Beasts of no nation
(DVD) 

Book Cover
Average Rating
Contributors
Kaufman, Amy, film producer.
Lundberg, Daniela Taplin, film producer.
Marker, Riva, 1978- film producer.
Crown, Daniel, film producer.
Elba, Idris, actor,
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2021].
Format
DVD
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 70 cm, folded to 12 x 19 cm). 
Status
Southside - Media
DVD Beasts
1 available

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Southside - MediaDVD BeastsOn Shelf

Extras

More Details

Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2021].
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Language
English
UPC
715515263610, 00715515263610

Notes

General Note
Produced as a motion picture in 2015.
General Note
Title from screen credits.
General Note
Based on the novel by Uzodinma Iweala.
General Note
2.39:1 widescreen.
General Note
Features: 2K digital master, approved by director Cary Joji Fukunaga; New audio commentary featuring Fukunaga and first assistant director Jon Mallard; New documentary on the development and making of the film, featuring interviews with Fukunaga, author Uzodinma Iweala, actors Idris Elba and Abraham Attah, and producers Amy Kaufman, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, and Riva Marker; New conversation between Fukunaga and film and television producer and cultural commentator Franklin Leonard; New interview with costume designer Jenny Eagan; Trailer; An essay by film critic Robert Daniels.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Cary Joji Fukunaga ; editors, Mikkel E. G. Nielsen, Peter Beaudreau ; music, Dan Romer.
Participants/Performers
Idris Elba, Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Affadzi, Ama K. Abebrese, Kobina Amissah-Sam, Francis Weddey, Emmanuel "King Kong" Nii, Adam Quaye, Kurt Egyiwan.
Description
"The nightmare of war is seen through the eyes of one of its most tragic casualties -- a child soldier -- in this harrowing vision of innocence lost from Cary Joji Fukunaga. Based on the acclaimed novel by Uzodinma Iweala, Beasts of No Nation unfolds in an unnamed, civil-war-torn West African country, where the young Agu (Abraham Attah), in a haunting debut performance) witnesses carnage in his village before falling captive to a band of rebel soldiers led by a ruthless commander (an explosive Idris Elba), who molds the boy into a hardened killer. Fukunaga's relentlessly roving camera work and stunning visuals -- realism so intensely visceral it borders on the surreal -- immerse the viewer in a world of unimaginable horror without ever losing sight of the powerful human story at its center"--Container.
System Details
DVD format, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (2.39:1 aspect ratio); Dolby 5.1 surround.
Language
English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) and English descriptive audio.

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.