DVD
Smooth talk
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place, Elizabeth Berridge, Levon Helm, Margaret Welsh, Sara Inglis.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2021]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (91 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (43 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13.
Summary
Suspended between carefree youth and the harsh realities of the adult world, a teenage girl experiences an unsettling awakening in this haunting vision of innocence lost. Based on the celebrated short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates, the narrative debut from Joyce Chopra features a revelatory breakout performance by Laura Dern as Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family whose summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations is shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, Smooth Talk captures the thrill and terror of adolescent sexual exploration as it transforms the conventions of a coming-of-age story into something altogether more troubling and profound.
Notes
Based on Where are you going, where have you been? by Joyce Carol Oates.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1985.
Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director Joyce Chopra ; conversation among Chopra, author Joyce Carol Oates, and actor Laura Dern from the 2020 New York Film Festival, moderated by Turner Classics Movies host Alicia Malone ; new interview with Chopra ; new conversations between Chopra and actors Treat Williams and Mary Kay Place, moderated by Malone ; new interview with production designer David Wasco ; KPFK Pacifica Radio interview with Chopra from 1985 ; Joyce at 34 (1972), Girls at 12 (1975), and Clorae and Albie (1975), three short films by Chopra ; audio reading of the 1966 Life magazine article "The Pied Piper of Tucson," which inspired the short story by Oates ; trailers.