Desert hearts

Deitch, Donna, 1945- (film producer,, film director.). Cooper, Natalie, (screenwriter.). Charbonneau, Patricia, (actor.). Shaver, Helen (Helen Jane), 1951- (actor.). Rule, Jane. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Desert of the heart. (Added Author). Samuel Goldwyn Co., (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers, Gwenn Wells, Dean Butler, James Staley, Katie Labourdette. (Cast).

Summary: It is 1950s Nevada, and Professor Vivian Bell arrives to get a divorce. She's unsatisfied with her marriage, and feels out of place at the ranch she stays on, she finds herself increasingly drawn to Cay Rivers, an open and self-assured lesbian, and the ranch owner's daughter.

Item details

ISBN: 9781681433752
ISBN: 1681433753
Physical Description: videodisc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Director-approved DVD special edition.
Publisher: [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Based on the novel, Desert of the heart' by Jane Rule. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: new, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Robert Elswit; audio commentary from 2007 featuring director Donna Deitch; new conversation between Deitch and actor Jane Lynch; Remembering Reno, a new program featuring Deitch, Elswit, and production designer Jeannine Oppewall about the film's visual style; new interviews with actors Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau; excerpt from Fiction and truths: a film about Jane Rule, a 1994 documentary about the author of Desert of the heart, the 1964 novel on which the film is based; an essay by critic B. Ruby Rich on insert.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Robert Elswit ; editor, Robert Estrin.
Participant or Performer Note:	Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers, Gwenn Wells, Dean Butler, James Staley, Katie Labourdette.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC, region 1, Dolby digital mono.