The incredible shrinking man

DVD - 2021

Existentialism goes pop in this benchmark of atomic-age science fiction, a superlative adaptation of a novel by the legendary Richard Matheson that has awed and unnerved generations of viewers with the question, What is humanity's place amid the infinity of the universe? Six months after being exposed to a mysterious radiation cloud, suburban everyman Scott Carey finds himself becoming smaller and smaller and smaller until he's left to fend for himself in a world in which ordinary cats, mousetraps, and spiders pose a mortal threat, all while grappling with a diminishing sense of himself. Directed by the prolific creature-feature impresario Jack Arnold with ingenious optical effects and a transcendent metaphysical ending, The Incre...dible Shrinking Man gazes with wonder and trepidation into the unknowable vastness of the cosmic void.

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Subjects
Genres
Science fiction films
Horror films
Film adaptations
Feature films
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection [2021]
Language
English
Other Authors
Jack Arnold, 1916-1992 (film director), Richard Matheson, 1926-2013 (screenwriter), Albert Zugsmith (film producer), Grant Williams, 1931-1985 (actor), Randy Stuart, 1924-1996 (-), April Kent, -1998, Paul Langton, 1913-1980
Edition
Two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition. Widescreen
Item Description
Based on the novel by Richard Matheson.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: New audio commentary with Tom Weaver and David Schecter; new program on the film's special effects by Craig Barron and Ben Burtt; new conversation between Joe Dante and Dana Gould; Auteur on campus: Jack Arnold at Universal (Director's cut) (2021); interview from 2016 with Richard Cristian Matheson; interview with Jack Arnold from 1983; 8mm home-cinema version from 1957; trailer and teaser narrated by Orson Welles; essay by Geoffrey O'Brien.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD; region 1, NTSC; wide screen (1.85:1); mono.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Ellis W. Carter ; editor, Al Joseph.
ISBN
9781681438856
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