Spring night summer night /

Carl and Jessie are half-siblings who feel trapped by the existential and economic pressures of living in the small mining town of Canaan, Ohio. Their shared rebellion soon tales on the form of an illicit love affair depicted in interwoven sequences of lusty poeticism and ethnographic vérité. When J...

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Other Authors: Anderson, J. L. (Joseph L.) (Filmmaker) (Screenwriter), Rapp, Doug (Screenwriter), Miller, Franklin (Filmmaker) (Screenwriter), Hall, Larue (Actor), Heimerdinger, Ted (Actor), Johnson, Marj (Actor), Crawford, John, 1920-2010 (Actor)
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:In English with English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Published: [Los Angeles, CA] : Flicker Alley, [2020]
Edition:Deluxe Blu-ray edition.
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Summary:Carl and Jessie are half-siblings who feel trapped by the existential and economic pressures of living in the small mining town of Canaan, Ohio. Their shared rebellion soon tales on the form of an illicit love affair depicted in interwoven sequences of lusty poeticism and ethnographic vérité. When Jessie becomes pregnant, the tension between the couple's youthful vitality and the dire realities of rural society leads to consequences both despairing and hopeful.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.
Issued as part of a Blu-ray + DVD combo set.
Wide screen.
Bonus materials: The bluegrass trilogy (Football as it is played today (1961); How swived (1962); Cheers (1963)); In the middle of the nights: From arthouse to grindhouse and back again (Ross Lipman); I'm goin' to Straitsville (Peter Conheim); 16mm behind-the-scenes footage (1967); Spring night summer night: 50 years later (Glenn Litton); Gallery (production images by photographer Jon Webb).
Physical Description:1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray, regions A, B, C, widescreen.
Production Credits:Photographers, David Prince, Brian Blauser, Arthur Stifel ; editors, J.L. Anderson, Franklin Miller