Press Release Criterion Press Release: Happiness (1998) (4k UHD Combo) (Blu-ray) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

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As disturbingly funny as it is audaciously empathetic, auteur of unease Todd Solondz’s portrait of damaged souls reaching out for connection reveals the existential void underneath middle-class suburban “normalcy.” An extraordinary ensemble cast—including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ben Gazzara, and Dylan Baker—embodies an array of loosely connected New Jersey deviants, depressives, and misfits, among them a frustrated phone-sex pest, an all-American dad concealing his pedophilic urges, and a lonely woman with a grisly secret, all of whom want just one thing: to be loved. One of the most controversial films of the 1990s, the unflinching Happinessunnerves precisely because it dares to see the humanity in those most often denied it.

FILM INFO​

• United States
• 1998
• 140 minutes
• Color
• 1.85:1
• English
• Spine #1235
  
  

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

  • New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director of photography Maryse Alberti, with 2.0 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
  • New conversation between director Todd Solondz and filmmaker Charlotte Wells
  • New interview with actor Dylan Baker
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by novelist and screenwriter Bruce Wagner
    
    New cover based on original poster art by Daniel Clowes
    
    September 24, 2024

 

[Ronald Epstein]

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[SD_Brian]

Surprised it took this long for Happiness to show up in the collection since Criterion added the sequel, Life During Wartime, several years ago. Long overdue upgrade from the non-anamorphic DVD!