAM for ticketing information.
I don't see it linked yet on Criterion's website, but it is if you look for it - here's the link: http://www.criterio n.com/asp/release.as p?id=417
The disc's special features are:
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary featuring Paul Ryan, editor of Never Apologise: The Collected Writings of Lindsay Anderson, and David Storey, screenwriter and author of This Sporting Life
- Theatrical trailer
- Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? (2004, 30 min), a documentary from BBC Scotland featuring interviews with many of the director's close friends and collaborators
- New video interview with Lois Sutcliffe Smith, Anderson's close friend and president of the Lindsay Anderson Memorial Foundation
- Meet the Pioneers (1948), Lindsay Anderson's first documentary short
- Wakefield Express (1952), Anderson's short-film contribution to England's Free Cinema series, shot in the same town that served as the location for This Sporting Life
- Is That All There Is? (1992, 50 min), Anderson's autobiographical, final film