The Grand Budapest Hotel (Special Edition Blu-ray)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Special Edition Blu-ray)
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Directed by Wes Anderson. Published by Criterion.
Blu-ray disc, 100 mins approx, multiple aspect ratios, colour, 2014 (2020 printing)
Wes Anderson brings his dry wit and visual inventiveness to this exquisite caper set amid the old-world splendor of Europe between the world wars. At the opulent Grand Budapest Hotel, the concierge M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes) and his young protégé Zero (Tony Revolori) forge a steadfast bond as they are swept up in a scheme involving the theft of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune—while around them, political upheaval consumes the continent. Meticulously designed, The Grand Budapest Hotel is a breathless picaresque and a poignant paean to friendship and the grandeur of a vanished world, performed with panache by an all-star ensemble that includes F. Murray Abraham, Adrien Brody, Saoirse Ronan, Willem Dafoe, Jude Law, Harvey Keitel, Jeff Goldblum, Mathieu Amalric, Tilda Swinton, and Bill Murray.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 2K digital transfer, supervised by director Wes Anderson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New audio commentary featuring Anderson, filmmaker Roman Coppola, critic Kent Jones, and actor Jeff Goldblum
- Selected-scene storyboard animatics
- “The Making of ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel,’” a new documentary about the film
- New interviews with the cast and crew
- Video essays from 2015 and 2020 by critic Matt Zoller Seitz and film scholar David Bordwell
- Behind-the-scenes, special-effects, and test footage
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: Two pieces by critic Richard Brody, an 1880 essay on European hotel portiers by Mark Twain, a double-sided poster, and other ephemera
Cover by Emma Wesley
