Blu-ray Disc, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Frownland / elara ; story + direction, Ronald Bronstein ; production, Marc Raybin.

Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.

[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2022]

©2022

1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

stamping

digital

optical

wide screen

video file

Blu-ray 1080p high definition

region A

A nightmare transmission from the grungiest depths of the New York indie underground, the visceral, darkly funny, and sui generis debut feature from Ronald Bronstein is a dread-inducing vision of misfit alienation at its unhinged extreme. In a maniacal performance of almost frightening commitment, Keith, a disturbingly maladjusted social outcast and self-described "troll" whose neuroses plunge him into an unstoppable spiral of self-obliteration as his crummy coupon-selling job, pitiful living situation (featuring the roommate from hipster Brooklyn hell), and last remaining human relationships disintegrate around him. As captured in the grimy expressionist grain of Sean Price Williams's claustrophobic camera work, Frownland is DIY cinema at its most fearless, uncompromising, and unforgettable.

The Criterion collection ; 1137

Criterion collection ; 1137.

Social isolation -- Drama.

City and town life -- Drama.

New York (N.Y.) -- Drama.

Experimental films.

Dark comedy films.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Bronstein, Ronald, film director, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.

Raybin, Marc, film producer.

Mann, Dore, actor.

Grimstad, Paul, actor.

Sandholm, David, actor.

Marino, Carmine, actor.

Bronstein, Mary, 1979- actor.

Grant, Paul (Actor), actor.

Grimstad, Paul, composer (expresson)

Williams, Sean Price, 1977- director of photography.

Brody, Richard, 1958- writer of supplementary textual content.

Elara Pictures (Firm), production company.

Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Frown land

Container of (work) : Frownland (Motion picture)

Title and credits from screen.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.

Wide screen (1.66:1).

Accompanied by booklet (43 pages) containing essay by critic Richard Brody and an oral history of the making of the film.

Special features: director's statement with Ronald Bronstein; conversation between Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie; deleted scenes.

Music, Paul Grimstad ; director of photography, Sean [Price] Williams ; editor, Ronald Bronstein.

Dore Mann, Paul Grimstad, David Sandholm, Carmine Marino, Mary Wall, Paul Grant.

Blu-ray; region A; 16:9 widescreen presentation; LPCM 1.0 monoaural; requires Blu-ray player.

In English.

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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