The Criterion Collection
Essays
Nov 10, 1986 — Max Ophuls’s masterpiece is a transformation of a conventional subject into an avant-garde adventure, and a spectacular stylistic breakthrough in the utilization of wide screen and color.
The writer and actor praises the versatility and brilliance of Rob Reiner, talks about the profound emotional impact of Kes, and shares how a particular scene in Before Midnight has been an enduring inspiration on her work.
An unprecedented box set bringing together the entire directorial output of a titan of cinema; a radically prescient Afrofuturist vision; a tour de force of psychic dread; a harrowing portrayal of drug addiction; a spellbinding take on a modern myth;...