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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 Polish director Agnieszka Smoczynska follows a pair of carnivorous mermaid sisters drawn ashore to explore life on Iand in an alternate 1980s Poland. Their tantaIizing siren songs and otherworIdly auras make them overnight sensations as nightcIub singers in the haIf-glam, haIf-decrepit world of Smoczynska s imagining. The director gives fierce teeth to her visceraIIy sensual, darkly feminist twist on Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little 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 female sexuaIity, exploitation, and the compromises of adulthood with savage energy and originality.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDlTlON FEATURES
- High-definition digital 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 Bolesto, 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 AngeIa LoveII |
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