| Other author/creator | Thomas, Anna, producer, screenwriter, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Nava, Gregory, director, screenwriter, commentator, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Lustgarten, Abbey, producer. |
| Other author/creator | Gutiérrez, Zaide Silvia, actor, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Villalpando, David, actor, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Gomez, Ernesto, actor. |
| Other author/creator | Lago, Alicia del actor. |
| Other author/creator | Tobar, Héctor, 1963- |
| Other author/creator | Ebert, Roger. |
| Other author/creator | Glennon, James, 1942-2006 cinematographer. |
| Other author/creator | Blankett, Betsy, film editor. |
| Other author/creator | Martinez, Melecio, composer. |
| Other author/creator | Wasco, David. |
| Other author/creator | Independent Productions, Ltd. |
| Other author/creator | American Playhouse Theatrical Films. |
| Other author/creator | Criterion Collection (Firm) |
| Other author/creator | Janus Films. |
| Other author/creator | Folkloristas, composer. |
| Parallel title |
North |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 458
Criterion collection ; 458. ^A458475
|
| Contents |
disc 1. The film -- disc 2. The supplements. |
| Abstract |
El norte: Enrique and Rosa are brother and sister Mayan Indian peasants, living in the mountains of Guatemala. When the village attempts to organize for better treatment, Enrique and Rosa are forced to flee as the Guatemalan army is sent in to punish the townspeople. Receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant, they make their way to Los Angeles, hoping to make a new life as young, uneducated, and illegal immigrants. |
| Abstract |
The journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva: depicts the life of a fictional poet caught in a civil war and jailed, but then set free on the condition he leaves his country and never returns. |
| General note | Series numbering from container spine. |
| General note | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983. |
| General note | "Enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs"--Container. |
| General note | Container insert features an essay : Promised land / by novelist Héctor Tobar and Roger Ebert's 1983 review of the film. |
| General note | Special features (disc 1): optional director's audio commentary; theatrical trailer (2 min.). |
| General note | Special features (disc 2): "In the service of the shadows : the making of 'El norte'" interview featurette with Nava, producer and co-writer Anna Thomas, actors Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and David Villalpando, and set designer David Wasco (60 min.); "Scouting in Chiapas" gallery of Chiapas location-scouting photographs; "The journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva" Nava's award-winning student film with optional director introduction (1972, 31 min.). |
| General note | Booklet inserted in container. |
| Credits | Cinematography, James Glennon ; editor, Betsy Blankett ; music, Los Folkloristas and Melecio Martinez ; DVD producer, Abbey Lustgarten. |
| Cast |
El norte: Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Alicia del Lago, Miguel Gomez Giron, Jose Martín Ruano, Stella Quan, Eraclio Zepeda. |
| Cast |
The journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva: Marco Antonio Rubio. |
| Technical details | DVD ; anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) ; Dolby Digital mono ; NTSC, region 1. |
| Language | In Spanish, Kiché and English with optional English and English SDH subtitles. |
| Language | Soundtrack in Quiché, Spanish and English ; subtitles available in English. |
| Genre/form | Fiction films. |
| Genre/form | Feature films. |
| Genre/form | Action and adventure films. |
| Genre/form | Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
| Genre/form | Foreign language films Spanish. |
| Genre/form | Feature films United States. |
| Genre/form | Adventure Feature. |
| Genre/form | Thriller Feature. |
| Genre/form | Foreign language films Spanish. |
| Genre/form | Feature films United States. |
| Other title | Journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva. |
| ISBN | 9781604651096 (DVDs) |
| ISBN | 1604651091 (DVDs) |
| UPC |
715515034722 |
| Publisher number | CC1788D Criterion Collection |
| Publisher number | 458 Criterion Collection |
