The Period Detail in Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence
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Posted March 16, 2018 08:11 PM by Webmaster
The Criterion Collection has released a clip from a brand new filmed conversation with director Martin Scorsese that is included on the new Blu-ray release of The Age of Innocence, which is now available for purchase at all major retailers.
The release, which is sourced from a new 4K restoration of the film that was completed at Sony Pictures Entertainment and approved by Martin Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker, has been reviewed here.
Synopsis: No filmmaker captures the grandeur and energy of New York like Martin Scorsese. With this sumptuous romance, he meticulously adapted the work of another great New York artist, Edith Wharton, bringing to life her tragic novel of the cloistered world of Gilded Age Manhattan. The Age of Innocence tells the story of Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis), whose engagement to an innocent socialite (Winona Ryder) binds him to the codes and rituals of his upbringing. But when her cousin (Michelle Pfeiffer) arrives in town on a wave of scandal after separating from her husband, she ignites passions in Newland he never knew existed. Swelling with exquisite period detail, this film is an alternately heartbreaking and satirical look at the brutality of old-world America.
The release, which is sourced from a new 4K restoration of the film that was completed at Sony Pictures Entertainment and approved by Martin Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker, has been reviewed here.
Synopsis: No filmmaker captures the grandeur and energy of New York like Martin Scorsese. With this sumptuous romance, he meticulously adapted the work of another great New York artist, Edith Wharton, bringing to life her tragic novel of the cloistered world of Gilded Age Manhattan. The Age of Innocence tells the story of Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis), whose engagement to an innocent socialite (Winona Ryder) binds him to the codes and rituals of his upbringing. But when her cousin (Michelle Pfeiffer) arrives in town on a wave of scandal after separating from her husband, she ignites passions in Newland he never knew existed. Swelling with exquisite period detail, this film is an alternately heartbreaking and satirical look at the brutality of old-world America.
