Review by Morning.star
Enough to put you off travel ... or the friendliness of strangers.
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Patron Comments and Reviews
Tell us what you thought about The comfort of strangers
Review by THOMAS SYLVESTER
This is a long way from being a romantic adventure in Venice
Summary & Details
Full Record Details Table
| Title Statement | The comfort of strangers [DVD] / ERRE Produzioni, Retetalia, Sovereign Pictures ; produced by Angelo Rizzoli Jr. ; directed by Paul Schrader ; screenplay by Harold Pinter. |
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| Series | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) |
| Additional Contributors | Schrader, Paul,1946- |
| Walken, Christopher,1943- | |
| Richardson, Natasha | |
| Everett, Rupert | |
| McEwan, Ian | |
| Publication | [New York]: Criterion Collection,[2020]©2020 |
| Edition | DVD edition. |
| Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (104 min.) |
| ISBN | 168143752X (v.r.) 9781681437521 (v.r.) |
| Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 715515250412 |
| Other Number | 3922584 |
| General Notes | DVD. Disc label title. Originally released as a motion picture in 1990. Based on the novel by Ian McEwan. Widescreen version. Special features include: interviews, trailers. Production notes with an essay by critic Maitland McDonagh on fold-out poster inserted in container. |
| Performance Credits | Christopher Walken, Natasha Richardson, Rupert Everett, Helen Mirren, Manfredi Aliquo. |
| Audience & Ratings | Not rated. |
| Languages | SDH (Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) |
| System Details | DVD, Dolby mono. |
| Terms of Use | For home use only. |
| Summary | "A couple retreat to Venice to work on their relationship, but an encounter with a stranger leads them into a world of intrigue--where their darkest desires are in reach"--from www.imdb.com. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | British--Fiction--Travel--Italy--Venice |
| Couples--Fiction | |
| Man-woman relationships--Fiction | |
| By Genre | Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
| Feature films | |
| Films for the hearing impaired | |
