Cronos
(DVD) 

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Published
Irvington, N.Y. : Criterion Collection, [2010].
Format
DVD
Edition
Director approved DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (37 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). 
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Main Library - Media
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Published
Irvington, N.Y. : Criterion Collection, [2010].
Edition
Director approved DVD special edition.
Language
Spanish
UPC
715515048613

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1992.
General Note
Special features: Commentaries [optional audio] by writer-director Guillermo del Toro or producers, Arthur H. Gorson, Bertha Navarro, and Alejandro Springall [English and Spanish]; Featurettes Geometria [short film] (7 min.); Geometria: Interview [with Guillermo del Toro] (7 min.); Welcome to Bleak House (10 min.); Interviews: Guillermo del Toro (18 min.); Guillermo Navarro (13 min.); Ron Perlman (8 min.); Federico Luppi (6 min.) [Spanish with English subtitles]; Stills gallery [slide show]; Trailer (2 min.); Optional Spanish theatrical voice-over introduction [audio feature]; booklet includes essay "Beautiful Dark Things" by Maitland McDonagh, and excerpts from the director's notes for "Cronos."
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Guillermo Navarro ; production designer, Tolita Figueroa ; editor, Raul Davalos ; music, Javier Alvarez ; special effects, Laurencio Cordero.
Participants/Performers
Federico Luppi (Jesús Gris), Ron Perlman (Angel), Claudio Brook (De la Guardia), Margarita Isabel (Mercedes), Tamara Shanath (Aurora).
Description
In the darkness, a clock ticks. Aging antique dealer Jesús Gris marks his time with his granddaughter Aurora, and his wife Mercedes. Señor Gris comes to possess, quite accidentally, the ancient Cronos device. The invention of a sixteenth century alchemist who fled to Mexico during the Spanish Inquisition, it grants eternal life and youthful vigor to the user. The only drawbacks are marble white skin that burns under sunlight and an insatiable thirst for human blood. Elsewhere in the city, a dying industrialist obtains the alchemist's journal, learns of the device, and imports his American nephew to track down and obtain the device, by force if necessary. Señor Gris can grasp the gift of time, but the cost is high. Can he keep his soul intact faced with such great temptation, or will he be overcome?
System Details
DVD format ; region 1; NTSC ; Dolby digital stereo; widescreen presentation (1.78:1 aspect ratio, enhanced for 16:9 televisions).
Language
Soundtracks: Spanish and occasional English dialogue; with optional English subtitles.
Awards
Ariel Awards, 1993 [Mexico's premiere film awards]: Golden Ariel (Guillermo del Toro); Cannes Film Festival, 1993: Mercedes-Benz Award (Guillermo del Toro)

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