Cover image for Tess
Title:
Tess
Author:
Polanski, Roman, screenwriter, film director.
Uniform Title:
Tess (Motion picture)
Edition:
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Publication Information:
[New York, New York] : Criterion Collection, [2014]

©2014
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (171 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm.) + 1 bonus disc
Summary:
An exquisite, richly layered adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge. With its earthy visual textures it is a work of great pastoral beauty as well as vivid storytelling.
General Note:
Based on the novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.

Special features: Ciné regards (Forty-five minute documentary shot on location for French television during the making of the film); Once upon a time ... "Tess" (a 2006 documentary about the film); On the making of Tess: From novel to screen, Filming Tess, Tess: the experience; The south bank show (host Melvyn Bragg interveiws the director about Tess and his career in this 1979 episode); Trailer. Booklet features an essay by critic Colin MacCabe.
Language:
English
Reading Level:
CHV rating: PG ; OFRB rating: PG.
Added Uniform Title:
South Bank show (Television program)
ISBN:
9781604659610
UPC:
715515139519
Format :
DVD