{"product_id":"victor-sjostrom-s-hollywood-masterworks-1345","title":"Victor Sjöström’s Hollywood Masterworks (#1345)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaving established himself as Sweden’s leading silent-era director, Victor Sjöström was beckoned to America, where he brought daring dramatic intensity, searing expressionistic visuals, and a profound feeling for landscape and the often overwhelming power of the natural world to the three landmarks of early Hollywood cinema gathered here. Built around indelible, startlingly modern performances from Lon Chaney (\u003cem\u003eHe Who Gets Slapped\u003c\/em\u003e) and Lillian Gish (\u003cem\u003eThe Scarlet Letter, The Wind\u003c\/em\u003e), these darkly atmospheric tales of madness, sexual repression, moral hypocrisy, self-annihilation, and human redemption share a vision of the world as ruled by chaos and struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cheader class=\"product-detail-header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-title\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"header__primarytitle\" itemprop=\"name\" data-test-title=\"\"\u003eHe Who Gets Slapped\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA riot of sadomasochistic strangeness and warped self-abasement, this outré psychological shocker features a haunting performance from Lon Chaney—at once wrenchingly vulnerable and deeply frightening—as a brilliant scientist who, after he’s betrayed by both his wife and his benefactor, undergoes a twisted transformation into a circus clown who delights audiences by perversely reenacting his humiliation onstage. But behind the painted-on grin, a furious anger is brewing . . . Adapting Leonid Andreyev’s celebrated play, director Victor Sjöström makes the source material eminently cinematic, deploying delirious symbolist imagery to convey the torment of a shattered man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cheader class=\"product-detail-header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-title\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"header__primarytitle\" itemprop=\"name\" data-test-title=\"\"\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA passion project for star (and uncredited producer) Lillian Gish, this starkly powerful film—written by trailblazing screenwriter Frances Marion—remains the definitive film adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel. A radiant Gish conveys both the untamed free spirit and defiant strength of Hester Prynne, who must withstand the devastating judgment of her strict Puritan village when she becomes pregnant by the town’s reverend (Lars Hanson). Contrasting the light-filled lyricism of the natural world with the austere shadows of the Puritan community, director Victor Sjöström vividly underscores the story’s central clash between free will and social repression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cheader class=\"product-detail-header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-title\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"header__primarytitle\" itemprop=\"name\" data-test-title=\"\"\u003eThe Wind\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor his towering final achievement of the silent era, director Victor Sjöström harnessed the full power of visual storytelling to unleash a maelstrom of psychosexual frenzy. Lillian Gish delivers her last and perhaps greatest silent performance as Letty, a young woman from Virginia who arrives in a desolate Texas town where she finds herself beset by lecherous men, jealous women, and a relentlessly howling desert wind that seems to carry an almost mythic portent. Reaching heights of expressionist horror in an unforgettable windstorm climax, Sjöström’s film conjures a fragile human world that is powerless against the unstoppable forces of nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003eTHREE-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew 2K digital restoration of \u003cem\u003eHe Who Gets Slapped, \u003c\/em\u003ewith a new score composed and performed by Matti Bye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew 2K digital restoration of \u003cem\u003eThe Scarlet Letter, \u003c\/em\u003ewith score\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew 4K digital restoration of \u003cem\u003eThe Wind\u003c\/em\u003e (1928 theatrical-release version), preserved and digitally restored by the Museum of Modern Art, with original soundtrack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew 2K digital restoration of \u003cem\u003eThe Wind\u003c\/em\u003e (1983 variable-frame-rate version), with a score by Carl Davis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew audio commentary on \u003cem\u003eHe Who Gets Slapped\u003c\/em\u003e featuring critic Kenneth Turan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew video essay on director Victor Sjöström’s work in Hollywood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with critic Farran Smith Nehme on actor Lillian Gish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchival introduction to \u003cem\u003eThe Wind\u003c\/em\u003e by Gish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with film historian George Feltenstein on the scores for \u003cem\u003eThe Wind\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by critic Pamela Hutchinson\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew cover by \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eRaphael Geroni\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Criterion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46666262118444,"sku":"715515347310","price":64.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/2201\/8348\/files\/victor-sjostroms-hollywood-masterworks-1345-new-blu-ray.jpg?v=1794644162","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitdvd.com\/products\/victor-sjostrom-s-hollywood-masterworks-1345","provider":"Orbit DVD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}