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Cat people [videorecording (DVD)].

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Criterion Collection, 2016.

DVD CAT 1942 Hor

Criterion collection ; 833.

[videorecording (DVD)].

Two-DVD special ed.

2 videodiscs (73 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., b&w ; 12 cm.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1942.

Special Features: New 2K digital restroration ; audio commentary from 2005 featuring film historian Gregory Mank, with excerpts from an audio interview with actor Simone Simon ; feature-length documentary "Val Lewton : the man in the shadows" (2008) that explores the life and career of the legendary Hollywood producer ; interview with director Jacques Tourneur from 1979 ; new interview with cinematographer John Bailey about the look of the film ; trailer ; PLUS: an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Produced by Val Lewton ; written by DeWitt Bodeen ; directed by Jacques Tourneur.

Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph and Jack Holt.

"The first of the horror films producer Val Lewton made for RKO Pictures redefined the genre by leaving its most frightening terrors to its audience’s imagination. Simone Simon stars as a Serbian émigré in Manhattan who believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves (Kent Smith) will turn her into a feline predator. Lewton, a consummate producer-auteur who oversaw every aspect of his projects, found an ideal director in Jacques Tourneur, a chiaroscuro stylist adept at keeping viewers off-kilter with startling compositions and psychological innuendo. Together, they eschewed the canned effects of earlier monster movies in favor of shocking with subtle shadows and creative audio cues. One of the studio’s most successful movies of the 1940s, Cat People raised the creature feature to new heights of sophistication and mystery."--Container.

Supernatural films.

Thriller films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Tourneur, Jacques, 1904-1977.

Smith, Kent, 1907-1985.

Conway, Tom, 1904-1967.

Randolph, Jane, 1919-

Holt, Jack, 1888-1951.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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