The comfort of strangers /
Rupert Everett and Natasha Richardson are the prey, a beautiful British couple working on their relationship while on holiday in Venice; Christopher Walken and Helen Mirren are the hunters who draw them into the sinister web of their opulent, old-world palazzo. What plays out is an unsettling, sadom...
| Uniform Title: | Comfort of strangers (Motion picture) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2020]
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| Edition: | Director-approved Blu-ray special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
1041. |
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| Summary: | Rupert Everett and Natasha Richardson are the prey, a beautiful British couple working on their relationship while on holiday in Venice; Christopher Walken and Helen Mirren are the hunters who draw them into the sinister web of their opulent, old-world palazzo. What plays out is an unsettling, sadomasochistic seduction imbued with an atmosphere of sumptuous dread. |
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| Item Description: | Title and credits from screen. Originally released as a motion picture in 1990. Based on the novel by Ian McEwan. Wide screen (1.66:1 aspect ratio). Bonus features: new interviews with Spinotti, director Paul Schrader, actor Christopher Walken and editor Bill Pankow; interviews from 1981 and 2001 with novelist Ian McEwan and actor Natasha Richardson; trailers. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet. |
| Format: | Blu-ray; region A; 16:9 wide screen (1.66:1); LPCM mono; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R. |
| Production Credits: | Editor, Bill Pankow ; cinematographer, Dante Spinotti ; composer, Angelo Badalamenti ; production designer, Gianni Quaranta. |
| ISBN: | 9781681437514 1681437511 |