Mysterious Skin (Deluxe Unrated Director's Cut) (US Version) DVD Region 1

In MYSTERIOUS SKIN, an unlikely director takes on an even more unlikely lead actor and crafts a deeply felt coming-of-age tale that pulsates with the scalding beauty of tragedy. The director, Gregg Araki, whose over-the-top gay melodramas have been criticized as largely empty provocations, proves himself here to have great sensitivity. Yet it is the lead actor, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, best known for his work on the alien sitcom THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN, whose unforgettable, nuanced performance makes the film. Based on the novel by Scott Heim, the story follows two teenage boys living in small-town Kansas: Brian (Brady Corbet), a clunky and awkward fellow with no discernable social life; and Neil (Gordon-Levitt), a rebellious gay youth whose fragile beauty and cruel indifference make him a successful hustler to the area's older men. Having suffered from blackouts as a child, Brian believes that these voids were actually alien abductions, and goes on a quest to confirm this. As his memories become increasingly vivid, Brian convinces himself that Neil, the star player on his childhood Little League team and a regular presence in his dreams, knows the truth. Neil does, in fact, know exactly what happened: the boys were sexually abused by their Little League coach. While Brian has suppressed the incident, Neil has held it deep within him like a treasure, considering it to have been a loving relationship of respect and tenderness, the absence of which has left him emotionally empty. The two strands of narrative are braided together elegantly, slowly leading up to a devastating final scene. Araki unifies the stories through an elegiac, celestial tone that manages to avoid preachiness via doses of appropriate humor. MYSTERIOUS SKIN is so profoundly alive with sadness and beauty that it nearly burns.

"There's a newfound maturity in MYSTERIOUS SKIN....The humour is more subtle, the dramatic scale greater, the emotional range far more sophisticated." - Roger, Clarke (Sight and Sound Critic), Sight and Sound, 05/01/2005

"[A] gorgeous, heartbreaking and utterly convincing work of art. Its characters stay with you, and by concentrating on the lives of two very different young men, it seems effortlessly to illuminate a period and a milieu." - A. O., Scott (New York Times Critic), New York Times, 05/06/2005

"Stylistically pared-down yet almost Lynchian in its lush, layered strangeness, MYSTERIOUS SKIN is a film of taut, flawless surfaces and haunted hidden depths." - Edward, Lawrenson (Sight And Sound Critic), Uncut, 06/01/2005

"[Gordon-Levitt] gives a remarkable performance." - Owen, Gleiberman (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 05/20/2005

"This is a difficult film, a frequently heartbreaking one...[and] one of the best of the year." - Glenn, Kenny (Premiere/Entertainment Weekly Critic), Premiere, 06/01/2005

"SKIN finds Araki at his most sensitive and cautious." - Michael, Koresky (Film Comment Critic), Film Comment, 05/01/2005

Ranked #30 in Uncut's Best Films Of 2005 -- "[T]he performances from the two leads ensure this is an unforgettable piece of cinema." - Uncut Staff (Uncut Film Critic), Uncut, 01/01/2006

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Product Title:	Mysterious Skin (Deluxe Unrated Director's Cut) (US Version) Mysterious Skin (Deluxe Unrated Director's Cut) (US Version) Mysterious Skin (Deluxe Unrated Director's Cut) (US Version) Mysterious Skin (Deluxe Unrated Director's Cut) (US Version) Mysterious Skin (Deluxe Unrated Director's Cut) (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Actor) | Lisa Cholodenko (Actor) | Mary Jane Skalski (Actor) | Brian Cox (Actor) | Jeffrey Licon (Actor) | Gregg Araki | Katie Cassidy (Actor) | William Osborne (Actor) | Robin Guthrie | Harold Budd 祖瑟夫哥頓利域 (Actor) | 莉莎 蔻洛丹柯 (Actor) | Mary Jane Skalski (Actor) | 葛斯 白賴仁葛斯 (Actor) | Jeffrey Licon (Actor) | Gregg Araki | Katie Cassidy (Actor) | William Osborne (Actor) | Robin Guthrie | Harold Budd 祖瑟夫哥顿利域 (Actor) | Lisa Cholodenko (Actor) | Mary Jane Skalski (Actor) | 葛斯 白赖仁 (Actor) | Jeffrey Licon (Actor) | Gregg Araki | Katie Cassidy (Actor) | William Osborne (Actor) | Robin Guthrie | Harold Budd Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Actor) | Lisa Cholodenko (Actor) | Mary Jane Skalski (Actor) | Ｂｒｉａｎ Ｃｏｘ (Actor) | Jeffrey Licon (Actor) | Gregg Araki | Katie Cassidy (Actor) | William Osborne (Actor) | Robin Guthrie | Harold Budd Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Actor) | Lisa Cholodenko (Actor) | Mary Jane Skalski (Actor) | Brian Cox (Actor) | Jeffrey Licon (Actor) | Gregg Araki | Katie Cassidy (Actor) | William Osborne (Actor) | Robin Guthrie | Harold Budd
Director:	Gregg Araki Gregg Araki Gregg Araki Gregg Araki Gregg Araki
Producer:	Katie Cassidy | Robin Guthrie Katie Cassidy | Robin Guthrie Katie Cassidy | Robin Guthrie Katie Cassidy | Robin Guthrie Katie Cassidy | Robin Guthrie
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Release Date:	2006-03-21
UPC Code:	712267260027
Language:	English
Country of Origin:	United States
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Not Rated
Publisher:	Strand Releasing
Package Weight:	95 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004365303

Director: Gregg Araki

DVD Features:

Keep Case
Director's Cut
Unrated
Full Frame - 1.33