A taste of honey /
Based on one of the most controversial plays of its time, shows how a disaffected teenager finds her way amid the economic desperation of industrial Manchester, and despite an absent, self-absorbed mother. With its unapologetic identification with social outcasts and its sensitive, modern approach t...
| Uniform Title: | Taste of honey (Motion picture : 1961) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English with optional English subtitles. |
| Published: |
[New York, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2016]
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| Edition: | Blu-ray special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
829. |
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| Summary: | Based on one of the most controversial plays of its time, shows how a disaffected teenager finds her way amid the economic desperation of industrial Manchester, and despite an absent, self-absorbed mother. With its unapologetic identification with social outcasts and its sensitive, modern approach to matters of sexuality and race, a classic that is still a startling benchmark work of realism. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. Adapted from the play by Shelagh Delaney. Special features: new, restored, 4K digital transfer; new interviews with actors Rota Tushingham and Murray Melvin; audio interview with director and coscreenwriter Tony Richardson from the 1962 Cannes Film Festival; "Momma don't allow" (1956), a Free Cinema short film by Richardson and shot by Lassally; excerpt from a 1960 television interview with playwright Shelagh Delaney; interview from 1998 with cinematographer Walter Lassally; remaking British Theater: Joan Littlewood and “A Taste of Honey,” a new piece about the film's stage origins, featuring an interview with theater scholar Kate Dorney; booklet essay by film scholar Colin MacCabe. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm) |
| Format: | Blu-ray; region A; widescreen (1.66:1); monaural; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Production Credits: | Music, John Addison ; director of photography, Walter Lasally ; editor, Antony Gibbs. |
| ISBN: | 9781681431949 1681431947 |