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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (The Criterion Collection)
Synopsis
In this captivating, exhilaratingly skewed World War II drama from Nagisa Oshima, David Bowie regally embodies the character Celliers, a high-ranking British officer interned by the Japanese as a POW. Music star Ryuichi Sakamoto (who also composed this film’s hypnotic score) plays the camp commander, who becomes obsessed with the mysterious blond major, while Tom Conti is British lieutenant colonel Mr. Lawrence, who tries to bridge the emotional and language divides between his captors and fellow prisoners. Also featuring actor-director Takeshi Kitano in his first dramatic role, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is a multilayered, brutal, at times erotic tale of culture clash that was one of Oshima’s greatest successes.
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition master (with DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition)
- The Oshima Gang, an original making-of featurette
- New video interviews with producer Jeremy Thomas, screenwriter Paul Mayersberg, actor Tom Conti, and actor-composer Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Hasten Slowly, an hour-long documentary about author and adventurer Laurens van der Post, whose autobiographical novel is the basis for the film
- Original theatrical trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film writer Chuck Stephens and a 1983 interview with director Nagisa Oshima by Japanese film writer Tadao Sato
Details
| DVDCrate ID | 0173467 |
| Adult Content | No |
| Boxset | No |
| Disc Count | 2 |
| MPAA Rating | R |
| MSRP | $29.95 |
| Primary Genre | War |
| Released | 09-28-2010 |
| Released Status | Pending |
| Runtime | 124 |
| Studio | The Criterion Collection |
| Title Sort | Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (The Criterion Collection) |
| Type | Dvd |
| UPC | 715515061919 |
