Another lurid melodrama from mid-fifties, small town America, full of aspiration and repressed desire. Nuestro sistema de seguridad de pagos encripta tu información durante la transmisión de datos. (1956).CRiTERiON.BDRip.AAC.X264-TLF Standard definition movies, that were made last century, ripped from a retail source (DVDRip, BDRip), excluding R5 DVDRips. Directed by Nicholas Ray. Se ha producido un problema al guardar tus preferencias de cookies. Acerca de la protección de Amazon para clientes. Condition is Like New. This image, which comes from Nicholas Ray’s initial treatment for Rebel Without a Cause, might stand at the head of almost any of Ray’s movies, since it so clearly embodies somethi…, New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition, Audio commentary featuring critic Geoff Andrew (, New video interview with Susan Ray, widow of the director and editor of, English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic and video maker B. Kite. Instead, consider the film as an adult, flip-side variant of Ray's Rebel Without a Cause (made the year before): an EKG of the American middle class in the Eisenhower era. A schoolteacher becomes violently addicted to a new wonder drug, cortisone. Bigger Than Life: The Criterion Collection Though ignored at the time of its release, Nicholas Ray's ~~Bigger. All Rights Reserved. WARNING: This product can expose you to some chemicals, which is known to the State of California to cause For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.? Nuestra garantía cubre la entrega puntual y el estado de tus artículos. Be aware that documentaries, foreign, animated and black & white movies have their own sections. Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2012. See more details at. This whole movie sets itself up and executes itself like a movie way ahead of its time. La Garantía de la A a la Z de Amazon te protege al comprar los productos vendidos y gestionados por un vendedor externo. The effect is immediately positive. It keeps you wanting more. Very well-acted and well-made movie. When a friendly, successful suburban teacher and father (James Mason, in one of his most indelible roles) is prescribed cortisone for a painful, possibly fatal affliction, he grows dangerously addicted to the experimental drug, resulting in his transformation into a psychotic and ultimately violent household despot. For which you can read cocaine or any other addictive substance, because soon James can't control his need, nor a desire to chew the wallpaper. Productos que has visto recientemente y recomendaciones destacadas, Selecciona el departamento que quieras buscar. Utilizamos cookies y herramientas similares para mejorar tu experiencia de compra, prestar nuestros servicios, entender cómo los utilizas para poder mejorarlos, y para mostrarte anuncios. Director Nicholas Ray's controversial (for its time) drama stars James Mason as a suburban teacher and family man, diagnosed with a potentially fatal arterial disease, who is given the then-experimental drug cortisone as part of his treatment. Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Top picked items. By the end, when he fights with Wally, played by Walter Matthau, you cannot wait to see what the outcome is. This is a marvelous film made during the "wonder drug" era of the mid-1950's.