Blu-ray Disc, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Medicine for melancholy [videorecording (Blu-ray)] / Strike Anywhere presents ; a Bandry film ; written & directed by Barry Jenkins ; produced by Justin Barber ; a Strike Anywhere production.

Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.

Medicine for melancholy (Motion picture)

[New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2023]

1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert

4 3/4 in

digital

optical

1.78:1

wide screen

video file

Blu-ray

region A

auditory captions

Director of photography, James Laxton ; edited by Nat Sanders.

Wyatt Cenac, Tracey Heggins.

Blu-ray, region A; wide screen; 5.1 surround; requires Blu-ray player.

One of the great debut features of the twenty-first century, Barry Jenkins's captivating, lo-fi romance Medicine for Melancholy unfolds against the backdrop of a rapidly gentrifying San Francisco, where a one-night stand between two young bohemians, Micah and Jo,' spins off into a woozy daylong affair marked by moments of tenderness, friction, joy, and intellectual sparring as they explore their relationships to each other, the city, and their own Blackness. Shooting on desaturated video, Jenkins crafts an intimate exploration of alienation and connection graced with the evocative visual palette and empathetic emotional charge that has come to define his work.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.

Wide screen (1.78:1).

Special features: new high-definition digital master, approved by director Barry Jenkins and director of photography James Laxton; new audio commentary featuring Jenkins; audio commentary from 2008 featuring Jenkins, producers Justin Barber and Cherie Saulter, and editor Nat Sanders; new program about the making of the film, featuring Sanders and actor Wyatt Cenac; camera test footage and blooper reel; trailer; booklet featuring an essay by critic Danielle Amir Jackson.

Director of photography, James Laxton ; edited by Nat Sanders.

Wyatt Cenac, Tracey Heggins.

Blu-ray, region A; wide screen; 5.1 surround; requires Blu-ray player.

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

The Criterion collection ; 1183

Criterion collection ; 1183.

Cruising (Sexual behavior) -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.

African Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.

African Americans -- Social life and customs -- Drama.

Bicycles -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.

United States -- Race relations -- Drama.

Romance films.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Jenkins, Barry, 1979- film director, screenwriter.

Barber, Justin, film producer.

Cenac, Wyatt, actor.

Heggins, Tracey, actor.

Strike Anywhere (Firm), presenter, production company.

Bandry (Firm), production company.

Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

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