Criterion Collection
The Naked Island (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]
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Director Kaneto Shindo s documentary-like, dialogue-free portrayal of daily struggle is a work of stunning visual beauty and invention. The international breakthrough for one of Japan s most innovative filmmakers who went on to make such other marvelous movies as Onibaba and Kuroneko The Naked Island follows a family whose home is on a tiny, remote island off the coast of Japan. They must row a great distance to another shore, collect water from a well in buckets, and row back to their island a nearly backbreaking task essential for the survival of these people and their land. Featuring a phenomenal modernist score by Hikaru Hayashi, this is a truly hypnotic experience, with a rhythm unlike that of any other film.
DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, high-definition digital restoration
- Video introduction by director Kaneto Shindo, recorded for a 2011 retrospective of his work
- Audio commentary recorded in 2000, featuring Shindo and composer Hikaru Hayashi
- New appreciation of the film by actor Benicio Del Toro
- New interview with film scholar Akira Mizuta Lippit
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by film scholar Haden Guest
ASIN: B01BUX7Z4E
VSKU: DBV.B01BUX7Z4E.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Nobuko Otowa|Taiji Tonoyama|Kaneto Shindo|Shinji Tanaka
Binding: Dvd
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case will show wear, and may be in library packaging. Ships fast!
ASIN: B01BUX7Z4E
VSKU: DBV.B01BUX7Z4E.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Nobuko Otowa|Taiji Tonoyama|Kaneto Shindo|Shinji Tanaka
Binding: Dvd
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case will show wear, and may be in library packaging. Ships fast!
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