Press Release Criterion Press Release: To Die For (1995) (4k UHD Combo) (Blu-ray) (2 Viewers)

[Ronald Epstein]

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The all-American obsession with celebrity turns monstrous in this deliciously subversive (and disturbingly prescient) satire of our television-mediated, true-crime-obsessed age. In a career breakthrough, Nicole Kidman delivers a diabolical deconstruction of the girl next door as a local TV weather reporter whose perfectly perky facade belies a murderous heart, as her ruthless pursuit of fame ensnares three disaffected teens in a sordid, tabloid-ready scandal. Deftly deploying shifting perspectives, faux-documentary interviews, and a supporting cast featuring Joaquin Phoenix, Matt Dillon, and Casey Affleck, director Gus Van Sant adds provocative layers of meaning to this darkly funny examination of suburban sociopathy.

FILM INFO​

• United States
• 1995
• 106 minutes
• Color
• 1.85:1
• English
• Spine #1213
  
  

  DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES​

  • New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Gus Van Sant and director of photography Eric Alan Edwards, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Audio commentary featuring Van Sant, Edwards, and editor Curtiss Clayton
  • Deleted scenes
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by film critic Jessica Kiang
    
    New design by Tori Huynh
    
    March 26, 2024

 

[Ronald Epstein]

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[cineMANIAC]

This one is Criterion's attempt at inclusion. Not every month at the label has such an attempt but at least they're trying. There's gotta be at least one mainstream (traditional?) movie thrown in the mix, right?

 

[Worth]

This one is Criterion's attempt at inclusion. Not every month at the label has such an attempt but at least they're trying. There's gotta be at least one mainstream (traditional?) movie thrown in the mix, right?

I think it's more because it's Gus van Sant. It's a good film, but not one that cries out for a 4K release.

 

[TravisR]

I love this movie.