Desert hearts / Samuel Goldwyn Company ; a Donna Deitch film ; screenplay by Natalie Cooper ; produced and directed by Donna Deitch.
It is 1950s Nevada, and Professor Vivian Bell arrives to get a divorce. She's unsatisfied with her marriage, and feels out of place at the ranch she stays on, she finds herself increasingly drawn to Cay Rivers, an open and self-assured lesbian, and the ranch owner's daughter.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781681433752
- ISBN: 1681433753
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Director-approved DVD special edition.
- Publisher: [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Based on the novel, Desert of the heart' by Jane Rule. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: new, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Robert Elswit, audio commentary from 2007 featuring director Donna Deitch; new conversation between Deitch and actor Jane Lynch; newconversationo between Deitch, Elswit, and production designer Jeannine Oppewall about the film's visual style; new interviews with actors Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau; excerpt from Fiction and truths: a film about Jane Rule, a 1995 documentary about the author of Desert of the heart, the 1964 novel on which the film is based; an essay by critic B. Ruby Rich. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Robert Elswit ; editor, Robert Estrin ; music, |
Participant or Performer Note: | Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers, Gwenn Wells, Dean Butler, James Staley, Katie Labourdette. |
Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: R. |
System Details Note: | DVD, NTSC, region 1. |
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Subject: | Lesbians > Nevada > Reno > Drama. Female friendship > Nevada > Reno > Drama. Reno (Nev.) > Drama. |
Genre: | Romance films. Fiction films. Feature films. Feature films > United States. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
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Easton Main Library | DVD DESERT (Text) | 31901004172898 | Adult DVD Fiction | Available | - |