| Other author/creator | Friedman, Tully, film producer. |
| Other author/creator | Wexler, Haskell film producer, screenwriter, film director, cinematographer, commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Forster, Robert, 1942-2019 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Bloom, Verna, 1938-2019 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Bonerz, Peter actor. |
| Other author/creator | Hill, Marianna, 1941- actor, commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Blankenship, Harold, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Bloomfield, Michael composer (expression) |
| Other author/creator | Golding, Paul commentator. |
| Other author/creator | Cronin, Paul commentator, film director. |
| Other author/creator | Erickson, Leon, art director. |
| Other author/creator | Bloomfield, Michael composer. |
| Other author/creator | Paramount Pictures Corporation film distributor. |
| Other author/creator | H&J Pictures, Inc., production company. |
| Other author/creator | Criterion Collection (Firm) |
| Uniform title | Medium cool (Motion picture) |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 658
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 658. ^A506835
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| Abstract |
The story of the working world and romantic life of a television cameraman is a visceral, lasting cinematic snapshot of the era, climaxing with an extended sequence shot right in the middle of the riots surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. An inventive commentary on the pleasures and dangers of wielding a camera, Medium Cool is as prescient a political film as Hollywood has ever produced. |
| General note | Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. |
| General note | Special features: Disc 1. Commentaries: Haskell Wexler, Paul Golding, and Marianna Hill; Paul Cronin; Trailer. Disc 2. Haskell Wexler (new interview); extended excerpts from "Look out Haskell, it's real!" a documentary about the making of Medium Cool; excerpts from Sooner or later, a documentary by Cronin about Harold Blankenship; Medium Cool revisited (new half-hour video by Wexler about the Occupy movement's protests against the 2012 NATO summit in Chicago). Booklet features an essay by film critic and programmer Thomas Beard. |
| Credits | Art director, Leon Erickson ; editor, Verna Fields ; music scored by Mike Bloomfield ; director of photography, Haskell Wexler. |
| Cast |
Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill, Harold Blankenship. |
| Audience |
Rating: R. |
| Technical details | DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 4K Digital restoration; PCM mono. |
| Language | English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Awards note | National Film Registry selection, 2003. |
| Genre/form | Drama. |
| Genre/form | Fiction films. |
| Genre/form | Feature films. |
| Genre/form | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Genre/form | Feature films United States. |
| Other title | Look out Haskell, it's real. |
| Other title | Sooner or later. |
| ISBN | 9781604657272 |
| ISBN | 1604657278 |
| UPC |
715515106214 |
| Publisher number | CC2265D The Criterion Collection |
| Stock number | Midwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com |
