{"product_id":"true-stories-criterion","title":"TRUE STORIES (CRITERION)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMusic icon David Byrne was inspired by tabloid headlines to make this sole foray into feature film directing, an ode to the extraordinariness of ordinary American life and a distillation of what was in his own idiosyncratic mind. Byrne plays a visitor to Virgil, Texas, who introduces us to the citizens of the town during preparations for its Celebration of Specialness. As shot by cinematographer Ed Lachman, Texas becomes a hyperrealistic late-capitalist landscape of endless vistas, shopping malls, and prefab metal buildings. In True Stories, Byrne uses his songs to stitch together pop iconography, voodoo rituals, and a singular variety show—all in the service of uncovering the rich mysteries that lurk under the surface of everyday experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecial Features and Technical Specs:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNEW, RESTORED 4K TRANSFER\u003c\/b\u003e, supervised by director David Byrne and cinematographer Ed Lachman, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack, supervised by Byrne, on the Blu-ray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew documentary about the film's production, featuring Byrne, Lachman, writer Stephen Tobolowsky, executive producer Ed Pressman, coproducer Karen Murphy, fashion-show costume designer Adelle Lutz, consultant Christina Patoski, actor Jo Harvey Allen, and musician Terry Allen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCD with 23 songs, containing the film's complete soundtrack, compiled here for the first time (Blu-ray only)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReal Life (1986), a short documentary by Pamela Yates and Newton Thomas Sigel made on the set of the film\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo Time to Look Back, a new homage to Virgil, Texas, the fictional town where True Stories is set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew program about designer Tibor Kalman and his influence on Byrne and role in the film, featuring Byrne and Kalman's wife, artist Maira Kalman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeleted scenes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by critic Rebecca Bengal, along with, for the Blu-ray edition, new pieces by journalist and author Joe Nick Patoski and Byrne, a 1986 piece by actor Spalding Gray on the film's production, some of the tabloid stories that inspired the film, and a selection of Byrne's preproduction photography and writing about the film's visual motifs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CRITERION COLLECTION","offers":[{"title":"BLU-RAY","offer_id":48758471229659,"sku":null,"price":52.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/6379\/4395\/files\/196841_front.jpg?v=1778336359","url":"https:\/\/baystvideo.com\/products\/true-stories-criterion","provider":"Bay Street Video","version":"1.0","type":"link"}