French Dispatch Of The Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun Blu-Ray

A salute to writers and expatriates, Wes Anderson’s tenth feature takes the form of the final edition of The French Dispatch, a weekly magazine chronicling life in the city of Ennui-sur-Blasé, France (for American readers). Made up of three featured stories—a profile of a tortured artist, a report on student revolutionaries, and a recounting of a tabloid kidnapping with a gourmet twist—plus an obituary and a travelogue, this dazzlingly constructed anthology mixes everything from theatrical interludes to tableaux vivants to comic-book animation. The superb ensemble cast includes Adrien Brody, Timothée Chalamet, Benicio Del Toro, Frances McDormand, Léa Seydoux, Owen Wilson, and Jeffrey Wright.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New 4K digital master supervised and approved by director Wes Anderson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• Audio commentary featuring Anderson and collaborators Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman
• Selected-scene storyboard animatic
• Behind the Scenes of “The French Dispatch”
• Visual essay featuring the writing of film scholar David Bordwell, read by Rupert Friend
• Interview with artist Sandro Kopp
• Music video for “Aline” by Jarvis Cocker
• “The French Dispatch” Reads the “New Yorker” and a segment of The New Yorker Radio Hour about the film
• “The French Dispatch”: Miniature Unit Berlin and Accidentally Angoulême
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio
• PLUS: An essay by critic Richard Brody; historical and production dispatches; further-reading recommendations from Anderson; and a poster by Javi Aznarez