French Dispatch of the Liberty Kansas Evening Sun - The Criterion Collection (US Edition)
Directed by Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch is a love letter to journalism and storytelling, set in the fictional French city of Ennui-sur-Blasé. The film is structured like an anthology, inspired by The New Yorker, with three feature stories and a framing narrative.
Bill Murray plays Arthur Howitzer Jr., the editor of The French Dispatch, who has passed away, prompting his eccentric team of journalists to compile the magazine’s final issue. The stories range from an imprisoned artist whose abstract works shock the art world, to a student revolution echoing May ’68, to a chef’s involvement in a high-stakes kidnapping.
Anderson’s signature style—symmetrical compositions, pastel palettes, and dry wit—permeates the film, creating a cinematic collage that blends satire, romance, and melancholy. The sprawling ensemble includes Benicio del Toro, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Timothée Chalamet, Jeffrey Wright, Owen Wilson, Léa Seydoux, Adrien Brody, and Bill Murray.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + 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
- 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”
- Visual essay featuring the writing of film scholar David Bordwell, read by Rupert Friend
- Episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour featuring Anderson, New Yorker editor David Remnick, and actor Jeffrey Wright
- Interview with artist Sandro Kopp, who created Moses Rosenthaler’s paintings in the film
- Music video for “Aline” by Jarvis Cocker, directed by Anderson and illustrated by Javi Aznarez
- “The French Dispatch” Reads the “New Yorker” (and Other Magazines), featuring Wright and actors Bill Murray, Stephen Park, Elisabeth Moss, Owen Wilson, Frances McDormand, and Tilda Swinton reading excerpts from classic magazine pieces
- “The French Dispatch”: Miniature Unit Berlin and Accidentally Angoulême, shorts about the making of the film
- 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 Aznarez featuring the French Dispatch magazine covers created for the film
New illustration by Javi Aznarez
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Product Details
Starring
Starring
Studio
Studio
Criterion Collection
Original Release Date
Original Release Date
Film Classification
Film Classification
M: Moderate impact. Not recommended for people under 15
Disc Region
Disc Region
Region A
Format
Format
4K, Blu-ray