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DVD : Clean, Shaven - Criterion CollectionIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Peter Greene, Alice Levitt, Megan Owen, Jennifer MacDonald (II), Molly Castelloe directed by: Lodge Kerrigan  List Price: $29.95 Amazon.com's Price: $26.99 You Save: $2.96 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD Brand: Image Entertainment EAN: 0715515020329 Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Criterion Manufacturer: Criterion Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Criterion Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 17, 2006 Running Time: 79 minutes Studio: Criterion Theatrical Release Date: April 21, 1995 Sales Rank: 47534 MPN: CC1653DDVD Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: Lodge Kerrigan began his succession of utterly unique, visually and aurally dazzling character studies with the raw, ravaging Clean, Shaven. A compelling headfirst dive into the mindscape of a schizophrenic (played by the remarkable Peter Greene) as he tries to track down his birth daughter after he is released from an institution, Kerrigan’s film brilliantly uses sound and image to lead audiences into a terrifying subjectivity. No one is left unscathed. Amazon.com: Amidst a glut of more conventional independent films in the mid-1990s, Lodge Kerrigan's Clean, Shaven signaled the arrival of a gifted filmmaker with a singular vision. A controversial sensation on the film festival circuit when released in 1994, this riveting first feature (filmed over a two-year period on a meager budget of $60,000) is perhaps the first film to authentically convey the subjective experience of schizophrenia. This all-too-common mental illness essentially serves as a substitute for plot; instead of telling a conventional story of a murder investigation, Kerrigan leaves crucial details ambiguous as he focuses on the tormented existence of a young man named Peter (played by Peter Greene in a brave debut performance) who may or may not have brutally killed a young girl in one of the film's early scenes. His world--or rather, the world as perceived by his dysfunctional brain--is metaphorically compared to the random tuning of a radio, as schizophrenia prevents Peter from forming a cohesive reality out of the sights and sounds that constantly invade his consciousness. To express this fractured perception in cinematic terms, Kerrigan uses a truly extraordinary soundtrack--worthy of comparison to David Lynch's Eraserhead--that's frequently divorced from the visuals, emphasizing the disorienting symptoms of Peter's illness. The effect is both fascinating and deeply disturbing, especially in a notorious scene (definitely not for the squeamish) in which Peter removes one of his fingernails for reasons best left for viewers to discover. It's one of the creepiest, most unsettling moments in the history of American independent cinema, but it's also one of the things that makes Clean, Shaven a timeless and sensitively compassionate study of a condition that's mysterious and frequently misunderstood. A full decade later, Kerrigan would return to the subject of mental illness with his critically acclaimed film Keane, and David Cronenberg's Spider covers similar territory with equally unsettling results. --Jeff Shannon On the DVD Criterion's DVD release of Clean, Shaven is far superior to Fox Lorber's DVD release from 2000. In addition to an all-new, high-definition digital transfer supervised and approved by director Lodge Kerrigan, the DVD also includes a feature-length commentary/interview between Kerrigan and fellow director Steven Soderbergh, who became fast friends and colleagues after they met at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival. An astute interviewer in his own right, Soderbergh (who served as an executive producer of Kerrigan's 2004 film Keane) grills Kerrigan on all aspects of the making of Clean, Shaven and the various circumstances that directors must be prepared to deal with, from working with children to creatively accommodating the limitations of a "no-budget" production. Film critic Michael Atkinson contributes an audio-visual essay titled "A Subjective Assault," focusing specifically on Kerrigan's highly effective use of sound to convey the symptoms and disorienting reality of schizophrenia, and how this innovative soundtrack plays into the film's overall audio-visual strategy. Also included are eight segments of the film's original soundtrack, downloadable as MP3 files, and a booklet essay on the film by film critic Dennis Lim. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Intense 79 minutesThis film is very intense and 79 minutes is about what I could take of it! We follow Peter (played by Peter Greene), a man with some kind of schizophrenia and parts of the film is how he sees the world. We are given very few explanations and the plot contains some interesting ambiguities. Clean, shaven is more about the audiovisual than about narrative and/or social criticism. Through the film we hear voices like an untuned radio, sometimes in the scene and sometimes it is inside Peter's head. Clean, ... Read More Rating: - BrilliantThis film is truly exceptional and unique on all fronts. A masterpiece. Peter Greene seems to be genious in the role. Rating: - Cutting deepThe life of Peter Winter is pure auditory hell. Suffering from schizophrenia, Peter's head is constantly filled with voices cussing and using threatening language, white noise, and distorted radio frequencies. Obviously unwell, Peter is released from an institution and seemingly beats to death a young girl whose soccer ball strikes his windshield only minutes after he is released from prison. Peter has only one thought in his mind: to be reunited with his daughter, so therefore after he ... Read More Rating: - Enter the voidThis film is an underrated modern masterpiece. Every aspect of this film (much like the mind of a schizophrenic) is disorientating, yet all the pieces come together to form a tapestry of isolation, confusion and ultimately love. Not to be missed. Rating: - a criminally underrated movie. more than highly recommended.i'd heard about this film many years ago while having a "disturbing films" conversation with a coworker. the guy's opinions weren't generally that profound, but i made a mental note to check it out. that was maybe ten years ago and now i feel like i cheated myself...this is simultaneously one of the most beautiful and most depressing movies i've ever seen. fans of eraserhead will love the sparse and desolate look to the locations. fans of experimental electronic music will marvel at the amazing ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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