Written On The Wind (1956) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)
Written On The Wind (1956) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)
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- Country of origin:
- USA, 1956
- Age release:
- Dieser Titel ist nicht FSK-geprüft.
Delivery to minors is not possible.
Infos zu Titeln ohne Jugendfreigabe - Item number:
- 10823726
- UPC/EAN:
- 5050629769432
- Release date:
- 21.2.2022
- Series:
- Criterion Collection
- Genre:
- Drama
- Playing time ca.:
- 99 Min.
- Director:
- Douglas Sirk
- Actor:
- Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack
- Film music:
- Frank Skinner
- German title:
- In den Wind geschrieben (1956)
- Language:
- Englisch
- Subtitles:
- Englisch
The Technicolor expressionism of Douglas Sirk reached a fever pitch with this operatic tragedy, which finds the director pushing his florid visuals and his critiques of American culture to their subversive extremes. Alcoholism, nymphomania, impotence, and deadly jealousy—these are just some of the toxins coursing through a massively wealthy, degenerate Texan oil family. When a sensible secretary (Lauren Bacall) has the misfortune of marrying the clan’s neurotic scion (Robert Stack), it drives a wedge between him and his lifelong best friend (Rock Hudson) that unleashes a maelstrom of psychosexual angst and fury. Featuring an unforgettably debauched, Oscar-winning supporting performance by Dorothy Malone and some of Sirk’s most eye-popping mise-en-scène, Written on the Wind is as perverse a family portrait as has ever been splashed across the screen.
Specials
New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Acting for Douglas Sirk, a 2008 documentary featuring archival interviews with Sirk; actors Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, and Dorothy Malone; and producer Albert Zugsmith
New interview with film scholar Patricia White about the film and melodrama
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by filmmaker and critic Blair McClendon
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