Medium cool [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures Corporation and H&J Pictures, Inc. ; produced by Tully Friedman ; written and directed by Haskell Wexler.
Friedman, Tully, film producer.; Wexler, Haskell, film producer, screenwriter, film director, director of photography, commentator.; Forster, Robert, 1942-2019 actor.; Bloom, Verna, 1938-2019 actor.; Bonerz, Peter, actor.; Hill, Marianna, 1941- actor, commentator.; Blankenship, Harold, actor.; Bloomfield, Michael, composer (expression); Golding, Paul, commentator.; Cronin, Paul, commentator, film director.; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; H&J Pictures, Inc.; Criterion Collection (Firm)
2013
PN1997 .M435 2013
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Title
Medium cool [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures Corporation and H&J Pictures, Inc. ; produced by Tully Friedman ; written and directed by Haskell Wexler.
Uniform Title
Medium cool (Motion picture)
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special ed.
ISBN
9781604657272
1604657278
1604657278
Published
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]
Language
English
Language Note
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Description
2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([18] pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.)
Item Number
715515106214
Call Number
PN1997 .M435 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.43/72
Distributor No.
CC2265D The Criterion Collection
Summary
The story of the working world and romantic life of a television cameraman is a visceral, lasting cinematic snapshot of the era, climaxing with an extended sequence shot right in the middle of the riots surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. An inventive commentary on the pleasures and dangers of wielding a camera, Medium Cool is as prescient a political film as Hollywood has ever produced.
Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.
Special features: Disc 1. Commentaries: Haskell Wexler, Paul Golding, and Marianna Hill; Paul Cronin; Trailer. Disc 2. Haskell Wexler (new interview); extended excerpts from "Look out Haskell, it's real!" a documentary about the making of Medium Cool; excerpts from Sooner or later, a documentary by Cronin about Harold Blankenship; Medium Cool revisited (new half-hour video by Wexler about the Occupy movement's protests against the 2012 NATO summit in Chicago). Booklet features an essay by film critic and programmer Thomas Beard.
Special features: Disc 1. Commentaries: Haskell Wexler, Paul Golding, and Marianna Hill; Paul Cronin; Trailer. Disc 2. Haskell Wexler (new interview); extended excerpts from "Look out Haskell, it's real!" a documentary about the making of Medium Cool; excerpts from Sooner or later, a documentary by Cronin about Harold Blankenship; Medium Cool revisited (new half-hour video by Wexler about the Occupy movement's protests against the 2012 NATO summit in Chicago). Booklet features an essay by film critic and programmer Thomas Beard.
Credits
Art director, Leon Erickson ; editor, Verna Fields ; music scored by Mike Bloomfield ; director of photography, Haskell Wexler.
Performer
Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill, Harold Blankenship.
Cast
Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill, Harold Blankenship.
Audience
Rating: R.
System Details Note
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 4K Digital restoration; PCM mono.
Awards
National Film Registry selection, 2003.
Added Author
Friedman, Tully, film producer.
Wexler, Haskell, film producer, screenwriter, film director, director of photography, commentator.
Forster, Robert, 1942-2019 actor.
Bloom, Verna, 1938-2019 actor.
Bonerz, Peter, actor.
Hill, Marianna, 1941- actor, commentator.
Blankenship, Harold, actor.
Bloomfield, Michael, composer (expression)
Golding, Paul, commentator.
Cronin, Paul, commentator, film director.
Wexler, Haskell, film producer, screenwriter, film director, director of photography, commentator.
Forster, Robert, 1942-2019 actor.
Bloom, Verna, 1938-2019 actor.
Bonerz, Peter, actor.
Hill, Marianna, 1941- actor, commentator.
Blankenship, Harold, actor.
Bloomfield, Michael, composer (expression)
Golding, Paul, commentator.
Cronin, Paul, commentator, film director.
Added Corporate Author
Series
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 658.
Includes
Look out Haskell, it's real.
Sooner or later.
Sooner or later.
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