This release can only be found in the following box set: Letters from Fontainhas: Three Films by Pedro Costa
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Bazar do Video
Directed by: Pedro Costa
For the extraordinarily beautiful second film in his Fontainhas trilogy, Pedro Costa jettisoned his earlier films’ larger crews to burrow even deeper into the Lisbon ghetto and the lives of its desperate inhabitants. With the intimate feel of a documentary and the texture of a Vermeer painting, In Vanda’s Room takes an unflinching, fragmentary look at a handful of self-destructive, marginalized people, but is centered around the heroin-addicted Vanda Duarte. Costa presents the daily routines of Vanda and her neighbors with disarming matter-of-factness, and through his camera, individuals whom many would deem disposable become vivid and vital. This was Costa’s first use of digital video, and the evocative images he created remain some of the medium’s most astonishing.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
DVD
Disc:
DVD-9 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
Portuguese Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
Resolution:
480i/59.94
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Gallery, Theatrical Trailer
- New audio commentary featuring Pedro Costaconversation with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin
- Gallery of photos by Richard Dumas
- Theatrical trailer
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Release Credits
Producer: Kim Hendrickson
Artwork: Jason Hardy
Release Notes on Restoration
In Vanda's Room
In Vanda’s Room is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.33:1. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. Color correction on this digital film was made to the original digital video, under the supervision of the director.
The film features a fully digital soundtrack. The audio for this release was mastered at 24-bit from the original digital audio master files using Pro Tools HD.
The film features a fully digital soundtrack. The audio for this release was mastered at 24-bit from the original digital audio master files using Pro Tools HD.