BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956)

Nicholas Ray gets his first BD release: the Criterion Collection has announced 'Bigger Than Life' for release on Blu-ray on March 23, 2010. Though ignored at the time of its release, this drama starring James Mason is now recognized as one of the great American films of the 1950s. It is presented in a restored high-definition digital transfer, with mono LPCM audio.

Special features include:

• Audio commentary featuring critic Geoff Andrew (The Films of Nicholas Ray)
• Profile of Nicholas Ray (1977), a half-hour television interview with the director
• New video appreciation of Bigger Than Life with author Jonathan Lethem (Chronic City)
• New video interview with Susan Ray, the director's widow and editor of the book I Was Interrupted: Nicholas Ray on Making Movies
• Theatrical trailer
• An essay by film writer B. Kite