THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS
THE LAST WALTZ
Considered
the greatest concert movie of all time, Martin Scorsese’s documentary
of the Band’s legendary final performance reinvented the way live music
is captured on film.
More than just one of the greatest concert
films ever made, The Last Waltz is an at once ecstatic and ele giac
summation of the classic-rock era. Invited to document the farewell
performance of the legendary group the Band at San Francisco’s
Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving, 1976, MARTIN SCORSESE (Taxi Driver)
conceived a new kind of music documentary. Enlisting seven camera
operators (including renowned cinema tographers VILMOS ZSIGMOND, LÁSZLÓ
KOVÁCS, and MICHAEL CHAPMAN) and art director BORIS LEVENto
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by musician Robbie
- Robertson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby
- Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Alternate uncompressed stereo soundtrack
- Two audio commentaries, featuring director Martin Scorsese; Robertson;
- other members of the Band; members of the production crew; and
- performers Dr. John, Ronnie Hawkins, and Mavis Staples
- New interview with Scorsese, conducted by critic David Fear
- Documentary from 2002 about the making of the film
- Outtakes
- Interview from 1978 with Scorsese and Robertson
- Trailer and TV spot
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by critic Amanda Petrusic
THE LAST WALTZ ULTRA HD