King Lear (Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

Two highly talented and innovative directors-filmdom's Jean-Luc Godard and the theatre world's Peter Sellars - join forces in this unusual (to say the least) slant on Shakespeare's King Lear. The Bard's tale of an aging monarch destroyed by false flattery and foolish pride is conveyed with offbeat lighting and sound effects, rendering the text virtually expendable. Even Godard's most fervent followers were at a loss to explain some of their idol's creative choices in this 91-minute absurdis...