The power of the dog /
Set against the desolate plains of 1920s Montana. After a sensitive widow and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son move in with her gentle new husband, a tense battle of wills plays out between them and his brutish brother, whose frightening volatility conceals a secret torment, and whose capacity for...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2022]
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| Edition: | Director-approved Blu-ray special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
1158. |
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| Summary: | Set against the desolate plains of 1920s Montana. After a sensitive widow and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son move in with her gentle new husband, a tense battle of wills plays out between them and his brutish brother, whose frightening volatility conceals a secret torment, and whose capacity for tenderness, once reawakened, may offer him redemption or destruction. Jane Campion returns to the kind of mythic frontier landscape--pulsating with both freedom and menace--that she previously traversed in The Piano in order to plumb the masculine psyche. Campion, who won an Academy Award for her direction here, charts the repressed desire and psychic violence coursing among these characters with the mesmerizing control of a master at the height of her powers. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2021. Wide screen (2.28:1). Based on the book by Thomas Savage. Accompanied by booklet containing essay by film critic Amy Taubin. Special features: 4K digital master, approved by director; Behind the scenes with Jane Campion (2021 interview with Campion about the making of the film); Reframing the West (2021 program featuring interviews with members of the cast and crew and behind-the-scenes footage captured on location in New Zealand); Anatomy of a score (2021 interview with Campion and composer Jonny Greenwood about the film's score); The women behind The power of the dog (2021 conversation among Campion, director of photography Ari Wegner, actor Kirsten Dunst, and producer Tanya Seghatchian, moderated by filmmaker Tamara Jenkins); Annie Proulx (2022 interview with novelist Annie Proulx); Trailer. Container booklet includes an essay by film critic Amy Taubin. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 unnumbered panels : color illustrations ; 17 cm). |
| Playing Time: | 02:08:00 |
| Format: | Blu-ray, region A, Dolby Atmos 7.1; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R; for brief sexual content/full nudity. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Ari Wegner ; editor, Peter Sciberras ; music, Jonny Greenwood. |
| ISBN: | 9781681439921 1681439921 |