Little Odessa 4K Ultra HD + Blu-Ray

A Dostoevskian family tragedy in the form of a gangster drama, the darkly elegant debut feature from James Gray heralded the arrival of a singular voice in contemporary American cinema.

Cloaked in the shadows of New York’s underworld, Little Odessa follows Joshua (Tim Roth), a volatile hitman whose latest assignment takes him back to the Brooklyn neighbourhood where he grew up. Upon returning home, his criminal life collides with the grim domestic world of his abusive father (Maximilian Schell), ailing mother (Vanessa Redgrave) and loyal teenage brother (Edward Furlong).

Channelling the brooding fatalism of classic film noir, Gray — who won the Venice Film Festival’s Silver Lion at just twenty-five years old — crafts a haunting reflection on violence that begins at home and ripples ever outward.

FILM INFORMATION

• Country: United States
• Year: 1994
• Runtime: 98 minutes
• Presentation: Colour
• Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1
• Language: English
• Criterion Spine: #1323

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director James Gray, featuring a 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc featuring the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR, plus one Blu-ray containing the film and special features
• Audio commentary from 2000 featuring James Gray
• Once Upon a Time . . . “Little Odessa”, a making-of documentary directed by David Thompson and produced for French television
• New conversation between James Gray and critic and podcaster Sean Fennessey
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PLUS

• Essay by film critic Glenn Kenny

PACKAGING

• New cover artwork by Michael Boland