{"product_id":"overlord-blu-ray","title":"Overlord (The Criterion Collection) - Blu-ray","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring the war a young lad is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSYNOPSIS:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeamlessly interweaving archival war footage and a fictional narrative, this immersive account by STUART COOPER of one twenty-year-old’s journey from basic training to the front lines of D-Day brings to life all the terrors and isolation of war with jolting authenticity. Overlord, impressionistically shot by Stanley Kubrick’s long-time cinematographer JOHN ALCOTT, is both a document of World War II and a dreamlike meditation on human smallness in a large, incomprehensible machine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDIRECTOR APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRestored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Stuart Cooper, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudio commentary featuring Cooper and actor Brian Stirner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMining the Archive, a 2007 video piece featuring archivists from London’s Imperial War Museum detailing the footage used in the film\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCapa Influences Cooper, a 2007 photo essay featuring Cooper on photographer Robert Capa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCameramen at War, the British Ministry of Information’s 1943 film tribute to newsreel and service film unit cameramen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Test of Violence, Cooper’s 1969 short film about the Spanish artist Juan Genovés\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGermany Calling, a 1941 Ministry of Information propaganda film, clips of which appear in Overlord\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExcerpts from the journals of two D-day soldiers, read by Stirner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrailer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones, a short history of the Imperial War Museum, and excerpts from the Overlord novelization by Cooper and Christopher Hudson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Criterion Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46436431823022,"sku":"CC2356BDUK","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/overlord_Lime_Light_Front_BD.png?v=1752590030","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/overlord-blu-ray","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}