| Edition |
Director-approved two-DVD special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert. |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital optical mono Dolby Digital 1.0 rda |
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laser optical NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 739 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 739.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1), monoaural. |
| Language |
In English with optional English captions. |
| Cast |
Julianne Moore, Peter Friedman, Xander Berkeley, Susan Norman, Kate McGregor Stewart, Mary Carver, Steven Gilborn, April Grace, Peter Crombie, Ronnie Farer, Jodie Markell, Lorna Scott, James LeGros, Dean Norris. |
| Credits |
Costume design, Nancy Steiner ; production design, David Bomba ; music composer and performer, Ed Tomney ; editor, James Lyons ; director of photography, Alex Nepomniaschy. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1995. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for a sex scene and brief language. |
| Summary |
Carol White is an L.A. housewife in the late 1980s who comes down with a debilitating illness. After the doctors she sees can give her no clear diagnosis, she comes to believe that she has frighteningly extreme environmental allergies. A prescient commentary on self-help culture, as a metaphor for the AIDS crisis, as a drama about class and social estrangement, and as a horror film about what cannot be seen. |
| Note |
Special features: Disc 1: Commentary (with director Todd Haynes, actress Julianne Moore and producer Christine Vachon); Trailer. Disc 2: The suicide (a 1978 short film by Haynes); Todd Haynes and Julianne Moore (conversation between Haynes and Moore where they reflect on the strength of their working relationship and talk about the film where it all began); Christine Vachon (new interview with Vachon where she reflects on the beginnings of her collaborations with director Todd Haynes and discusses the historical context of Safe). Insert includes an essay by critic Dennis Lim. |
| Subject |
Multiple chemical sensitivity -- Patients -- Drama.
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Allergy -- Drama.
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Pollution -- Drama.
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Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Drama.
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Allergy. (OCoLC)fst00805549
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Pollution. (OCoLC)fst01070069
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films -- United States.
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Feature films -- Great Britain.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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| Added Author |
Semler, Arnold A., film producer.
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Schamus, James, 1959- film producer.
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Law, Lindsay, film producer.
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Hope, Ted, film producer.
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Vachon, Christine, film producer.
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Zalaznick, Lauren, film producer.
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Haynes, Todd, screenwriter, film director.
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Moore, Julianne, actor.
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Friedman, Peter, 1949- actor.
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Berkeley, Xander, 1955- actor.
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Norman, Susan Gayle, actor.
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McGregor-Stewart, Kate, actor.
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Carver, Mary, 1924-2013, actor.
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Gilborn, Steven, actor.
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Grace, April, 1962- actor.
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Crombie, Peter, actor.
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Farer, Ronnie, actor.
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Markell, Jodie, 1959- actor.
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Scott, Lorna, actor.
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LeGros, James, actor.
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Norris, Dean, actor.
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Steiner, Nancy, costume designer.
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Bomba, David J., production designer.
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Tomney, Ed, composer (expression), performer.
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Lyons, James, 1960-2007, film editor.
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Nepomniaschy, Alex, director of photography.
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Lim, Dennis, 1973- writer of supplementary textual content.
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Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), production company.
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American Playhouse Theatrical Films, presenter.
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Chemical Films (Firm), production company.
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Good Machine (Firm), production company.
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Kardana Productions, production company.
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Channel Four Films (Firm), production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| Added Title |
Container of (work): Suicide (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
9781604659313 |
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1604659319 |
| Standard No. |
715515133111 |
| Music No. |
CC2424D The Criterion Collection (set) |
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CC2424D-1 The Criterion Collection (disc one) |
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CC2424D-2 The Criterion Collection (disc two) |
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