{"product_id":"mala-noche-407","title":"Mala Noche (#407)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith its low budget and lush black-and-white imagery, Gus Van Sant’s debut feature, \u003cem\u003eMala Noche,\u003c\/em\u003e heralded an idiosyncratic, provocative new voice in American independent film. Set in Van Sant’s hometown of Portland, Oregon, the film evokes a world of transient workers, dead-end day shifters, and bars and seedy apartments bathed in a profound nighttime, as it follows a romantic deadbeat with a wayward crush on a younger Mexican immigrant. \u003cem\u003eMala Noche \u003c\/em\u003ewas an important prelude to the New Queer Cinema of the nineties and is a fascinating time capsule from an era that continues to haunt the director’s work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\" data-feature-title-field=\"\"\u003eDIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-features-list\" data-special-features-field=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh-definition digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Gus Van Sant, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterview with Van Sant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eWalt Curtis: The Peckerneck Poet, \u003c\/em\u003ea documentary about the author of the book \u003cem\u003eMala Noche, \u003c\/em\u003edirected by animator Bill Plympton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal trailer, edited by Van Sant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by film programmer and critic Dennis Lim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover by Steve Chow\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharetools\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Criterion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46666109354028,"sku":"715515347211","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/2201\/8348\/files\/mala-noche-407-new-blu-ray.jpg?v=1794644091","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitdvd.com\/products\/mala-noche-407","provider":"Orbit DVD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}