Cul-de-sac

A withdrawn couple's isolated house is infiltrated by a rude, burly American gangster on the run. The three engage in a game of shifting identities and sexual and emotional humiliations. An evocative, claustrophobic, and morbidly funny tale of the modern world in chaos

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Komeda, Krzysztof (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Compton-Tekli Film Productions, Criterion Collection (Firm), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Brach, Gérard (Screenwriter), Brach, Gérard, Dorléac, Françoise (Actor), Dorléac, Françoise, Gutowski, Gene (Producer), Klinger, Michael, 1920-1989 (Producer), Pleasence, Donald (Actor), Polanski, Roman (Screenwriter, Director), Stander, Lionel (Actor), Tenser, Tony (Producer)
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Criterion Collection : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2011
[New York] : Criterion Collection, 2011
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2011
Edition:Director approved special ed
Series:Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 577
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 577
Criterion collection ; 577
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Summary:A withdrawn couple's isolated house is infiltrated by a rude, burly American gangster on the run. The three engage in a game of shifting identities and sexual and emotional humiliations. An evocative, claustrophobic, and morbidly funny tale of the modern world in chaos
A withdrawn couple's isolated house is infiltrated by a rude, burly American gangster on the run. The three engage in role-playing games of sexual and emotional humiliations. An evocative, claustrophobic, and morbidly funny tale of the modern world in chaos
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1966
Special features: 'Two gangsters and an island': documentary; television interview with Polanski from 1967; theatrical trailers; booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Thompson
Specifal features: 'Two gangsters and an island': documentary; television interview with Polanski from 1967; theatrical trailers; booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Thompson
This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC
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Physical Description:1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet (1 v. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet
Format:Blu-ray, widescreen
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) enhanced for 16:9 TVS, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono
Requires Blu-ray player
Production Credits:Music composed and conducted by Komeda ; director of photography, Gilbert Taylor ;
Music composed and conducted by Komeda
ISBN:1604654503
9781604654509