Description: BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brand new, official studio-released DVD of this great film, imported from France This is a PAL, Region 2 DVD. This DVD will play on standard DVD players in Europe, South Africa, Middle East. This DVD will NOT play on standard DVD players in USA, Canada, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand. This DVD will NOT play on standard DVD players in USA, Canada, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand. This DVD (and any other DVD released anywhere in the world) will play just fine on any multi-region DVD player, bought in USA or elsewhere. It will also play on most computers' DVD drives. Some consumers actually own a multi-region DVD player, without knowing it. All you need to do if you own such Philips, Akai, CyberHome or other DVD player is to use your remote control to switch it to multi-region mode. 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If these steps don't work, then unfortunately subtitles are not optional. o We now offer FREE SHIPPING to anywhere in the world! FILM DETAILS Screened, competed or awarded at:Berlin International Film Festival Malaga Spanish Film Festival Other Film Festival Awards Language Selections:English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ) English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ) French ( Subtitles ) Product Origin/Format:France ( PAL/Region 2 ) Running Time:79 min Aspect Ratio:Widescreen (1.78:1) Special Features:Commentary Interactive Menu Scene Access Trailer(s) Black & White Remastered Movie filmed in 1995 and produced in:Country: United States ( Region: USA, Canada ) Directed By:Abel Ferrara Written By:Nicholas St. John Actors:Lili Taylor ..... Kathleen Conklin Christopher Walken ..... Peina Annabella Sciorra ..... Casanova Edie Falco ..... Jean Paul Calderon ..... Professor Fredro Starr ..... Black Kathryn Erbe ..... Anthropology Student Michael Imperioli ..... Missionary Jamal Simmons ..... Black's Friend (as Jamel 'Redrum' Simmons) Michael A. Fella ..... Cop Louis Katz ..... Doctor (as Louis A. Katz) Leroy Johnson ..... Homeless Victim #1 Fred Williams ..... Homeless Victim #2 Avron Coleman ..... Cellist Synopsis:Director Abel Ferrara applies his eccentric vision to the vampire genre with this cerebral 'Art' film about graduate philosophy student Kathleen Conklin (Lili Taylor), who is bitten by an aggressive female vampire (Annabella Sciorra) and soon spirals into a nightmarish world of blood addiction and existential angst. Driven by her merciless condition, she attacks several of her pretentious friends and classmates (even her professor) and mainlines their blood like heroin. Just as she becomes more bold in seeking prey on the streets of New York, she is waylaid by a potential victim -- actually a sophisticated vampire himself named Peina (Christopher Walken), who chooses to control his own blood addiction through fasting and meditation. Seeming to regain her self-control, she eventually completes her graduate thesis (helped by a bit of vampire nepotism) and holds a party to celebrate, inviting the entire faculty as well as members of her new 'family' to join in the festivities. Although the parallels to heroin addiction are in plain view, this is also a study in the essential evil of humankind -- a theme evident in much of Ferrara's work. The dark is their sunlight. What makes them different is what keeps them alive. One of the most original vampire movies ever made, Abel Ferrara's The Addiction challenges his audience to face up to their endless fascination with evil and violence, shot seductively in black and white. Kathleen, brilliantly portrayed by Lili Taylor, is an NYU philosophy student whose life is brutally changed forever when a bite to her neck awakens a thirst for blood. Spiralling into a world of addiction and existential angst it is only when she meets a sophisticated vampire named Peina (Christopher Walken) that she can begin to control her urges. Kathleen Conklin was just a normal student attending college. While walking home one night she is dragged off the street and bitten by a strange woman. Soon Kathleen goes from being a normal student to being a vampire. Kathleen's need for blood is similar to a drug addict's need for drugs, and we watch as she goes from one fix to the next. US/CANADA/MEXICO BUYER WARNING o WARNING: Please note that we sell NTSC/Region 1 DVDs from USA and PAL/Region 2&4 DVDs from other countries. If you have a standard DVD player bought in USA/Canada, and you have not specifically selected it to be able to play multi- region DVDs, please don't bid on PAL Region 2 & Region 4 DVDs - your player will not be able to play them. 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Movie/TV Title: The Addiction
Genre: Drama
Region: Region 2: Europe
Format: DVD
Former Rental?: No
Country of Manufacture: France
USA, Canada: Will not play on regular DVD player
Europe, Africa, Middle East: Will play on regular DVD player
Australia, New Zealand: Will not play on regular DVD player