Chilly Scenes of Winter (The Criterion Collection)

The trailblazing Joan Micklin Silver—one of only five women to direct a film for a Hollywood studio in the 1970s—digs fearlessly into the psychology of a thorny relationship in this anti–romantic comedy, based on Ann Beattie’s best-selling novel, about lovelorn civil servant Charles (John Heard) and his married-but-separated coworker Laura (Mary Beth Hurt). Months after their affair has ended, Charles is haunted by memories as he desperately attempts to rekindle a love that perhaps never was. Switching deftly between past and present, Micklin Silver guides this piercing deconstruction of male wish-fulfillment fantasy beyond standard movie-romance tropes into something more complicated and cuttingly truthful.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
* New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
* New program featuring producers Griffin Dunne, Mark Metcalf, and Amy Robinson
* Documentary from 1983 by Katja Raganelli about director Joan Micklin Silver
* Excerpts of a 2005 interview with Micklin Silver
* Original ending of the film, cut by Micklin Silver for its rerelease in 1982
* Trailer
* English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
* PLUS: An essay by scholar Shonni Enelow

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