Based on the novel, Desert of the heart' by Jane Rule Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985 Wide screen (1.85:1) Special features: new, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Robert Elswit, audio commentary from 2007 featuring director Donna Deitch; new conversation between Deitch and actor Jane Lynch; new conversations between Deitch, Elswit, and production designer Jeannine Oppewall about the film's visual style; new interviews with actors Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau; excerpt from Fiction and truths: a film about Jane Rule, a 1995 documentary about the author of Desert of the heart, the 1964 novel on which the film is based; an essay by critic B. Ruby Rich Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers, Gwenn Wells, Dean Butler, James Staley, Katie Labourdette
Summary:
It is 1950s Nevada, and Professor Vivian Bell arrives to get a divorce. She's unsatisfied with her marriage, and feels out of place at the ranch she stays on, she finds herself increasingly drawn to Cay Rivers, an open and self-assured lesbian, and the ranch owner's daughter
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