Actors: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier, Adrian Rawlins Director: Lars von Trier Language: ENGLISH: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Subtitles: English
Region: Region A
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Number of Discs: 3 (BD / 2 DVD)
Rating: Not Rated Orig. Release Date: 1996 Studio: Criterion
Release Date: 4/15/2014 Run Time: 158 Min.
- Trailer - original theatrical trailer for Breaking the Waves. In English, not subtitled. (2 min, 1080i).
- Cast Interviews -
- 1. Emily Watson - in this new video interview, the British actress discusses her contribution to Breaking the Waves,
some of the challenges she faced during the shooting of the film, her
character (as well as her interactions with Katrin Cartlidge), Lars von
Trier's directing methods, the film's success at the Cannes Film
Festival, etc. The interview was conducted exclusively for Criterion in
London in 2013. In English, not subtitled. (18 min, 1080p).
- 2. Stellan Skarsgard - in this new interview, the acclaimed
Swedish actor discusses his numerous collaborations with Lars von Trier,
his directing methods and the important roles women have in his films, Breaking the Waves
and the character he plays, etc. The interview was conducted
exclusively for Criterion in Stockholm in May 2013. In English, not
subtitled. (13 min, 1080p).
- 3. Adrian Rawlins - in this video interview, actor Adrian
Rawlins, who plays Dr. Richardson, discusses Lars von Trier's directing
methods and his contribution to Breaking the Waves. The interview was produced in 2004 by Electric Parc. In English, not subtitled. (3 min, 1080i).
- Stig Bjorkman - in this new video interview,
filmmaker and critic Stig Bjorkman discusses the evolution of the visual
style of Lars von Trier's films (and the impact of the Dogme movement),
the shooting of Breaking the Waves, etc. The interview was
conducted exclusively for Criterion in New York in May 2013. In English,
not subtitled. (11 min, 1080p).
- Selected-Scene Commentary - selected-scene audio
commentary featuring director Lars von Trier, editor Anders Refn, and
location scout Anthony Dod Mantle. In English, not subtitled. (48 min,
1080p).
- 1. Cutting on emotion
- 2. Primitive visual effects
- 3. Mantle's funeral
- 4. Violent time cuts
- 5. All Bible bashers at heart
- 6. Rage at test screenings
- 7. Directing via video link
- Emily Watson's Audition - presented here is archival footage from Emily Watson's audition for Breaking the Waves, with an optional audio commentary by director Lars von Trier. In English, not subtitled. (3 min, 1080i).
- Deleted and Extended Scenes - four deleted and
extended scenes with optional audio commentary by director Lars von
Trier, editor Anders Refn, and location scout Anthony Dod Mantle. In
English, not subtitled.
- 1. Deleted Scene 1 (4 min, 1080i).
- 2. Deleted Scene 2 (3 min, 1080i).
- 3. Extended Scene 1 (4 min, 1080i).
- 4. Extended Scene 2 (2 min, 1080i).
- In Memory of Katrin Cartlidge - presented here is a
deleted scene which was selected by director Lars von Trier to serve as
a tribute to the late actor. In English, not subtitled. (2 min, 1080i).
- Cannes Film Festival Promotional Clip - in 1996,
the Cannes Film Festival requested that competing directors prepare
short previews of their films to be shown on opening night. Presented
here is the short promotional clip director Lars von Trier prepared for Breaking the Waves. In English, not subtitled. (1 min).
- Booklet - 32-page illustrated booklet featuring
David Sterritt's essay "Breaking the Rules" (Mr. Sterritt is chair of
the National Society of Film Critics, a film professor at Columbia
University and the Maryland Institute College of Art, chief book critic
of Film Quarterly, and incoming editor of the Quarterly Review of Film
and Video) and an interview with director Lars von Trier conducted by
Stig Bjorkman, which originally appeared in Bjorkman's 1999 book Trier on von Trier.
After her Norwegian husband Jan is injured in an oil-rig mishap, pious
newlywed Bess must reconcile her intense faith in God with her paralyzed
husband's unusual request: he implores her to sleep with other men and
then tell him the sensual story of each meeting.
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