| Edition |
Director-approved two-DVD special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([18] pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.). |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 658 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 658.
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| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 4K Digital restoration; PCM mono. |
| Cast |
Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill, Harold Blankenship. |
| Credits |
Art director, Leon Erickson ; editor, Verna Fields ; music scored by Mike Bloomfield ; director of photography, Haskell Wexler. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Special features: Disc 1. Commentaries: Haskell Wexler, Paul Golding, and Marianna Hill; Paul Cronin; Trailer. Disc 2. Haskell Wexler (new interview); extended excerpts from "Look out Haskell, it's real!" a documentary about the making of Medium Cool; excerpts from Sooner or later, a documentary by Cronin about Harold Blankenship; Medium Cool revisited (new half-hour video by Wexler about the Occupy movement's protests against the 2012 NATO summit in Chicago). Booklet features an essay by film critic and programmer Thomas Beard. |
| Awards |
National Film Registry selection, 2003. |
| Language |
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Subject |
Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Drama.
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Riots -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
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Television journalists -- Drama.
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Television broadcasting of news -- Drama.
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Student protesters -- Drama.
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Democratic National Convention. (OCoLC)fst01405894
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Riots. (OCoLC)fst01098069
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Student protesters. (OCoLC)fst01135975
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Television broadcasting of news. (OCoLC)fst01146787
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Television journalists. (OCoLC)fst01146949
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Illinois -- Chicago.
(OCoLC)fst01204048
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films -- United States.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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| Added Author |
Friedman, Tully, film producer.
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Wexler, Haskell, film producer, screenwriter, film director, director of photography, commentator.
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Forster, Robert, 1942-2019 actor.
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Bloom, Verna, 1938-2019 actor.
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Bonerz, Peter, actor.
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Hill, Marianna, 1941- actor, commentator.
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Blankenship, Harold, actor.
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Bloomfield, Michael, composer (expression)
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Golding, Paul, commentator.
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Cronin, Paul, commentator, film director.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation.
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H&J Pictures, Inc.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Look out Haskell, it's real.
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Sooner or later.
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| ISBN |
9781604657272 |
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1604657278 |
| Standard No. |
715515106214 |
| Music No. |
CC2265D The Criterion Collection |
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