The Criterion Collection
Brief Encounters / The Long Farewell: Two Films by Kira Muratova
Edition no. 1229
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Brief Encounters
| The Long Farewell
Licensor
Studio Canal
Directed by: Kira Muratova
Featuring: Nina Ruslanova, Zinaida Sharko, Oleg Vladimirsky, Vladimir Vysotskiy, Yuriy Kayurov, Kira Muratova, Svetlana Kabanova, Lidia Bazilskaya, Aleksey Glazyrin, Tatyana Mychko, Valeri Isakov, Lidiya Bazilskaya, Lidiya Dranovskaya, Tatyana Midnaya, Sofya Belskaya, Oleg Emstev, Viktor Ilchenko
Nobody made films like Kira Muratova. Uncompromising and uncategorizable, the Ukrainian iconoclast withstood decades of censorship to realize her singular vision in hypnotically beautiful, expressionistically heightened films that remain unique in their ability to evoke complex interior worlds. Her first two solo features, Brief Encounters and The Long Farewell, are fascinatingly fragmented portraits of women navigating work, romance, and family life with a mix of deep yearning and playful pragmatism. Long suppressed by Soviet authorities, these films became legendary—along with their maker—and they now make for a revelatory introduction to this most fearlessly original of artists.
Technical Specifications
Format: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio:
1.37:1
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Russian 1.0 PCM Mono
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Subtitles:
English
Region:
A
Discs:
2 Discs |
BD-50
Supplements
- Interview with Dr. Elena Gorfinkel about Brief Encounters and filmmaker Kira Muratova
- Isabel Jacobs on Brief Encounters
- Interview with Dr. Elena Gorfinkel about The Long Farewell
- Isabel Jacobs on The Long Farewell
- Archival interview with director Kira Muratova from an episode of Cinéma cinémas
- An essay by film critic Jessica Kiang
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