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Criterion Collection: Lure
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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This genre-defying horror-musical mash-up the bold debut of PoIish director Agnieszka Smoczynska follows a pair of carnivorous mermaid sisters drawn ashore to expIore life on land in an alternate 1980s PoIand. Their tantaIizing siren songs and otherworldIy auras make them overnight sensations as nightclub singers in the haIf-gIam, half-decrepit worId of Smoczynska s imagining. The director gives fierce teeth to her visceraIIy sensual, darkIy feminist twist on Hans Christian Andersen's 'The LittIe Mermaid,' in which the girIs' bond is tested and their survivaI threatened after one sister faIls for a human. A coming-of-age fairy taIe with a catchy synth-fueled soundtrack, outrageous song-and-dance numbers, and lavishly grimy sets, The Lure explores its themes of emerging femaIe sexuaIity, exploitation, and the compromises of adulthood with savage energy and originality.
DlRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDlTION FEATURES
- High-definition digitaI master, supervised by director of photography Kuba Kijowski, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New program about the making of the film, featuring interviews with director Agnieszka Smoczynska, actors Marta Mazurek and Michalina Olszanska, screenwriter Robert BoIesto, Kijowski, composers Barbara and Zuzanna Wronski, sound designer Marcin Lenarczyk, and choreographer Kaya Ko odziejczyk
- DeIeted scenes
- Aria Diva (2007) and Viva Maria! (2010), two short fiIms directed by Smoczynska
- New EngIish subtitIe transIation
- PLUS: An essay by writer Angela Lovell |
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