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©2018
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1 videodisc (100 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert
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Criterion collection #938
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Focuses on the complexities of human intimacy and deception in the modern age. Housewife Ann (Andie MacDowell) feels distant from her lawyer husband, John (Peter Gallagher), who is sleeping with her sister, Cynthia (Laura San Giacomo). When John's old friend Graham (James Spader) comes to town, Ann is drawn to the soft-spoken outsider, eventually uncovering his startling private obsession: videotaping women as they confess their deepest desires. A piercingly intelligent chamber piece, in which the video camera becomes a charged metaphor for the characters' isolation
Originally released as a motion picture in 1989
Wide screen
Special features: Audio commentary from 1998 featuring Steven Soderbergh in conversation with filmmaker Neil LaBute; new introduction by Soderbergh; interviews with Soderbergh from 1990 and 1992; new documentary about the making of the film, featuring actors Peter Gallagher, Andie MacDowell, and Laura San Giacomo; interview from 1989 with actor James Spader; new conversation between sound editor/re-recording mixer Larry Blake and composer Cliff Martinez; deleted scene with commentary by Soderbergh; demonstration of sound restorations through the years; trailers; essay by critic Amy Taubin
Director of photography, Walt Lloyd ; editor, Steven Soderbergh ; music, Cliff Martinez
James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo, Ron Vawter
MPAA rating: R
DVD; NTSC; region 1; 16:9 wide screen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital 5.1 surround
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)