The Comfort of Strangers
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020],c2020
Format: DVD
Edition: Director-approved DVD special edition.
Description: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
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.
Series: Criterion collection ; 1041.
Other Authors:
Schrader, Paul, 1946- film director.
Rizzoli, Angelo, film producer.
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008, screenwriter.
Spinotti, Dante, director of photography.
Badalamenti, Angelo, composer (expression)
Pankow, Bill, editor of moving image work.
Quaranta, Gianni, production desinger.
Walken, Christopher, 1943- actor.
Richardson, Natasha, actor.
Everett, Rupert, actor.
Mirren, Helen, actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): McEwan, Ian. Comfort of strangers.
Erre Produzioni (Firm), production company.
Sovereign Pictures (Firm), production company.
Reteitalia (Firm), production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Schrader, Paul, 1946- film director.
Rizzoli, Angelo, film producer.
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008, screenwriter.
Spinotti, Dante, director of photography.
Badalamenti, Angelo, composer (expression)
Pankow, Bill, editor of moving image work.
Quaranta, Gianni, production desinger.
Walken, Christopher, 1943- actor.
Richardson, Natasha, actor.
Everett, Rupert, actor.
Mirren, Helen, actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): McEwan, Ian. Comfort of strangers.
Erre Produzioni (Firm), production company.
Sovereign Pictures (Firm), production company.
Reteitalia (Firm), production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: R.
ISBN:
9781681437521
UPC: 715515250412
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More Formats
Based on the novel by Ian McEwan.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.
Wide screen (1.66:1).
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.
Christopher Walken, Natasha Richardson, Rupert Everett, Helen Mirren.
DVD; region 1, NTSC; wide screen (1.66:1); Dolby digital monaural.
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.
Wide screen (1.66:1).
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.
Christopher Walken, Natasha Richardson, Rupert Everett, Helen Mirren.
DVD; region 1, NTSC; wide screen (1.66:1); Dolby digital monaural.
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).