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The Sweet Hereafter

DVD review

This 1997 Atom Egoyan masterpiece on the slow destruction of the workings of a small town stands as one of the great films of the 1990s. New Line fully recognized this and gave it the best DVD treatment it could.\nThe DVD features a transfer of the film that even shines in the film's often-used stark whites and blacks. Extras include a commentary track with Egoyan and with Russell Banks, the author of the book the film is based on, the complete Charlie Rose interview of Egoyan, an isolated audio track of the film's haunting score by Mychael Danna and a video discussion with Egoyan and Banks entitled "Before and After 'The Sweet Hereafter.'"\nHere's hoping other studios would follow suit with New Line and give all of their important films the same treatment that "The Sweet Hereafter" receives.

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