The naked prey /
In the early nineteenth century, after an ivory-hunting safari offends a group of South African hunters, the colonialists are captured and hideously tortured. A lone marksman is released, without clothes or weapons, to be hunted for sport, and he begins a harrowing journey through savanna and jungle...
| Corporate Authors: | , |
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| Other Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Published: |
[United States] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2018]
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| Edition: | Special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
415. |
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| Summary: | In the early nineteenth century, after an ivory-hunting safari offends a group of South African hunters, the colonialists are captured and hideously tortured. A lone marksman is released, without clothes or weapons, to be hunted for sport, and he begins a harrowing journey through savanna and jungle back to a primitive state. It is both a propulsive, stripped-to-the-bone narrative and a meditation on the concept of civilization. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Wide screen. Filmed entirely in Africa. Originally released as a motion picture in 1966. Special features: restored high definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; audio commentary from 2007 by film scholar Stephen Prince; "John Colter's escape," a 1913 written record of the traper's flight from Blackfoot Indians--which was the inspiration for "The naked prey"--read by actor Paul Giamatti; original soundtrack cues created by director Cornel Wilde and ehnomusicologist Andrew Tracey, along with a written statement by Tracey on the score; trailer; essay by film critic Michael Atkinson and a 1970 interview with Wilde. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Format: | Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, H.A.R. Thomson ; film editor, Roger Cherrill ; written by Clint Johnston and Don Peters. |
| ISBN: | 9781681435114 168143511X |