Classic Movies: DESERT HEARTS (1985) - Criterion Collection

Product Description: Donna Deitch's swooning and sensual first narrative feature, 'Desert Hearts', was groundbreaking upon its 1985 release: a love story about two women, made entirely independently, on a self-financed shoestring budget, by a woman. In the 1959-set film, an adaptation of a beloved novel by Jane Rule, straitlaced East Coast professor Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver) arrives in Reno to file for divorce but winds up catching the eye of someone new, the younger free spirit Cay (Patricia Charbonneau), touching off a slow seduction that unfolds against a breathtaking desert landscape. With undeniable chemistry between its two leads, an evocative jukebox soundtrack, and vivid cinematography by Robert Elswit, Desert Hearts beautifully exudes a sense of tender yearning and emotional candor.

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Director: Donna Deitch

Starring: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley

Genre: Drama, Romance

Runtime: 96 min

Rating: R

Language: English

Studio: Criterion Collection

Home Video Release Date: November 14, 2017

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Codec: MPEG-2
Resolution: 480i
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Encoding Format: 16:9

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

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DVD: English

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Audio commentary from 2007 featuring director Donna Deitch
New conversation between Deitch and actor Jane Lynch
New conversation between Deitch, Elswit, and production designer Jeannine Oppewall about the film’s visual style
New interviews with actors Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau
Excerpt from Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule, a 1995 documentary about the author of Desert of the Heart, the 1964 novel on which the film is based
PLUS: An essay by critic B. Ruby Rich