Breaking the waves

Breaking the waves

DVD - 2014

A quiet woman in Northern Scotland marries an oil rig worker, who becomes paralyzed in an accident. Since he can no longer engage in sex, he encourages his wife to take lovers, which she does because she believes that it is what God wants her to do.

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Subjects
Faith > Drama.
Paraplegics > Sexual behavior > Drama.
Adultery > Drama.
Romance films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Romance films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection [2014]
Language
English
Corporate Authors
Zentropa Entertainments (Firm), Criterion Collection (Firm)
Corporate Authors
Zentropa Entertainments (Firm) (-), Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors
Lars von Trier, 1956- (-), Vibeke Windeløv, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, 1956-, Emily Watson, 1967-, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Robby Müller, 1940-, Anders Refn, Joachim Holbek
Edition
Director-approved special edition ; widescreen
Item Description
Originally released as a motion picture in 1996.
Special features (disc 2): selected scene audio commentary; new interview with filmmaker and critic Stig Björkman; new interviews with actors Emily Watson and Stellan Skarsgård; interview from 2004 with actor Adrian Rawlins; excerpts from Watson's audition tape, with commentary by von Trier; deleted and extended scenes, with commentary by von Trier; deleted scene featuring the late actor Katrin Cartlidge; Cannes Film Festival promotional clip; trailer.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (159 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
Format
DVD: NTSC, region 1, 2.35:1 aspect ratio, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Robby Müller ; editor, Anders Refn ; music, Joachim Holbek.
ISBN
9781604658330
  • Disc 1. [The film]
  • Disc 2. [Special features]
Review by Library Journal Review

Before his work became provocative for its own sake (Nymphomaniac), Danish director Lars von Trier pushed the artistic envelope with Dancer in the Dark and Dogville, among others. But he's never surpassed this, his breakout film, for emotional heft. Oscar-nominated Emily Watson amazes as a newlywed whose paralyzed husband (Stellan Skarsgard) makes a shocking request of his faithful wife. With its jittery, handheld camera work lending it an edgy immediacy, this digitally spruced-up Waves crushes the old Artisan disc. [See Trailers, LJ 3/1/14.] (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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