Post by Ace on Jun 17, 2015 21:30:15 GMT -5
Criterion Collection Adding 'Moonrise Kingdom,' A Room with a View,' and More in September
By Kaeli Van Cott | Indiewire June 17, 2015 at 11:00AM
The September additions to the Criterion Collection include award-winning films and cult classics.
A mixture of equally romantic and creative dramas will become available for cinephiles in the Criterion Collection's September 2015 collection. All of the films will be released on Blu-ray and DVD and will include special bonus features such as interviews with stars like Agnieszka Holland, Edward Woodward, Pierce Brosnan and Helena Bonham Carter. Check out all of the titles hitting the Criterion Collection in September below:
Synopses are courtesy of Criterion.
"Mister Johnson" (1990)
A decade after he broke through with "Breaker Morant," Australian director Bruce Beresford made another acclaimed film about the effects of colonialism on the individual. In a performance that earned him the Berlin Film Festival's Silver Bear for Best Actor, Maynard Eziashi ("Bopha!") plays the title character, a Nigerian villager eager to work as a civil servant for the British authorities, including a sympathetic district officer (Pierce Brosnan), in the hopes that it will benefit him in the future. Instead, his ambition leads to his tragic downfall. "Mister Johnson," based on a 1939 novel by Joyce Cary, is a graceful, heartfelt drama about the limits of idealism, affectingly acted and handsomely shot.
A decade after he broke through with "Breaker Morant," Australian director Bruce Beresford made another acclaimed film about the effects of colonialism on the individual. In a performance that earned him the Berlin Film Festival's Silver Bear for Best Actor, Maynard Eziashi ("Bopha!") plays the title character, a Nigerian villager eager to work as a civil servant for the British authorities, including a sympathetic district officer (Pierce Brosnan), in the hopes that it will benefit him in the future. Instead, his ambition leads to his tragic downfall. "Mister Johnson," based on a 1939 novel by Joyce Cary, is a graceful, heartfelt drama about the limits of idealism, affectingly acted and handsomely shot.
FINALLY a quality print release for this movie.