{"product_id":"the-executioner-840","title":"The Executioner (#840)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"left\" data-sticky-column-left=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content\" data-sticky-left-content-end=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__details_contain_a\" data-segment-analtyics-tracking=\"\" data-product-id=\"1210\" data-product-sku=\"\" data-product-name=\"The Executioner\" data-product-image-url=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/criterion-production\/films\/31c83f5d0b777c57c928236102cc1f8b\/pFf5JOnCFkVDsc5hQGHCwODxzgaUy4_large.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis masterpiece of black humor, beloved in Spain but too little seen elsewhere, threads a scathing critique of Franco-era values through a macabre farce about an undertaker who marries an executioner’s daughter and reluctantly takes over her father’s job so the family can keep their government-allotted apartment. As caustic today as it was in 1963, this early collaboration between Luis García Berlanga and his longtime screenwriter Rafael Azcona is an unerring depiction of what Berlanga called “the invisible traps that society sets up for us.” A furiously funny personal attack on capital punishment,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Executioner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eevaded the state censors who sought to suppress it, and today is regarded as one of the greatest Spanish films of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharetools\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"header_lvl2 quillgray\"\u003eShare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"shareList\" data-share-link=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/films\/28980-the-executioner\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/films\/28980-the-executioner#\" class=\"ga-share-facebook\" data-share-type=\"facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"\u003e\u003csvg width=\"8\" height=\"16\" 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itemprop=\"name\"\u003eSpanish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpine #840\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"product-features collapse\" data-sticky-left-end=\"\" data-sticky-left-content-end=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collapse-contain\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\" data-feature-title-field=\"\"\u003eBLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-features-list\" data-special-features-field=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew program on director Luis García Berlanga, featuring interviews with his son José Luis Berlanga; film critic Carlos F. Heredero; writers Fernando R. Lafuente and Bernardo Sánchez Salas; and director of the Berlanga Film Museum Rafael Maluenda\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpanish television program from 2012 on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Executioner,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efeaturing archival interviews with Berlanga\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew English subtitle translation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by film critic David Cairns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew cover by Brian Stauffer\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Criterion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45433165283372,"sku":"715515187312","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/2201\/8348\/files\/the-executioner-840-new-blu-ray-715515187312-5193297.jpg?v=1775388190","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitdvd.com\/products\/the-executioner-840","provider":"Orbit DVD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}