Something wild / Prometheus Enterprises Inc. presents ; screenplay, Jack Garfein and Alex Karmel ; produced by George Justin ; directed by Jack Garfein.
Edition:
Director-approved two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition ; widescreen.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
2 videodiscs (113 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Based on the novel by Alex Karmal. Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. Widescreen (1.66:1). Special features: New conversation between Garfein and Kim Morgan; new interview with Carol Baker; new interview with scholar Foster Hirsch; Master Class with Jack Garefein; essay by critic Sheila O'Malley. Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker, Mildred Dunnock, Jean Stapleton, Martin Kosleck, Charles Watts, Clifton James.
Summary:
A complex exploration of the physical and emotional effects of trauma. A college student attempts suicide after a brutal sexual assault but is stopped by a mechanic whose kindness, however, soon takes an unsettling turn. Startlingly modern in its frankness and psychological realism, the film represents one of the purest on-screen expressions of the sensibility of the intimate community of artists around New York's Actors Studio, which transformed American cinema in the mid-twentieth century.
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