The French Dispatch (2021) (4K UHD + Blu-ray) (Criterion)

Audio:

English DTS-HD MA 5.1

Subtitles:

English

• New 4K digital master supervised and approved by director Wes Anderson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Audio commentary featuring Anderson and collaborators Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman
• Selected-scene storyboard animatic
• Behind the Scenes of “The French Dispatch”
• No Crying: How to Overcome Blasé Ennui, a visual essay featuring the writing of film scholar David Bordwell
• Episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour featuring Anderson, New Yorker editor David Remnick, and actor Jeffrey Wright
The French Splatter-School Action-Group, an interview with artist Sandro Kopp, who created Moses Rosenthaler’s paintings in the film
• “Aline” by Jarvis Cocker, a music video directed by Anderson and illustrated by Javi Aznarez
• The French Dispatch reads the New Yorker, featuring Wright and actors Bill Murray, Stephen Park, Elisabeth Moss, Owen Wilson, Frances McDormand, and Tilda Swinton reading excerpts from classic works associated with the New Yorker
“The French Dispatch”: Miniature Unit Berlin
• Accidentally Angoulême, a tour of the French town where the movie was made, by the team behind Accidentally Wes Anderson
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by critic Richard Brody; excerpts from the limited-edition magazine issue of The French Dispatch, published to promote the film, including historical and production dispatches by writer Alex Pasternack and further-reading recommendations from Anderson; and a poster by Javi Aznarez featuring the French Dispatch magazine covers created for the film