Blu-ray
Chilly scenes of winter
Call Number
- BLU-RAY COMEDY (CEN)
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan, Gloria Grahame.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2023]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (95 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 17 cm.)
Audience
MPAA rating: PG.
Summary
"The trailblazing Joan Micklin Silver--one of only a handful of women to direct a film for a major Hollywood studio in the 1970s--digs fearlessly into the psychology of a thorny relationship in this anti-romantic comedy, based on Ann Beattie's best-selling novel, about lovelorn civil servant Charles and his married-but-separated coworker Laura. Months after their affair has ended, Charles is haunted by memories as he desperately attempts to rekindle a love that perhaps never was. Switching deftly between past and present, Micklin Silver guides this piercing deconstruction of male wish-fulfillment fantasy beyond standard movie-romance tropes into something more complicated and cuttingly truthful."--Container.
Notes
Based on the novel "Chilly scenes of winter" by Ann Beattie.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.
Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; new program featuring producers Griffin Dunne, Mark Metcalf, and Amy Robinson ; documentary from 1983 by Katja Raganelli about director Joan Micklin Silver ; excerpts of a 2005 Directors Guild of America interview with Micklin Silver ; original ending of the film, cut by Micklin Silver for its rerelease in 1982 ; trailer.