Brazil (#51) (Criterion Collection)[USA]

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Release Date: December 4, 2012
Purchase: Amazon

United Kingdom
1985
142 minutes
Color
1.85:1
English

DIRECTOR APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION

In the dystopian masterpiece Brazil, Jonathan Pryce plays a daydreaming everyman who finds himself caught in the soul-crushing gears of a nightmarish bureaucracy. This cautionary tale by Terry Gilliam, one of the great films of the 1980s, has come to be esteemed alongside antitotalitarian works by the likes of George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. And in terms of set design, cinematography, music, and effects, Brazil is a nonstop dazzler.

Disc Features:

1. Restored high-definition digital transfer of Terry Gilliam’s 142-minute director’s cut, supervised by Gilliam, with DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 surround soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
2. Audio commentary by Terry Gilliam
3. What Is “Brazil”?, a thirty-minute on-set documentary by Rob Hedden
4. The Battle of “Brazil”: A Video History, a sixty-minute documentary by author and film writer Jack Mathews about the controversy surrounding the film’s release
5. The “Love Conquers All” version of Brazil, a ninety-four-minute cut of the film produced by the studio in an attempt to make it more commercial, with commentary by Brazil expert David Morgan
6. The Production Notebook, a collection of supplements featuring a trove of Brazil-iana from Gilliam’s personal collection: a short documentary on the screenplay, featuring interviews with screenwriters Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard; Gilliam’s storyboards for unfilmed dream sequences, animated and narrated by Morgan; visual essays on the film’s production design and special effects; a visual essay on Brazil’s costumes, narrated by costume designer James Acheson; and interviews with Gilliam and composer Michael Kamen on the score
7. Trailer
8. PLUS: An essay by Jack Matthews on the DVD edition and a booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Sterritt on the Blu-ray edition

Three reasons:

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[lolwut]

Sold my regular blu when I first heard the rumors

 

[Colombianlove41]

I have the digibook and I'm ordering this as soon as its up

 

[Baz_supreme]

One of the most anticipated upgrades from Criterion, I cannot wait to add it to my collection!

 

[Nightowl]

I have the French digibook (haven't watched it yet). I wonder if this transfer will be any better? Looks like it only has 2.0 audio where the aforementioned digibook has 5.1 DTSMA-HD.

 

[terry44]

I have the French digibook (haven't watched it yet). I wonder if this transfer will be any better? Looks like it only has 2.0 audio where the aforementioned digibook has 5.1 DTSMA-HD.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare/brazil.htm

 

[Nightowl]

Fold the French digibook recently. Will pick up the Criterion version when it goes on sale next. Didn't think the French transfer looked good at all.

 

[digitalbabe]

Link, pic added.

 

[Horhay]

Added purchase link and three reasons to OP. Like if you guys need a reason to watch this