Blu-ray
Paths of glory
Call Number
- BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson, Joseph Turkel.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2010]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (88 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Summary
"Stanley Kubrick's PATHS OF GLORY is among the most powerful antiwar films ever made. A fiery Kirk Douglas stars as a World War I French colonel who goes head-to-head with the army's ruthless top brass when his men are accused of cowardice after being unable to carry out an impossible mission. This haunting, exquisitely photographed dissection of the military machine in all its absurdity and capacity for dehumanization (a theme Kubrick would continue to explore throughout his career) is assembled with its legendary director's customary precision, from its tense trench warfare sequences to its gripping courtroom climax to its ravaging final scene."--Container.
Notes
Based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.
Special features: New, restored high-definition transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; new audio commentary featuring critic Gary Gliddins ; excerpt from a 1966 audio interview with director Stanley Kubrick ; television interview from 1979 with star Kirk Douglas ; new video interviews with Kubrick's long-time executive producer Jan Harlan, Paths of Glory producer James B. Harris, and actress Christaine Kubrick ; French television piece about a real-life World War I execution that partly inspired the film ; theatrical trailer.