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The comfort of strangers
Uniform Title
Comfort of strangers (Motion picture)
Title
The comfort of strangers / Angelo Rizzoli presents ; an Erre Produzioni, Sovereign Pictures production ; in association with Reteitalia s.p.a. ; a film by Paul Schrader ; screenplay by Harold Pinter ; produced by Angelo Rizzoli ; directed by Paul Schrader.
ISBN
9781681437514
1681437511
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Copyright Notice Date
©2020
Physical Description
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet.
Medium
4 3/4 in.
Notes
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.
Editor, Bill Pankow ; cinematographer, Dante Spinotti ; composer, Angelo Badalamenti ; production designer, Gianni Quaranta.
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.
Variant and related titles
Comfort of strangers (Motion picture)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 08, 2021
Series
The Criterion collection ; 1041
Credits
Editor, Bill Pankow ; cinematographer, Dante Spinotti ; composer, Angelo Badalamenti ; production designer, Gianni Quaranta.
Cast
Rupert Everett, Helen Mirren, Natasha Richardson, Christopher Walken.
System details note
Blu-ray; region A; 16:9 wide screen (1.66:1); LPCM mono; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Videorecording number
CC3179BD The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Erre Produzioni (Firm), production company.
Sovereign Pictures (Firm), production company.
Reteitalia (Firm), production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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