{"product_id":"chimes-at-midnight-dvd","title":"Chimes At Midnight (DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe crowning achievement of Orson Welles’s extraordinary cinematic career, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChimes at Midnight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was the culmination of the filmmaker’s lifelong obsession with Shakespeare’s ultimate rapscallion, Sir John Falstaff. Usually a comic supporting figure, Falstaff—the loyal, often soused friend of King Henry IV’s wayward son Prince Hal—here becomes the focus: a robustly funny and ultimately tragic screen antihero played by Welles with looming, lumbering grace. Integrating elements from both \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHenry IV\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e plays as well as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRichard II, Henry V,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Merry Wives of Windsor,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Welles created a gritty and unorthodox Shakespeare film as a lament, he said, “for the death of Merrie England.” Poetic, philosophical, and visceral—with a kinetic centerpiece battle sequence that rivals anything in the director’s body of work—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChimes at Midnight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is as monumental as the figure at its heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-feature-title-field=\"\" class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003eSPECIAL FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-special-features-field=\"\" class=\"product-features-list\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio commentary featuring film scholar James Naremore, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Magic World of Orson Welles\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with actor Keith Baxter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with director Orson Welles’s daughter Beatrice Welles, who appeared in the film at age nine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with actor and Welles biographer Simon Callow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with film historian Joseph McBride, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat Ever Happened to Orson Welles?\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterview with Welles while at work editing the film, from a 1965 episode of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Merv Griffin Show\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by film scholar Michael Anderegg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew cover by Sterling Hundley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unobstructed View","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42652098396360,"sku":"CC2664DDVD","price":37.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/products\/chimesatmidnightdvd.jpg?v=1681508054","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/chimes-at-midnight-dvd","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}