| Edition |
Director approved DVD special ed. |
| Description |
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (37 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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Dolby |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 551
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Criterion collection ; 551.
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| System Details |
DVD ; Region 1, NTSC ; Dolby digital stereo ; widescreen presentation, 1.78:1 aspect ratio, enhanced for 16:9 televisions. |
| Cast |
Federico Luppi (Jesús Gris), Ron Perlman (Angel), Claudio Brook (De la Guardia), Margarita Isabel (Mercedes), Tamara Shanath (Aurora). |
| Credits |
Director de fotográfia, Guillermo Navarro ; diseñadora de producción de arte [production designer], Tolita Figueroa ; editor, Raul Davalos ; compositor y director de música, Javier Alvarez ; efectos especiales, Laurencio Cordero. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a Mexican motion picture in 1992. |
| Summary |
In the darkness, a clock ticks. Aging antique dealer Jesús Gris marks his time with his granddaughter Aurora, and his wife Mercedes. Señor Gris comes to possess, quite accidentally, the ancient Cronos device. The invention of a sixteenth century alchemist who fled to Mexico during the Spanish Inquisition, it grants eternal life and youthful vigor to the user. The only drawbacks are marble white skin that burns under sunlight and an insatiable thirst for human blood. Elsewhere in the city, a dying industrialist obtains the alchemist's journal, learns of the device, and imports his American nephew to track down and obtain the device, by force if necessary. Señor Gris can grasp the gift of time, but the cost is high. Can he keep his soul intact faced with such great temptation, or will he be overcome? |
| Note |
Special features: Commentaries [optional audio] by writer-director Guillermo del Toro or producers, Arthur H. Gorson, Bertha Navarro, and Alejandro Springall [English and Spanish]; Featurettes Geometria [short film] (7 min.); Geometria: Interview [with Guillermo del Toro] (7 min.); Welcome to Bleak House (10 min.); Interviews: Guillermo del Toro (18 min.); Guillermo Navarro (13 min.); Ron Perlman (8 min.); Federico Luppi (6 min.) [Spanish with English subtitles]; Stills gallery [slide show]; Trailer (2 min.); Optional Spanish theatrical voice-over introduction [audio feature]; booklet includes essay "Beautiful Dark Things" by Maitland McDonagh, and excerpts from the director's notes for "Cronos." |
| Awards |
Winner, 1993 Golden Ariel [Mexico's premiere film awards]--Guillermo del Toro; 1993 Cannes Film Festival Mercedes-Benz Award--Guillermo del Toro |
| Language |
In Spanish and occasional English with optional subtitles in English. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Ludmila Kapschutschenko-Schmitt Memorial Collection. |
| Subject |
Vampires -- Drama.
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Vampires. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Immortality -- Drama.
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Immortality. |
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Antiquarians -- Drama.
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Antiquarians. |
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Businessmen -- Drama.
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Businessmen. |
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Grandchildren -- Drama.
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Grandchildren. |
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships. |
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Motion pictures, Spanish.
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Motion pictures, Spanish. |
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Mexico -- Drama.
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Mexico. |
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Feature films -- Mexico.
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Foreign language films -- Spanish.
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Vampire films.
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Vampire films.
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Horror films.
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Horror films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Fantasy films.
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Fantasy films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Subject |
Grandchildren. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Horror.
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Fantasy.
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| Added Author |
Gorson, Arthur H., producer.
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Navarro, Bertha, producer.
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Toro, Guillermo del, 1964- screenwriter, director.
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Luppi, Federico, actor.
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Perlman, Ron, 1950- actor.
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Brook, Claudio, actor.
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Shanath, Tamara, actor.
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Isabel, Margarita.
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Álvarez, Javier, 1956-2023, composer.
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Navarro, Guillermo.
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Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Mexico)
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Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía.
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Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica.
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Universidad de Guadalajara.
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Producciones Iguana.
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Ventana Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781604651836 |
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1604651830 |
| Standard No. |
715515048613 |
| Music No. |
229468002 The Criterion Collection |
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CC1944D The Criterion Collection |
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