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Carol White is an L.A. housewife in the late 1980s who comes down with a debilitating illness. After the doctors she sees can give her no clear diagnosis, she comes to believe that she has frighteningly extreme environmental allergies. A prescient commentary on self-help culture, as a metaphor for t...
| Other Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Published: |
[Place of publication not identified] :
[Publisher not identified],
[2014]
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| Series: | Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ;
739. |
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| Summary: | Carol White is an L.A. housewife in the late 1980s who comes down with a debilitating illness. After the doctors she sees can give her no clear diagnosis, she comes to believe that she has frighteningly extreme environmental allergies. A prescient commentary on self-help culture, as a metaphor for the AIDS crisis, as a drama about class and social estrangement, and as a horror film about what cannot be seen. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1995. Special features:Audio commentary featuring Haynes, actor and producer; New conversation between Haynes and Moore; The Suicide, a 1978 short film by Haynes; New interview with Vachon; Trailer; Pluss, an essay by critic Dennis Lim. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Blu-ray, widescreen 1.85:1 presentation; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Audience: | Rating: R; for a sex scene and brief language. |
| ISBN: | 9781604659306 1604659300 |