| Edition |
DVD special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (69 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 unnumbered pages : black and white illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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| Description |
digital rdatr |
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Dolby Digital |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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region 1 rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 966 |
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Criterion collection ; 966.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1; 4:3 presentation; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital monaural. |
| Cast |
Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tim Ryan, Esther Howard, Pat Gleason. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Benjamin H. Kline ; editor, George McGuire ; music, Erdody. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1945. |
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Based upon the novel Detour : an extraordinary tale, by Martin Goldsmith. |
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"Detour (1945) was restored in 2018 by the Academy Film Archive and the Film Foundation in collaboration with the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique, the Museum of Modern Art, Cinémathèque Française"--opening stillframe. |
| Summary |
"From Poverty Row came a movie that, perhaps more than any other, epitomizes the dark fatalism at the heart of film noir. As he hitchhikes his way from New York to Los Angeles, a down-on-his-luck nightclub pianist (Tom Neal) finds himself with a dead body on his hands and nowhere to run--a waking nightmare that goes from bad to worse when he picks up the most vicious femme fatale in cinema history, Ann Savage's snarling, monstrously conniving drifter Vera. Working with no-name stars on a bargain-basement budget, B auteur Edgar G. Ulmer turned threadbare production values and seedy, low-rent atmosphere into indelible pulp poetry. Long unavailable in a format in which its hard-boiled beauty could be fully appreciated, Detour haunts anew in its first major restoration"--Container. |
| Note |
Special features: New 4K digital restoration; Edgar G. Ulmer: the man off-screen (a 2004 documentary featuring interviews with actor Ann Savage and filmmakers Roger Corman, Joe Dante, and Wim Wenders); New interview with film scholar Noah Isenberg, author of Edgar G. Ulmer: a filmmaker at the margins; New program about the restoration; Janus Films rerelease trailer; An essay by critic and poet Robert Polito. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- United States -- Drama.
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Hitchhiking -- United States -- Drama.
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Jazz musicians -- United States -- Drama.
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False personation -- Drama.
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Extortion -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Film noir.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Ulmer, Edgar G. (Edgar George), 1904-1972, film director.
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Fromkess, Leon, film producer.
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Goldsmith, Martin M., 1913-1994, screenwriter.
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Neal, Tom, 1914-1972, actor.
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Savage, Ann, 1921-2008, actor.
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Drake, Claudia, actor.
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MacDonald, Edmund, actor.
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Ryan, Tim, 1899-1956, actor.
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Howard, Esther, 1892-1965, actor.
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Gleason, Pat, 1904-1993, actor.
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Kline, Benjamin, 1894-1974, director of photography.
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McGuire, George, editor of moving image work.
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Erdody, Leo, 1888-1949, composer (expression)
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Goldsmith, Martin M., 1913-1994.
Detour.
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Producers' Releasing Corporation, presenter, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Standard No. |
715515227919 |
| ISBN |
9781681435640 |
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1681435640 |
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