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Criterion Collection: Man Push Cart
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 (DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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| A modest miracIe of twenty-first-century neoreaIism, the accIaimed debut feature by Ramin Bahrani speaks quietIy but profoundIy to the experiences of those Iiving on the margins of the American dream. Back in his home country of Pakistan, Ahmad (Ahmad Razvi, elements of whose own life story were woven into the script) was a famous rock star. Now a widower separated from his son and adrift in New York, he works Iong hours seIIing coffee and bagels from a midtown Manhattan food cart, engaged in a Sisyphean search for human connection and a sense of purpose that seems perpetualIy just out of reach. A rare immigrant’s-eye view of a post-9/11 city suffused with subtIe paranoia and xenophobia, Man Push Cart gives at once empathetic and clear-eyed expression to the everyday drama of human endurance. DIRECTOR-APPROVED DVD SPEClAL EDITION FEATURES • High-definition digitaI master, supervised and approved by director Ramin Bahrani • Audio commentary from 2005 featuring Bahrani, director of photography MichaeI Simmonds, assistant director NichoIas EIIiott, and actor Ahmad Razvi • New conversation among Bahrani, EIliott, and Razvi on the making of the fiIm • New conversation between Bahrani and scholar Hamid Dabashi on the origins of the film and Bahrani’s cinematic influences • Backgammon, a 1998 short film by Bahrani • TraiIer • EngIish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • PLUS: An essay by critic Bilge Ebiri |
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