{"product_id":"the-servant-blu-ray","title":"Servant, The | Blu-ray","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-5766ff0c-7fff-3d18-3590-66cb3b5f142a\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eOne of the most notable victims of McCarthy-ism, Joseph Losey’s career was only just getting started when he was blacklisted from Hollywood. A true card-carrying communist, America’s loss was Europe’s gain. Losey didn’t let the lack of work in the US slow him down, directing twenty six more feature films in a career spanning four decades and working with powerhouse talents like Alain Delon, Richard Burton, and Michael Caine among many others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003ePerhaps the most remarkable of his works, however, came without the support of A-list acting talents. Released in 1963, The Servant stars former matinee idol Dirk Bogarde as the manservant to a listless, wealthy young man. At first their relationship seems perfectly harmonious, but as it evolves and changes it becomes something far more destructive and sinister.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eEvocatively filmed in rich black and white, with a kinetic, jazzy score, Losey brings a sure-handed stylistic palette to what otherwise might seem like a lurid melodrama, and imbues it with a sense, not just of class consciousness, but of homoerotic tension and deep seated pathos. A true visionary work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 2pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eSpecial Features (via criterion.com)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eNew 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eNew program on director Joseph Losey by film critic Imogen Sara Smith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eRare interview with Losey, conducted by critic Michel Ciment in 1976\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eInterview from 1996 with screenwriter Harold Pinter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eInterviews with actors Dirk Bogarde, James Fox, Sarah Miles, and Wendy Craig\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eTrailer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003ePLUS: An essay by author Colm Tóibín\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Zane's Video","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48192361529534,"sku":"715515284714","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/1436\/2558\/files\/TheServant_01_Front_a2635441-c00d-4c82-bb15-3e0713e6a248.png?v=1786832965","url":"https:\/\/zanesvideostore.com\/products\/the-servant-blu-ray","provider":"Zane's Video","version":"1.0","type":"link"}