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Beasts of no nation
Title
Beasts of no nation / Netflix presents a Red Crown production, in association with Participant Media, Levantine Films, and Mutressa Movies ; a Primary Productions and Parliment of Owls production; produced by Amy Kaufman, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Riva Marker, Daniel Crown, Idris Elba ; written for the screen and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga.
ISBN
9781681438726
1681438720
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2021]
Copyright Notice Date
©2021
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 70 cm, folded to 12 x 19 cm).
Medium
4 3/4 in.
stamping
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015.
Based on the novel by Uzodinma Iweala.
2.39:1 wide screen.
Features: 2K digital master, approved by director Cary Joji Fukunaga; New audio commentary featuring Fukunaga and first assistant director Jon Mallard; New documentary on the development and making of the film, featuring interviews with Fukunaga, author Uzodinma Iweala, actors Idris Elba and Abraham Attah, and producers Amy Kaufman, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, and Riva Marker; New conversation between Fukunaga and film and television producer and cultural commentator Franklin Leonard; New interview with costume designer Jenny Eagan; Trailer; An essay by film critic Robert Daniels.
Director of photography, Cary Joji Fukunaga ; editors, Mikkel E. G. Nielsen, Peter Beaudreau ; music, Dan Romer.
English and some Akan with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) and English descriptive audio.
Access and use
Home use only.
Summary
"The nightmare of war is seen through the eyes of one of its most tragic casualties--a child soldier--in this harrowing vision of innocence lost from Cary Joji Fukunaga. Based on the acclaimed novel by Uzodinma Iweala, Beasts of No Nation unfolds in an unnamed, civil-war-torn West African country, where the young Agu (Abraham Attah), in a haunting debut performance) witnesses carnage in his village before falling captive to a band of rebel soldiers led by a ruthless commander (an explosive Idris Elba), who molds the boy into a hardened killer. Fukunaga's relentlessly roving camera work and stunning visuals--realism so intensely visceral it borders on the surreal--immerse the viewer in a world of unimaginable horror without ever losing sight of the powerful human story at its center"--Container.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 14, 2021
Series
Criterion collection, 1091
Credits
Director of photography, Cary Joji Fukunaga ; editors, Mikkel E. G. Nielsen, Peter Beaudreau ; music, Dan Romer.
Cast
Idris Elba, Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Affadzi, Ama K. Abebrese, Kobina Amissah-Sam, Francis Weddey, Emmanuel "King Kong" Nii, Adam Quaye, Kurt Egyiwan, Jude Akuwudike.
System details note
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (2.39:1 aspect ratio); Dolby 5.1 surround.
Videorecording number
CC3290DDVD The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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