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Title:
Desert hearts [DVD video]
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Edition:
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
ISBN:
9781681433752
Abstract:
It is 1950s Nevada, and Professor Vivian Bell arrives to get a divorce. She's unsatisfied with her marriage, and feels out of place at the ranch she stays on, she finds herself increasingly drawn to Cay Rivers, an open and self-assured lesbian, and the ranch owner's daughter.
General Note:
Based on the novel, Desert of the heart' by Jane Rule.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: new, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Robert Elswit; audio commentary from 2007 featuring director Donna Deitch; a new conversation between Deitch and actor Jane Lynch; Remembering Reno: a new program featuring Deitch, Elswit, and production designer Jeannine Oppewall about the film's visual style; Women in love: new interviews with actors Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau; excerpt from Fiction and truths: a film about Jane Rule, a 1994 documentary about the author of Desert of the heart, the 1964 novel on which the film is based; trailer; an essay by critic B. Ruby Rich on insert.
Performers:
Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers, Gwenn Welles, Dean Butler, James Staley, Katie Labourdette.
Technical Details:
DVD; NTSC; region 1; 16:9 widescreen presentation; Dolby digital mono.
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Language:
English
Additional Language:
English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
