New on Blu-ray: DADDY LONGLEGS (2009) - Criterion Collection

Daddy Longlegs 2009 New On Bluray Criterion

Product Description: Josh and Benny Safdie’s disquieting portrait of parental dysfunction, about a manic Manhattanite unraveling while caring for his two young sons Mining the emotional sense memories of their own fractured childhoods, Josh and Benny Safdie craft a by turns empathetic and disquieting portrait of parental dysfunction poised between fierce love and terrifying irresponsibility.

Manic Manhattan movie theater projectionist Lenny (cowriter and longtime Safdie collaborator Ronald Bronstein) is perhaps the last person who should be raising kids, yet here he is, trying (and failing) to keep it together as his life unravels over the two whirlwind weeks that he has custody of his young boys (real-life brothers Sage and Frey Ranaldo), with an impromptu road trip, a sleeping-pill mishap, and a night in jail all part of the chaos. Vérité New York naturalism gives way to flights of surreal lyricism in Daddy Longlegs, a blearily impressionistic anti–fairy tale that finds unexpected humanity in the seemingly most irredeemable of fathers.

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Director: Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie

Starring: Ronald Bronstein, ALex Greenblatt, Sage Ranaldo

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Runtime: 99 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Criterion

Home Video Release Date: August 16, 2022

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Region: Region A/1

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Blu-ray: LPCM 2.0

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Blu-ray: English SDH

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New 4K digital transfer, approved by directors Josh and Benny Safdie, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack
New interviews with actors Sage and Frey Ranaldo and their parents, photographer Leah Singer and musician Lee Ranaldo
Documentary from 2017 about the Safdies
Footage of Sage and Frey Ranaldo’s first meeting with actor Ronald Bronstein
Making-of program
There’s Nothing You Can Do (2008), a short film by the Safdies featuring members of the Daddy Longlegs cast and crew
Deleted scenes
Promotional films and trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: A 2009 print interview with the Safdies