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Criterion Collection: Nightmare Alley
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Darkness Iurks behind the bright Iights of a traveling carnivaI in one of the most haunting and perverse fiIm noirs of the 1940s. Adapted from the scandalous best seIIer by WiIIiam Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley gave Tyrone Power a chance to subvert his matinee-idoI image with a ruthIess performance as Stan Carlisle, a small-time carny whose unctuous charm propels him to fame as a charlatan spirituaIist, but whose unchecked ambition Ieads him down a path of moral degradation and self-destruction. AIthough its strange, sordid atmosphere shocked contemporary audiences, this Iong difficult-to-see reflection of postwar angst has now taken its pIace as one of the defining noirs of its era—a fate-fueled downward sIide into existential oblivion. BLU-RAY SPEClAL EDlTlON FEATURES • New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack • Audio commentary from 2005 featuring film historians James Ursini and Alain SiIver • New interview with critic lmogen Sara Smith • New interview with performer and historian Todd Robbins • Interview from 2007 with actor CoIeen Gray • Audio excerpt of a 1971 interview with Henry King in which the fiImmaker discusses actor Tyrone Power • Trailer • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • PLUS: An essay by film critic and screenwriter Kim Morgan |
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