This week's DVD releases include "The Complete James Dean Collection," Gillian Armstrong's classic coming-of-age story "My Brilliant Career" and the acclaimed Iranian film "Under The Moonlight."
No contemporary actor can reproduce the cool of iconic actor James Dean, who died an tragic early death. His three feature films are collected in this box set: "Giant: Two-Disc Special Edition," and brand new 2-disc editions of "East of Eden" and "Rebel Without a Cause."
Gillian Armstrong's 1979 debut film "My Brilliant Career" should not be missed. A young Judy Davis (also making her debut film appearance) stars as independent Sybylla Melvyn, a young woman in 19th century Australia who must choose between love and her own career as a writer. The 2-disc set features commentary by the director, the featurette "The Miles Franklin Story," and newsreel footage from the Cannes Film Festival with Armstrong and star Judy Davis.
In Reza Mir-Karimi's acclaimed 2001 film from Iran, a young, idealistic theology student (Hossein Pour Sattar) leaves his protected world and explores the impoverished lives of Tehran's homeless when his vestments are stolen by a hustling street kid.
Yugoslavian director Goran Paskaljevic ("Cabaret Balkan") directs this Irish independent black comedy. Farmer Colm Meaney declares war on the most powerful man in town (Adrian Dunbar), who just happens to the be the matchmaker set to marry Meaney's son (Cillian Murphy) off.
Hans Fjellestad's documentary aims to spread the word about unheralded synthesizer inventor Robert Moog. The film charts Moog's history, talking to the creator himself, as well as a number of musicians who have used the instruments he created; among them are Keith Emerson, Stereolab, Money Mark, Rick Wakeman, Bootsy Collins, and many others.
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