Format:
2 DVD-Videos (100, 77 min)
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12 cm
Uniform Title:
El Patrullero
Content:
"Highway Patrolman: graduating as a top police student from the National Highway Patrol Police Academy, Pedro Rojas and his college friend Anibal are sent to patrol a desolate highway. The pair start off by strictly enforcing the law during their arduous 24 hour shifts but soon their dedication begins to dwindle. Pedro's wife Griselda complains about his lowly wage and pressurises him into accepting bribes and a steady descent begins that ends with Pedro in the arms of junkie hooker Maribel. However, when Anibal is murdered by barbarous drug traffickers, Pedro's thirst for revenge may also perhaps offer a shot at redemption. Charting the harrowing transition from idealism to grim realism, this is an intense and brilliantly played character study that offers a fascinating and gritty insight into corruption and embittered disillusionment. Set amid Mexico's beautiful desert-like landscapes and unfolding in long, real-time takes to signify the residual erosion of the spirit, this is tour de force cinema from one of Britain's most iconoclastic directors. Three Businessmen: American art dealer Bennie arrives at his Liverpool hotel. Staying at the same establishment is British art dealer Frank King. After meeting in the hotel's abandoned restaurant, the pair set off into the rainy night in search of a decent meal. Attempting to suppress their hunger through conversation as they travel about via subway, bus, ferry and taxi, the pair eventually come across not sustenance, but another lost and hungry businessman, Leroy Jasper. Taking place over a single night but in a variety of international locations, this is a surreal and subversive comic fantasy that pays homage to Luis Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972). Sharply scripted by Tod Davies to take in subjects as diverse as the theme music on answerphones and The Beatles, this is a stimulating and playful work that displays Cox's liberating disregard for convention."
Note:
Verlagsnummer BFIVD703
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Bildformat 1.77:1 (16:9 anamorph)
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Highway patrolman originally released in 1991, Three businessmen originally released in 1998
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Extras: Highway Patrolman: Audio commentary by director Alex Cox and writer/producer Lorenzo O'Brien, Patrulleros y Patrulleras - interviews with cast and crew ; Three Businessmen: Audio commentary by director Alex Cox and writer/producer Tod Davies, How to watch this film - cast and crew offer a masterclass in how to read the film
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Highway patrolman: Spanish with English subtitles, Three businessmen: English
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Optional subtitles for the hearing-impaired on all items
Additional Edition:
Three businessmen
Language:
English
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Spanish
Subjects:
General works
Keywords:
Film
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DVD-Video
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