Blu-ray
Badlands
Call Number
- BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Ramon Bieri, Warren Oates, Alan Vint, Gary Littlejohn, John Carter.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (94 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm.)
Audience
MPAA rating: PG.
Uniform Title
Summary
"Badlands announced the arrival of a major talent: Terrence Malick. His impressionistic take on the notorious Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate killing spree of the late 1950s uses a serial-killer narrative as a springboard for an oblique teenage romance, lovingly and idiosyncratically enacted by Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek . The film also introduced many of the elements that would earn Malick his passionate following: the enigmatic approach to narrative and character, the unusual use of voice-over, the juxtaposition of human violence with natural beauty, the poetic investigation of American dreams and nightmares. This debut has spawned countless imitations, but none have equaled its strange sublimity."--Container.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.
Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, approved by director Terence Malick, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; Making "Badlands," a new documentary featuring actors Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek and art director Jack Fisk ; new interviews with associate editor Billy Weber and executive producer Edward Pressman ; "Charles Starkweather," a 1993 episode of television program American Justice, about the real-life story on which the film was loosely based ; trailer.