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Directed by Laura Poitras
USA 2022
Fearless documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras’s career-long pursuit of truth and justice finds powerful expression in an epic story of art, activism, and survival. Made in collaboration with renowned artist Nan Goldin, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed entwines the mission of PAIN—an advocacy group she founded to raise awareness about the billionaire Sackler family’s integral role in the ongoing crisis of opioid overdoses—with an intimate journey through Goldin’s life, from her rebellious adolescence and immersion in New York City’s thriving underground arts scene to her personal experiences of addiction and the AIDS epidemic. Through it all, her indelible photographs and candid reflections on memory and trauma reveal her unyielding solidarity with marginalized communities that refuse to remain silent. *** The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis. |
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Theatrical Release: September 3rd, 2022 (Venice Film Festival)
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Review: Criterion - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
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Distribution | Criterion Spine #1210 - Region 'A' - Blu-ray | |
Runtime | 2:02:13.826 | |
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1. 78:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 48,575,705,021 bytesFeature: 37,943,752,704 bytes Video Bitrate: 35.78 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master
Audio English 3304 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3304 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 /
48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -31dB |
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Subtitles | English (SDH), None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Criterion
1. 78:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 48,575,705,021 bytesFeature: 37,943,752,704 bytes Video Bitrate: 35.78 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • New interview with Poitras (29:22)• Two conversations from the 2022 New York Film Festival, one featuring Poitras, Goldin, coproducer and PAIN activist Megan Kapler, PAIN activist Harry Cullen, and lawyer and PAIN member Mike Quinn discussing the making of the film, and the other featuring Goldin on art and activism (20:35 / 29:18) • Trailer (2:24) PLUS: An essay by author and activist Sarah Schulman
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Blu-ray
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On their
Blu-ray,
Criterion use a robust DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround track (24-bit) in the
original English language. There are brief moments of separation but
generally the track is rarely tested via the narration and archival
stills. The soundtrack is credited to a Berlin and New York based
international experimental sound art collective known as "Soundwalk
Collective" founded in 2001 by Stephan Crasneanscki. It includes "elements
of observation of nature, non-linear narrative, ethnography, and
anthropology intertwined in their work." They have been utilized by
directors Jean-Luc Godard, Abel Ferrera, minimalist composer Philip
Glass, and French pop singer and actor Charlotte Gainsbourg. It adds an
effective edge to the documentary. Some may also recognize in All the
Beauty and the Bloodshed, The Cold Song performed by Klaus
Nomi, John Waters Female Trouble (performed by Divine) and
What Makes a Man by Charles Aznavour. Dialogue is all clear and
audible. Criterion include an optional, lossy, audio-descriptive track
and offer optional English (SDH)
subtitles on their Region 'A'
Blu-ray.
The Criterion
Blu-ray
Laura Poitras' All the Beauty and the
Bloodshed
is a biographical documentary about American photographer and activist
Nancy Goldin. It won a Golden Lion at the 79th Venice International Film
Festival (only the second documentary to win the top prize at Venice.)
It mainly showcases her work exploring LGBT subcultures, the HIV/AIDS
crisis, and the opioid epidemic. She is a founding member of the
advocacy group P.A.I.N. (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now.)
Significant in All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
is a campaign against the Sackler family who owned the pharmaceutical
company Purdue Pharma and who have faced lawsuits regarding
overprescription of addictive pharmaceutical drugs, including OxyContin
- a reformulated version of oxycodone - in a slow-release form. There is
a lot on Goldin’s personal history; family, friends, gender restrictions
etc.. I am reminded of the quotation "Never doubt that a small group
of thoughtful committed individuals can change the world. In fact, it's
the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead. The Criterion Blu-ray
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