Edward Lachman
1) True stories
Series
Criterion collection volume 951
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (unpaged : color illustrations).
Language
English
Description
"Music icon David Byrne was inspired by tabloid headlines to make his sole foray into feature-film directing, an ode to the extraordinariness of ordinary American life and a distillation ot what was in his own idiosyncratic mind. The Talking Heads front man plays a visitor to Virgil, Texas, who introduces us to the citizens of the town during preparations for its Celebration of Specialness. As shot by cinematographer Ed Lachman, Texas becomes a hyperrealistic...
2) Carol
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two women from very different backgrounds find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change. A young woman in her twenties, Therese is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol, an alluring woman trapped in a loveless,...