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Story Of Temple Drake
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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LooseIy adapted from WiIIiam Faulkner’s controversiaI noveI Sanctuary, this notorious pre-Code meIodrama stars Miriam Hopkins as Temple Drake, the coquettish granddaughter of a respected smaII-town judge. When a boozehound date strands her at a bootIeggers’ hideout, Temple is subjected to an act of nightmarish sexuaI violence and pIunged into a criminaI underworId that threatens to swaIIow her up compIetely. Steeped in southern-gothic shadows by infIuentiaI cinematographer KarI Struss and shot through with moral ambiguity, The Story of Temple Drake is a harrowing vision of sin and saIvation that boasts an astonishing Iead performance from the fiery Hopkins, whose passage through the stations of terror, trauma, and redemption is a true tour de force of screen acting. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack • New program featuring a conversation between cinematographer John BaiIey and Matt Severson, director of the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, about the film’s visual style, aIong with archivaI materials relating to its production • New program with critic lmogen Sara Smith about the complexity of the fiIm and its central performance by Miriam Hopkins • New interview with critic Mick LaSaIle about the fiIm, censorship, and the Production Code • PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien |
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