The virgin suicides

Author

Sofia Coppola

Call Number

• BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN, EAS)

Edition

Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, Scott Glenn, Michael Pare, Danny DeVito ; narrator, Giovanni Ribisi.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2018]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (97 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 17 cm.)

Audience

MPAA rating: R; for strong thematic elements involving teens.

Summary

"With this debut feature, Sofia Coppola announced her singular vision, exploring the aesthetics of femininity while illuminating the interior lives of young women. An adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides's highly acclaimed first novel, The Virgin Suicides conjures the ineffable melancholy of teenage longing and ennui in its story of the suicides of the five Lisbon sisters, stifled by the rules of their overprotective religious parents--as told through the collective memory of a group of men who were boys at the time and still yearn to understand what happened. Evoking its 1970s suburban setting through ethereal cinematography by Ed Lachman and an atmospheric score by Air, and featuring a magnetic performance by Kirsten Dunst, the film secured a place for its director in the landscape of American independent cinema and has become a coming-of-age touchstone."--Container.

Notes

Based upon the novel by Jeffrey Eugenides.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration, supervised by cinematographer Ed Lachman and approved by director Sofia Coppola, with 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack ; new interviews with Coppola, Lachman, actors Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett, author Jeffrey Eugenides, and writer Tavi Gevinson ; Making of "The virgin suicides," a 1998 documentary directed by Eleanor Coppola and featuring Sofia Coppola, Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola, actors Dunst, Hartnett, Scott Glenn, Kathleen Turner and James Woods, Eugenides, and more ; Lick the star, a 1998 short film by Coppola ; music video for Air's soundtrack song "Playground love," directed by Coppola and her brother Roman Coppola ; trailers.