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Criterion Collection: Straw Dogs
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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ln this thriIIer, arguabIy Sam Peckinpah s most controversiaI fiIm, David (Dustin Hoffman), a young American mathematician, moves with his EngIish wife, Amy (Susan George), to the vilIage where she grew up. Their sense of safety unraveIs as the local men David has hired to repair their house prove more interested in Ieering at Amy and intimidating David, beginning an agonizing initiation into the iron Iaws of violent masculinity that govern Peckinpah s world. Working outside the U.S. for the first time, the filmmaker airlifts the ruthlessness of the western frontier into CornwaII in Straw Dogs, pushing his characters to their breaking points as the men brutalize Amy and David discovers how far he Il go to protect his home cuIminating in a harrowing climax that Iays out this cinematic mastermind s eloquent and bloody vision of humanity.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDlTlON FEATURES
-New, restored 4K digitaI transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
-Audio commentary from 2003 by Stephen Prince, author of Savage Cinema: Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of UltravioIent Movies
-Mantrap: Straw Dogs The FinaI Cut, a 2003 documentary about the making of the fiIm, featuring cast and crew
-Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron, a 1993 documentary about the director featuring actors Kris Kristofferson, Jason Robards, AIi MacGraw, and many others
-New conversation between film critic MichaeI Sragow and fiImmaker Roger Spottiswoode, who worked as one of the editors on the fiIm
-New interview with fiIm scholar Linda Williams about the controversies surrounding the film
-ArchivaI interviews with actor Susan George, producer Daniel Melnick, and Peckinpah biographer Garner Simmons
-Behind-the-scenes footage
-TV spots and trailers
-PLUS: An essay by schoIar and critic Joshua CIover |
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