now in stock!
Night on Earth
a film
by Jim Jarmusch
w/ Gena Rowlands, Roberto Benigni, Winona
Ryder and plenty more
Music and original songs by Tom Waits
and Kathleen Brennan
Our
favorite Jarmusch film at last makes it to DVD, in this bonus-laden
2-disc Criterion edition. Five cities. Five taxis. One night. One
film. Watch it. Night on
Earth is a true pleasure; one that presents us with
a world -- so different from the one we seem stuck in today -- in which
a variety of people of different stripes manage to share their
fundamental humanity with each other, all at once, all over the world,
and we, the audience, can believe
that we too are part of it. Finishing the film you will feel more
hopeful that this day (or should we say night?) will come again.
Synopsis
Five cities. Five taxicabs. A multitude of strangers in the night. Jim
Jarmusch assembled an extraordinary international cast of actors
(including Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Beatrice
Dalle, and Roberto Benigni) for this hilarious quintet of tales of
urban displacement and existential angst, spanning time zones,
continents, and languages. Jarmusch's lovingly askew view of humanity
from the passenger seat makes for one of his most charming and beloved
films.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
•New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and
approved by director Jim Jarmusch
•Audio commentary by director of photography Frederick Elmes and
location sound mixer Drew Kunin
•Q&A with Jarmusch, in which he responds to questions sent by
fans
•1992 Belgian television interview with Jarmusch
•New and improved subtitle translation
•PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by Thom Andersen, Paul
Auster, Bernard Eisenschitz, Goffredo Fofi, and Peter von Bagh, and the
lyrics to Tom Waits's original songs from the film
Film Info
1991
128 minutes
Color
1.78:1
Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Anamorphic
English
Release Info
Catalog Number:
CC1711D
ISBN:
1-934121-81-9
UPC:
7-15515-02542-3
retail price - $39.95
copacetic
price
- $33.97
and, released
simultaneously, the Criterion edition of Jarmusch's first two (read on) films:
now in stock!
Stranger Than
Paradise
a film by Jim Jarmusch
w/ John Lurie, Richard Edson & Eszter Balint
music by John Lurie
Accompanying
the aforementioned release of Night on Earth is
the
film in which Jarmusch first forged his idiosyncratic, humorous and
insightful brand of alienation and came into his own. Stranger
than Paradise established Jarmusch on the indy film scene and its
success enabled him to pursue his vision; which he has vigorously
done ever since, creating a singular body of work that includes
some of the most memorable films of the last twenty years. Also
included on this 2-disc Criterion edition is Permanent Vacation
(1980), Jarmusch's first feature film, which has never been widely
distributed and will be first seen here by most.
Synopsis
Rootless Hungarian emigre Willie (John Lurie), his pal Eddie (Richard
Edson), and visiting sixteen-year-old cousin Eva (Eszter Balint) always
manage to make the least of any situation, whether aimlessly traversing
the drab interiors and environs of New York City, Cleveland, or an
anonymous Florida suburb. With its delicate humor and dramatic
nonchalance, Jim Jarmusch's one-of-a-kind minimalist masterpiece,
Stranger Than Paradise, forever transformed the landscape of American
independent cinema. Also included in this special-edition release is
Jarmusch's legendary debut feature, Permanent Vacation, a time capsule
of late-seventies Manhattan, on DVD for the first time in the United
States.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES:
•New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and
approved by director Jim Jarmusch
•Permanent
Vacation (1980, 75
minutes), Jarmusch's first full-length feature, presented in a new,
•restored high-definition digital transfer supervised by the director
(!!!)
•Kino '84: Jim Jarmusch: a
1984 German television program featuring interviews with cast and crew
from Stranger Than Paradise and
Permanent Vacation
•Some Days in January, 1984, a
behind-the-scenes Super-8 film by Tom Jarmusch
•Location scouting photos
•U.S. and Japanese trailers
•PLUS: A booklet featuring Jarmusch's 1984 "Some Notes on
Stranger Than Paradise," Geoff Andrew and J. Hoberman on Stranger Than
Paradise, and Luc Sante on Permanent Vacation
Cast
Film
Info
1984
89 minutes
Black & White
1.78:1
Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Anamorphic
English
Release Info
Catalog Number:
CC1695D
ISBN:
1-934121-56-8
UPC:
7-15515-02402-0
retail price - $39.95
copacetic
price
- $33.97
prices and
availability
current as of 4 September 2007