Blu-ray Release: The Collected Films of Morris Engel & Ruth Orkin

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Laurence
– March 9, 2021Find Others: Blu-ray, Movie, NewsGet More: , ,

Blu-ray Release Date: March 9, 2021
Price: Blu-ray $34.99
Studio: Kino Lorber

Shooting on location in New York City and capturing intimate moments in the lives of the common person, filmmaker Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin have come to be recognized as pioneers of the American independent cinema, in all its comedy and drama. No less a stalwart than François Truffaut remarked, “Our New Wave would never have come into being if it hadn’t been for the young American Morris Engel, who showed us the way to independent production.”

With The Collected Films of Morris Engel & Ruth Orkin, Kino Lorber presents the most comprehensive collection of the couple’s work on three Blu-ray discs. It includes all four feature films – Little Fugitive (1953), Lovers and Lollipops (1956), Weddings and Babies (1958) and, from 1968, the counter-culture film I Need a Ride to California, which has been newly restored by the Museum of Modern Art and is now making its home video premiere.

Also included is a healthy supplemental package featuring the following:

-Audio commentary for Little Fugitive by director Morris Engel
–Morris Engel: The Independent, a documentary by Engel and Orkin’s daughter Mary Engel
–Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life, a documentary by Mary Engel
-Four short films by Morris Engel
-Three television commercial directed by Morris Engel
-Morris Engel home movies
–Still Life, a live television interview with Ruth Orkin

Buy or Rent The Collected Films of Morris Engel & Ruth Orkin

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About Laurence

Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.