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Synopsis |
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Before carving out a niche as one of the most distinct voices in nineties American cinema , Allison Anders made her debut, alongside codirectors and fellow UCLA film school students Kurt Voss and Dean Lent, with 1987s Border Radio. A low-key, semi-improvised postpunk diary that took four years to complete, Border Radio features legendary rocker Chris D., of the Flesh Eaters, as a singer/songwriter who has stolen loot from a club and gone missing, leaving his wife (Luanna Anders), a no-nonsense rock journalist, to track him down with the help of his friends (John Doe of the band X; Chris Shearer). With its sprawling Southern Californian and Mexican landscapes, captured in evocative 16mm black and white, Border Radio is a singular, DIY memento of the indie film explosion in America.
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Special Features |
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| New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director of photography Dean Lent and codirector Kurt Voss | |
Two audio commentaries: one with codirectors Allison Anders and Voss, and one with actors Luanna Anders, Dave Alvin, Chris D., John Doe, and Chris Shearer | |
The Making of "Border Radio," a 2002 documentary featuring interviews with Anders, Lent, Voss, Doe, and Chris D. | |
Nine deleted scenes | |
Music video of the Flesh Eaters� �The Wedding Dice� | |
Stills gallery featuring rare behind-the-scenes photos | |
Theatrical trailer and radio spot | |
Bios of cast and crew | |
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing | |
PLUS: A new essay by music journalist and critic Chris Morris |
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Cast |
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Jeff | Chris D. |
Luanna | Luanna Anders |
Chris | Chris Shearer |
Dean | John Doe |
Devon | Devon Anders |
Dave | Dave Alvin |
Babysitter | Texacala Jones |
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Credits |
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Written and directed by |
Allison Anders, Dean Lent, Kurt Voss |
Additional dialogue and scenario by |
The cast |
Produced by |
Marcus De Leon |
Associate producer |
Robert Rosen |
Director of photography |
Dean Lent |
Music by |
Dave Alvin |
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About the Transfer |
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Border Radio is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.33:1. The picture has been slightly window-boxed to ensure that the maximum image is visible on all monitors. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. Supervised by director of photography Dean Lent, with additional supervision from Kurt Voss, this new high-definition digital transfer, which was created on a Spirit Datacine from the 16mm duplicate negative. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, and scratches were removed using the MTI Digital Restoration System. To maintain optimal image quality through the compression process, the picture on this dual-layer DVD-9 was encoded at the highest-possible bit rate for the quantity of material included.
The soundtrack was mastered at 24-bit from a 35mm optical soundtrack print, and audio restoration tools were used to reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and crackle. The Dolby Digital 1.0 signal will be directed to the center channel on surround sound systems, but some viewers may prefer to switch to two-channel playback for a wider dispersal of the mono sound.
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