Blu-ray
Wildlife
Call Number
- BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Carey Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould, Bill Camp, Jake Gyllenhaal.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2020]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (105 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 17 cm.)
Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material including a sexual situation, brief strong language, and smoking.
Summary
The directorial debut of actor Paul Dano reveals a filmmaking talent of remarkable intelligence and restraint. Adapted by Dano and Zoe Kazan from the novel by Richard Ford, this meticulously crafted portrait of the American nuclear family in crisis charts the rift that forms within a 1960s Montana household when the father and breadwinner abruptly departs to fight the forest fires raging nearby, leaving his restless wife and teenage son to pick up the pieces. A deeply human look at a woman's wayward journey toward self-fulfillment in the pre-women's-liberation era and a sensitively observed, child's-eye coming-of-age tale, Wildlife poignantly illuminates the complex ways in which families function, fall apart, and find their way.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the book by Richard Ford.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2018.
Bonus features: New 2K digital master, with 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack ; new interviews with director Paul Dano, screenwriter Zoe Kazan, actors Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal, cinematographer Diego Garcia, production designer Akin McKenzie, and costume designer Amanda Ford ; new conversation on the film's postproduction with Dano, editor Matthew Hannam, and composer David Lang ; Film at Lincoln Center conversation from 2018 between Dano and novelist Richard Ford about the film's source material.