Overlord [blu-ray] / Janus Films ; The Imperial War Museum presents ; produced by James Quinn ; a film by Stuart Cooper ; original screenplay by Christopher Hudson and Stuart Cooper ; directed by Stuart Cooper ; a Joswend Limited Production.
Format:
[blu-ray] /
Edition:
Blu-ray edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
1 Blu-ray videodisc (84 min.) : Blu-ray, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, Nicholas Ball, Julie Neesam, Sam Sewell, John Franklyn-Robbins, Stella Tanner. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1975. Special features: Commentary (featuring director Stuart Cooper and actor Brian Stirner); Mining the archive (a 2007 video piece featuring archivists from London's Imperial War Museum detailing the footage used in the film); Soldiers' journals (excerpts from the journals of two D-day soldier, read by Stirner); Capa influences Cooper (a 2007 photo essay featuring Cooper on photographer Robert Capa); Germany calling (a 1941 Ministry of Information propaganda film, clips of which appear in Overlord); Cameramen at war (the British Ministry of Information's 1943 film tribute to newsreel and service film unit cameramen); A test of violence (Cooper's 1969 short film about the Spanish artist Juan Genoes); Trailer.
Summary:
Seamlessly interweaving archival war footage and a fictional narrative, this immersive account by Stuart Cooper of one twenty-year-old's journey from basic training to the front lines of D-day brings to life all the terrors and isolation of war with jolting authenticity.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.