One-eyed Jacks / a Pennebaker production ; screenplay by Guy Trosper and Calder Willingham ; produced by Frank P. Rosenberg ; directed by Marlon Brando.
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
1 videodisc (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
Container of (work): One-eyed jacks (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003053621
Notes:
Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Kathy Jurado, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens, Larry Duran, Sam Gilman, Timothy Carey, Miriam Colon ... and introducing Pina Pellicer. Based on the novel The authentic death of Hendry Jones by Charles Neider. Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. Widescreen (1.85:1). Special features: New 4K digital restoration, undertaken by Universal Pictures in partnership with The Film Foundation and in consultation with filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; new introduction by Scorsese; excerpts from voice recordings director and star Marlon Brando made during the development of the film's script; new video essays on the film's production history and on its potent combination of the stage and screen icon Brando with the classic Hollywood western genre; trailer; essay by film critic Howard Hampton on insert.
Summary:
"This is a western like no other, combining the mythological scope of that most American of genres with the searing naturalism of a performance by Marlon Brando--all suffused with Freudian overtones and masculine anxiety. In his only directing stint, Brando captures rugged coastal and desert landscapes in gorgeous widescreen, Technicolor images, and elicits from his fellow actors (including Karl Malden and Pina Pellicer) nuanced depictions of conflicted characters. Though the production was overwhelmed by its director's perfectionism and plagued by setbacks and studio reediting, One-Eyed Jacks stands as one of Brando's great achievements, thanks above all to his tortured turn as Rio, a bank robber bent on revenge against his former partner in crime. Brooding and romantic, Rio is the last and perhaps the most tender of the iconic outsiders that the great actor imbued with such intensity throughout his career."--Container.
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