Bound / Dino de Laurentiis Company presents ; in association with Spelling Films ; written and directed by the Wachowskis ; produced by Andrew Lazar, Stuart Boros.
Edition:
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2024
Description:
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert
Originally released as a motion picture in 1996. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special feature: New 4K digital restoration of the unrated international version, supervised and approved by cinematographer Bill Pope; Audio commentary featuring directors Lana and Lilly Wachowski, actors Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, and Jennifer Tilly, editor Zach Staenberg, and technical consultant Susie Bright; New video essay by film critic Christina Newland; Six interview programs featuring Gershon, Pantoliano, Pope, Staenberg, Tilly, actor Christopher Meloni, composer Don Davis, title designer Patti Podesta, and film scholars Jennifer Moorman and B. Ruby Rich; Trailers; Essay by scholar McKenzie Wark. Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, John Ryan, Christopher Meloni, Richard C. Sarafian.
Summary:
Before they blew the world's mind with The Matrix, Lana and Lilly Wachowski delivered a jolt of pure pulp pleasure with their hyper-stylish debut, which puts a deliciously sapphic spin on a crackerjack caper premise. When butch plumber Corky catches the eye of alluring femme (fatale) Violet, little does she know she's about to be drawn into both a torrid affair and a high-stakes heist that will pit the pair against the mob" --Container.
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