Under the volcano /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	Special ed.
Imprint:	[United States] : Criterion Collection, 2007.
Description:	2 videodiscs (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language:	English
Series:	Criterion collection ; 410 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 410.
Subject:	Consuls -- Drama. Alcoholics -- Drama. Divorced people -- Drama. Diplomats' spouses -- Drama. All Souls' Day -- Mexico -- Drama. Alcoholics. All Souls' Day. Consuls. Diplomats' spouses. Divorced people. Mexico. Feature films. Films for the hearing impaired. Melodrama. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6816111

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Title on disc 1 label: Under the volcano : the film Title on disc 2 label: Under the volcano : the supplements
Other uniform titles:	Huston, John, 1906-1987 Schulz-Keil, Wieland. Borman, Moritz. Gallo, Guy. Finney, Albert, 1936-2019 Bisset, Jacqueline, 1944- Andrews, Anthony, 1948- Lowry, Malcolm, 1909-1957. Under the volcano.
Other authors / contributors:	Janus Films. Ithaca Enterprises (Firm) Criterion Collection (Firm)
ISBN:	1934121940 9781934121948
Notes:	Title from container. Based on the novel by Malcolm Lowry. Previously released as a motion picture in 1984. Accompanying booklet features essay by Christian Viviani. Special features on Disc 1: Audio commentaries by Michael Fitzgerald, Wieland Schulz-Keil, and Moritz Borman on the film, by Guy Gallo on selected scenes, and by Danny Huston on the main title sequence ; Theatrical trailer. Special features on Disc 2: Interview with Jacqueline Bisset (2007) ; Notes from Under the volcano (60 min. documentary on the film's production, 1984) directed by Gary Conklin ; Volcano, an inquiry into the life and death of Malcolm Lowry (99 min. documentary about author Malcolm Lowry, 1976) narrated by Richard Burton ; Audio interview with John Huston (1984). Editor, Roberto Silvi. Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews. DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dobly digital mono; widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio). Optional English subtitles.
Summary:	Withering from alcoholism, British consul Geoffrey Firmin stumbles through a small Mexican village amidst the Day of the Dead fiesta, attempting to reconnect with his estranged wife, but only further alienating himself.
Standard no.:	715515026420
Publisher's no.:	CC1718D The Criterion Collection

Review by Library Journal Review

Director John Huston's adaptation of Malcolm Lowry's supposedly unfilmable novel offers a juicy role for Albert Finney as Geoffrey Firmin, the former British vice consul stationed in Cuernavaca, Mexico, on the eve of World War II, who keeps himself in a perpetual alcoholic fog in order to preserve an illusion of dignity up until the last hours of his life. Jacqueline Bisset is radiant as his estranged wife, who returns just in time to share his doom. For most collections. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Review by Library Journal Review

Under the volcano /

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