The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

 

Year: 2021

Time: 108 min.

 

Series: The Criterion Collection

Edition #: 1282

Release Date: Tuesday, 30 September 2025

MSRP: $49.95

 

4K UHD + Blu-ray

2 Discs

1.37:1

1.85:1

2.40:1

English DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1

Subtitles: English

Regions None/A

 

 Audio commentary featuring Wes Anderson and collaborators Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman   Selected-scene storyboard animatic   Behind the Scenes of “The French Dispatch”   No Crying: How to Overcome Blasé Ennui, a visual essay featuring the writing of film scholar David Bordwell   Episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour featuring Wes Anderson, New Yorker editor David Remnick, and actor Jeffrey Wright   The French Splatter-School Action-Group, an interview with artist Sandro Kopp, who created Moses Rosenthaler’s paintings in the film   “Aline” by Jarvis Cocker, a music video directed by Anderson and illustrated by Javi Aznarez   The French Dispatch reads the New Yorker, featuring Jeffrey Wright and actors Bill Murray, Stephen Park, Elisabeth Moss, Owen Wilson, Frances McDormand, and Tilda Swinton reading excerpts from classic works associated with the New Yorker   “The French Dispatch”: Miniature Unit Berlin   Accidentally Angoulême, a tour of the French town where the movie was made, by the team behind Accidentally Wes Anderson   Trailer   An essay by critic Richard Brody; excerpts from the limited-edition magazine issue of The French Dispatch, published to promote the film, including historical and production dispatches by writer Alex Pasternack and further-reading recommendations from Anderson; and a poster by Javi Aznarez featuring the French Dispatch magazine covers created for the film