Hedwig And The Angry Inch - The Criterion Collection

With this trailblazing musical, writer-director-star John Cameron Mitchell and composerlyricist Stephen Trask brought their signature creation from stage to screen for a movie as unclassifiable as its protagonist. Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig (Mitchell) undergoes a traumatic personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an internationally ignored but divinely talented rock diva, characterized by Mitchell as a beautiful gender of one. The film tells Hedwig's life story through her music, an eclectic collection of original punk anthems and power ballads by Trask, matching them with a freewheeling cinematic mosaic of music‐video fantasies, animated interludes, and moments of bracing emotional realism. A hard‐charging song cycle and a tender character study, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a tribute to the transcendent power of rock and roll.Features:New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director John Cameron Mitchell and cinematographer Frank DeMarco, with 5.1 surround DTS‐HD Master Audio soundtrackAudio commentary from 2001 featuring Mitchell and DeMarcoNew conversation between members of the cast and crew, including Mitchell,DeMarco, composer and lyricist Stephen Trask, hairstylist and makeup artist MichaelPotter, animator Emily Hubley, actor Miriam Shor, and visual consultant MiguelVillalobos Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig (2003), an 85‐minute documentary tracing the development of the project from its beginnings in a New York club to its theatrical premiere at the Sundance Film FestivalNew conversation between Trask and rock critic David Fricke about the film's soundtrackFrom the Archives, a new programme exploring Hedwig's production and legacythrough its memorabiliaDeleted scenes with commentary by Mitchell and DeMarcoTrailerPLUS: An essay by Stephanie Zacharek, along with, production photos by Potter and costume designer Arianne Phillips, illustrations by Hubley, and excerpts from two of the film's inspirations, Plato's Symposium and The Gospel of Thomas.