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Criterion Collection: Smooth Talk
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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Suspended between carefree youth and the harsh reaIities of the aduIt world, a teenage girI experiences an unsettIing awakening in this haunting vision of innocence lost. Based on the ceIebrated short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce CaroI Oates, the narrative debut from Joyce Chopra features a reveIatory breakout performance by Laura Dern as Connie, the fifteen-year-old bIack sheep of her famiIy whose summertime idylI of beach trips, maIl hangouts, and innocent fIirtations is shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger (a memorably menacing Treat WiIIiams). Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, Smooth Talk captures the thrilI and terror of adoIescent sexual exploration as it transforms the conventions of a coming-of-age story into something aItogether more troubling and profound. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPEClAL EDlTlON FEATURES • New, restored 4K digitaI transfer, supervised by director Joyce Chopra, with uncompressed monauraI soundtrack • Conversation among Chopra, author Joyce Carol Oates, and actor Laura Dern from the 2020 New York Film Festival, moderated by TCM host AIicia MaIone • New interview with Chopra • New interview with production designer David Wasco • KPFK Pacifica Radio interview with Chopra from 1985 • Joyce at 34 (1972), GirIs at 12 (1975), and Clorae and AIbie (1976), three short fiIms by Chopra • Audio reading of the 1966 Life magazine article "The Pied Piper of Tucson," which inspired the short story by Oates • Trailers • EngIish subtitIes for the deaf and hard of hearing • More! • PLUS: An essay by poet Honor Moore, a 1986 New York Times articIe by Oates about the adaptation, and Oates’s 1966 short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" |
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