New on Blu-ray: WRITTEN ON THE WIND (1956) - Criterion Collection

Product Description: The quintessential Douglas Sirk melodrama, a lurid family tragedy in luscious Technicolor Douglas Sirk’s Technicolor expressionism reached a fever pitch with this operatic tragedy, which finds the director pushing his florid visuals and his critiques of American culture to their subversive extremes.

Alcoholism, nymphomania, impotence, and deadly jealousy—these are just some of the toxins coursing through a massively wealthy, degenerate Texan oil family. When a sensible secretary (Lauren Bacall) has the misfortune of marrying the clan’s neurotic scion (Robert Stack), it drives a wedge between him and his lifelong best friend (Rock Hudson) that unleashes a maelstrom of angst and fury.

Featuring an unforgettably debauched, Oscar-winning supporting performance by Dorothy Malone and some of Sirk’s most eye-popping mise-en-scène, Written on the Wind is as perverse a family portrait as has ever been splashed across the screen.

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Director: Douglas Sirk

Starring: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 99 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Criterion

Home Video Release Date: February 1, 2022

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 2.00:1
Region: Region A/1

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2K RESTORATION, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Acting for Douglas Sirk, a 2008 documentary featuring archival interviews with Sirk; actors Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, and Dorothy Malone; and producer Albert Zugsmith
New interview with film scholar Patricia White about the film and melodrama
Trailer
Trailer for All That Heaven Allows
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by filmmaker and critic Blair McClendon