Woman in the Dunes (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)
Haunting. Erotic. Unforgettable.
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Blu-ray Details
- Run Time: 2 hours, 27 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 23, 2016
- Originally Released: 1964
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Eiji Okada & Kyôko Kishida | |
Directed by | Hiroshi Teshigahara | |
Composition by | Tôru Takemitsu |
Major Awards:
Cannes 1964 -
Jury Prize: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
...Sensuously surreal....Stands the genre on its head by quickly striking sexual sparks... -- Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: 4/5 --
Whether the grains are shown running like water or in super-large close-up, sand's rarely been this interesting.
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Total Film
A bizarre film, distinguished not so much by Kobo Abe's rather obvious screenplay as by Teshigahara's arresting visual style of extreme depth of focus, immaculate detail, and graceful eroticism.
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Chicago Reader
The couple's grimly inescapable dilemma becomes hugely complex and terrifyingly resonant -- a sexualised version of the Sisyphus myth, recounted with a distinct touch of Buñuelian absurdism.
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Independent on Sunday
...One of the rare films able to combine realism with a parable about life....WOMAN IN THE DUNES retains its power because it is a perfect union of subject, style and idea...
Chicago Sun-Times
Rating: 4/5 --
This is like some weird dream.
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Guardian
Rating: 5/5 --
Woman in the Dunes remains a masterpiece, a timeless contemplation of life's essential mystery and a triumph of bold, innovative style.
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Los Angeles Times
Product Description:
A Japanese entomologist finds himself held prisoner in a sand pit with an alluring woman who expects him to work at her side. To his surprise, the scientist develops an intense bond with his female companion and resigns himself to an eternity of hypnotic routine. A surreal allegory reflecting man's grim fate, adapted from the acclaimed existentialist novel by Kobo Abe. Academy Award Nominations for Best Director and Best Foreign Film.
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- Sales Rank: 75,677
- UPC: 715515184915
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