Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Criterion Collection (3Pc)

Overview

This release from the Criterion Collection features a trio of films from acclaimed German director Wim Wenders. From 1974-76, Wenders released three dramas collectively known as his "road trilogy," and the films helped make him one of the breakout stars of the New German Cinema movement. Alice in the Cities, Wrong Move and Kings of the Road are included in this 3-disc Blu Ray set which also offers numerous bonus features like audio commentaries for all three films and a new interview with Wenders, conducted by filmmaker Michael Almereyda.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/31/2016
UPC:	0715515177313
Original Release:	1974
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W, Color]
Language:	English
Time:	6:33:00
Sales rank:	11,142

Special Features

New, restored 4k digital transfers of all three films, commissioned by the Wim Wenders Foundation and supervised by Director Wim Wenders, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on Alice in the Cities and 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks on Wrong Move and Kings of the Road; Audio Commentaries on all three films; New Interview with Wenders, Directed and Conducted by filmmaker Michael Almereyda; New interviews with actors Rudiger Vogler, Yella Rottlander, Lisa Kreuzer, and Hanns Zischler; Outtakes and Super 8 footage; Restoring Time, a 2015 short about the restoration work done by the Wim Wenders Foundation; Same Player Shoots Again (1967) and Silver City Revisited (1968), two newly restored early short films by Wenders; New English Subtitle translations by Wenders; Plus: A book featuring essays on the films by Almereyda, filmmaker Allison Anders, author James Robison, and critic Nick Roddick