DVD
2 of 2 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection
- WASHINGTON SQUARE: Audiovisual Collection
Something wild
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN, WSQ)
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker, Mildred Dunnock, Jean Stapleton, Martin Kosleck, Charles Watts, Clifton James.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2017]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (113 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
A complex exploration of the physical and emotional effects of trauma, Something Wild follows a college student who attempts suicide after a brutal sexual assault but is stopped by a mechanic--whose kindness, however, soon takes an unsettling turn. Startlingly modern in its frankness and psychological realism, the film represents one of the purest on-screen expressions of the sensibility of the intimate community of artists around New York's Actors Studio, which transformed American cinema in the mid-twentieth century.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the novel by Alex Karmel.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.
Special features: New, restored 2K digital transfer, supervised by director Jack Garfein ; new conversation between Garfein and critic Kim Morgan ; new interview with actor Carol Baker ; Behind the Method, a new interview with scholar Foster Hirsch ; Master Class with Jack Garefein, excerpts from a 2014 recording of one of the director's world-famous lectures on acting technique.