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Directed by John Schlesinger
USA 1975
Academy Award-winner John Schlesinger (Marathon
Man) reunites with
Midnight Cowboy screenwriter Waldo Salt (Coming
Home), a victim of the 1950s McCarthy-era blacklist, to adapt Nathanael
West’s acid satire of Hollywood decadence and broken dreams. *** One of the grimmest assessments of Hollywood life during the ’30s, this 1975 drama is adapted from a novel by Nathanael West and tells the tale of a talentless beauty’s desperate struggle to become a star. A deeply insightful work that is powerful in its presentation, staggering in its vision. Director John Schlesinger is masterful in creating a world of platinum blondes, cockfights, glamour and broken dreams. And throughout, he plays on the edge of sexual and physical danger which finally erupts in the shocking climax. Oscar nominations went to Burgess Meredith and cinematographer Conrad Hall. *** Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her. |
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Theatrical Release: June 12th, 1975
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Distribution | Imprint - Region FREE - Blu-ray | Arrow - Region 'A' - Blu-ray |
Runtime | 2:24:08.681 | 2:24:04.052 |
Video |
1.78 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 49,093,263,632 bytesFeature: 43,285,125,120 bytes Video Bitrate: 31.9 9 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 48,747,559,167 bytesFeature: 41,448,734,784 bytesVideo Bitrate: 29.94 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master
Audio English 3470 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3470 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 /
48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) Dolby Digital Audio English 224 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 224 kbps / DN -31dB |
DTS-HD Master
Audio English 893 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 893 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 1.0 / 48
kHz / 512 kbps / 24-bit) Dolby Digital Audio English 320 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 320 kbps / DN -31dB |
Subtitles | English (SDH), None | English (SDH), None |
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Release Information: Studio: Imprint
1.78 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 49,093,263,632 bytesFeature: 43,285,125,120 bytes Video Bitrate: 31.9 9 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • NEW 2020 Video Interview with actor William Atherton (21:44)• NEW 2020 audio commentary by Kat Ellinger, author and editor-in-chief of Diabolique Magazine • NEW 2020 video interview “Kim Newman on The Day of the Locust” (20:02) • Teaser Trailer • Theatrical Trailer Limited Edition slipcase with unique artwork on the first 1500 copies
Transparent Blu-ray Case inside slipcase Chapters 11 |
Release Information: Studio: Arrow
1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 48,747,559,167 bytesFeature: 41,448,734,784 bytesVideo Bitrate: 29.94 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • Brand new oral history audio commentary conducted by writer and film historian Lee Gambin, featuring assistant directors Leslie Asplund and Charles Ziarko, production associate Michael Childers, actors Grainger Hines and Pepe Serna, title designer Dan Perri, costume designer Ann Roth, assistant editor Alan L. Shefland and assistant camera operator Ron Vidor • Welcome to West Hollywood – brand new appreciation of the film by critic Glenn Kenny (24:38) • Days of the Golden Age – costume historian and film historian Elissa Rose discusses the film’s costumes in this brand new visual essay (17:55) • Jeepers Creepers, Where’d You Get Those Peepers? – brand new visual essay on the film and its themes by writer and film historian Lee Gambin (23:55) • Radio Spots (2:00) • Image galleries, including exclusive behind-the-scenes photographs from the archives of production associate Michael Childers and assistant camera operator Ron Vidor Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Pamela Hutchinson
Transparent Blu-ray Case inside slipcase Chapters 13 |
Imprint - Region FREE - Blu-ray Package
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ADDITION: Arrow
Blu-ray
(November 2023): Arrow US are also
releasing John Schlesinger's "The Day of the Locust
'' to Blu-ray.
It is cited as a "Brand new 2K remaster by Arrow Films from the original
negative."
Short story - I think the Arrow is the superior release. The Imprint
image looks horizontally stretched beside the Arrow 1080P. The Arrow is
1.85:1 and the Imprint 1.78:1. The texture, an intentional look from
Schlesinger, is more prominent and consistent with the Arrow. Contrast,
colors (flesh tones warm and primaries bolden) and detail are also effected
- the Arrow is a highly notable improvement in the HD presentation. For
audio, Arrow offer three options of mono, stereo, and surround - all in
DTS-HD Master tracks. Each export appropriately and there are optional
English (SDH) subtitles on their Region 'A'-locked Blu-ray.
For extras, Arrow include a new audio commentary, entitled an "oral history"
conducted by writer and film historian Lee Gambin, featuring assistant
directors Leslie Asplund and Charles Ziarko, production associate Michael
Childers, actors Grainger Hines and Pepe Serna, title designer Dan Perri,
costume designer Ann Roth, assistant editor Alan L. Shefland and assistant
camera operator Ron Vidor. Lee considers The Day of the Locust a "non-horror
film that is secretly a horror film... a genuinely terrifying venture into
the dark recesses of not only an industry that eats its product, vomits it
back up and scoffs it down again, but a wonderful critique on human ugliness
and desolation." I look forward to indulging. Welcome to West
Hollywood is a new 25-minute appreciation of the film by critic Glenn
Kenny. Days of the Golden Age has costume historian and film
historian Elissa Rose discusses the film’s costumes in this brand new visual
essay for almost 18-minutes. Ann Roth won two Academy Awards (Best Costume
Design) and in the 2023 movie Barbie, at 91 years old, she appears
onscreen to share a scene with Margot Robbie ('Barbie'.) Jeepers
Creepers, Where’d You Get Those Peepers? is a new 24-minute visual essay
on the film and its themes by writer and film historian Lee Gambin. There
are radio spots and three separate image galleries, including exclusive
behind-the-scenes photographs from the archives of production associate
Michael Childers and assistant camera operator Ron Vidor. The package has a
reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin
Murdoch and an illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the
film by Pamela Hutchinson.
In his book, From Box
Office to Ballot Box: The American Political Film, M. Keith Booker
wrote that The Day of the Locust is "one of the nastiest film
critiques ever produced of the film industry itself," that it depicts
Hollywood as a "nightmare realm dominated by images of commodified sex
and violence." He says that that the film aims to show Hollywood and
greater Los Angeles as a "dumping ground upon which broken dreams can be
discarded to make way for the ever newer dreams constantly being turned out
by the American Culture Industry." Yes, The Day of the Locust is
quite the brilliant and biting satire, indeed. Nice to have Arrow provide it
with the
Blu-ray
package it deserves. If you have not see this - you should... and the Arrow
is the way to go. Absolutely recommended!
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