Product Review

An acclaimed photographer with the eye of a filmmaker, Gregory Crewdson has created some of the most gorgeously haunting pictures in the history of the medium. His meticulously composed, large-scale images are stunning narratives of small-town American life moviescapes crystallized into a single frame. While the photographs are elaborately staged with crews that rival many feature film productions, Crewdson takes inspiration as much from his own dreams and fantasies as the worlds of Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch, Edward Hopper and Diane Arbus. Crewdson s imagery has also infiltrated the pop culture landscape from inimitable Six Feet Under ads to Yo La Tengo album art. Shot over a decade with unprecedented access, Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters beautifully bares the artist s process and it s as mesmerizing and riveting as the images themselves.

DVD Special Features:

HD transfer, enhanced for widescreen viewing

Deleted scenes of Gregory Crewdson photo shoots

Additional interviews with Crewdson, Russell Banks, Rick Moody, and others

Q&A with director Ben Shapiro, Crewdson and writer Jonathan Lethem

Original theatrical trailer

Optional subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH)