Limbo 1999 DVD Full - widescreen lbox - 2 ch 5.1 Dolby dig/surround

Limbo 1999
Columbia TriStar
Starring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, David Strathairn, Vanessa Martinez, Hermínio Ramos, Kris Kristofferson, Dawn McInturff, Casey Siemaszko
Written and Directed by John Sayles

The Only Thing More Dangerous Than Death... Is Survival

Limbo tells the story of people trying to reinvent themselves in the Southeastern islands of Alaska. The story revolves around Joe Gastineau, a fisherman traumatised by an accident at sea years before, singer Donna de Angelo and her disaffected daughter Noelle who come into Joe's life. When Joe's fast-talking half-brother Bobby returns to town and asks Joe for a favor, the lives of the characters are changed forever.

With its leisurely pace, unusual structure, and highly ambiguous ending (not to mention a nonexistent marketing campaign), Limbo will quite likely divide the small audience that sees it. This is a terrible shame, as John Sayles is at the top of his game. Set in Alaska, Limbo comments incisively on a variety of complex issues concerning the vast state -- the relentless tourism, the scarcity of meaningful employment for the working class, and the careless abuses of irreplaceable natural resources by the wealthy, to name a few. All of these interesting themes, however, are discarded half-way through in favor of a thought-provoking story of human survival that will undoubtedly light a fire for some while irritating and alienating others.

Limbo received an out-and-out rave from Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun Times, who indicates that he found the story structure fascinating. "Sayles has started with a domestic comedy, and led us unswervingly into the heart of darkness, " he writes. But while Ebert found the surprise ending especially intriguing, Rod Dreher of the New York Post found it a "pull-your-hair-out annoyance." He writes that Sayles "completely falls apart as a storyteller." Rick Groen in the Toronto Globe & Mail agrees, calling the finale "a fraud" and adding, "even a resting place in limbo has to be earned, and this one feels like a cheat." Taking a middle position, Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan rights that while Sayles' film is "moving and empathetic, " he may have "skirted the edge of overreaching." No matter which way you find the ending, you will find this film both entertaining and thought-provoking.
From IMDB database and reviews from NY Times, Cinescene, Filmcritic, and others.

Special features include director John Sayles audio commentary; isolated music sound track; theatrical trailers.

Widescreen letterbox format. English 2-Channel (Dolby surround), English 5.1 (Dolby digital); widescreen anamorphic 1.85:1 aspect ratio. Language In English with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Rated R

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