| Description |
2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 658.
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| System Details |
DVD, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, 4K Digital restoration; PCM mono. |
| Language |
English dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Robert Forster. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. |
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Program notes inserted. |
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Special features: Two audio commentaries; Look out Haskell, it's real!, a 55 minute documentaryabout the making of; New interview with Wexler; excerpts from Sooner or later, a documentary by Cronin about Harold Blankenship; original theatrical trailer. |
| Audience |
Rating: R. |
| Summary |
The story of the working world and romantic life of a television cameraman is a visceral, lasting cinematic snapshot of the era, climaxing with an extended sequence shot right in the middle of the riots surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. An inventive commentary on the pleasures and dangers of wielding a camera, Medium Cool is as prescient a political film as Hollywood has ever produced. |
| Subject |
Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Riots -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Television journalists -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Television broadcasting of news -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Student protesters -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Wexler, Haskell.
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Forster, Robert, 1942-
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781604657272 |
| Standard No. |
715515106214 |
| Music No. |
CC2265D DVD The Criterion Collection |
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