Hugh A. Robertson
Series
Criterion collection volume 925
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A picaresque story of friendship that captured a city in crisis and sparked a new era of Hollywood movies. Joe Buck, a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy city women finds a companion in Enrico 'Ratso' Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida. A critical and commercial success despite controversy, [it] became the first X-rated film to receive the best picture Oscar, and decades...
2) Shaft
Series
Criterion collection volume 1130
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The nephew of the original John Shaft, who shares his name, is determined to track down the only witness who can identify a deadly racist killer. As Shaft closes in, so does the danger