Technical Specs

• Blu-ray

Video Resolution/Codec

• 1080p/TBA

Aspect Ratio(s)

• 1.85:1

Audio Formats

• TBA

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Supplements

• Documentary

Exclusive HD Content

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Kiss of the Spider Woman (Blu-ray)

City Lights Home Entertainment / 1985 / Rated R
Street Date: August 12, 2008 (Postponed from July 22, 2008)
List Price: $39.98 (Buy it at Amazon and save)

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Genres: Drama

Starring: Raul Julia, William Hurt
Director: Hector Babenco

Plot Synopsis: Kiss of the Spider Woman starts out simply enough, hemmed in by the narrow walls of a Latin American prison cell. Molina (William Hurt) is telling his new cellmate, Valentin (Raul Julia), his favorite story. Molina is a delicate homosexual imprisoned for seducing a minor; Valentin is a bearded revolutionary still bleeding from his interrogation. If their film unfolded into the typical prison buddy plot, it'd still be a good movie. But this is a great movie. There are stories twisting within stories, each drawing a new, surprising level of difference between the two heroes: escapism versus realism, romance versus politics, gay versus straight, hero versus coward. As their unstable friendship grows more real, their stories become more vivid--whether Molina's fondly remembered Nazi propaganda noir, Valentin's tortured romantic history, or a tropical island fable told merely to pass the time. (Each substory stars Sonia Braga, a neat bit of casting that further blurs the line between fantasy and reality.) By the end, each man has changed just enough to taste the other's tragedy--a transformation that gives each the strength to define freedom on his own terms, despite the brutality of the prison and the bleak world beyond its walls.

Disc Features:
• Oocumentary: "Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman"

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