Byzantium (Blu-ray) R
Irresistible. Immoral. Immortal.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 58 minutes
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 29, 2013
- Originally Released: 2012
- Label: IFC Independent Film
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Gemma Arterton & Saoirse Ronan | |
Performer: | Barry Cassin, David Heap, Warren Brown, Ruby Snape, Thure Lindhardt, Kate Ashfield & Jonny Lee Miller | |
Directed by | Neil Jordan | |
Edited by | Tony Lawson | |
Screenwriting by | Moira Buffini | |
Composition by | Javier Navarrete | |
Cinematography by | Sean Bobbitt |
Entertainment Reviews:
[E]njoyably lively....A tale that, as it spans centuries and shifts from dark to light, is an ode to storytelling as a means of survival.
New York Times
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Female-forward and class-conscious, allegorical and adventurous, Byzantium is almost the anti-Batman.
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Globe and Mail
Rating: 2/4 --
A confusing yet eye-pleasing tale that struggles to breathe new life into the well-worn mythology.
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Toronto Star
Rating: B --
Go ahead, bite.
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Detroit News
Arterton and Ronan's characters have the determination and brio of true heroines.
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Film Comment Magazine
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Byzantium has a few moves that might surprise you. They have nothing to do with blood, but everything to do with the heart.
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Washington Post
Rating: 6.5/10 --
f you're looking for something a bit different, Byzantium may have something interesting for you but you'll have to dig through some muck to find it.
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Product Description:
Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan star in INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE director Neil Jordan's lavish yet decadent tale of a blood-sucking mother/daughter duo whose dark 200-year history threatens to catch up with them at a run-down hotel on the English coast. Their story begins during the Napoleonic Wars, when young Eleanor (Ronan) is abandoned as Clara (Arterton) falls into a passionate love affair. Two centuries later, demure Eleanor and extroverted Clara are on the run when they seek sanctuary in a dilapidated coastal resort. There, Clara sets her sights on a lonely soul named Noel (Daniel Mays), who has just inherited the Byzantium hotel, a once-thriving inn that has fallen into a sad state of disrepair. Before long, the elder vampire has transformed the Byzantium into a makeshift brothel where she and her young companion can quench their thirst for human blood while maintaining a low profile. Meanwhile, Eleanor falls for Frank (Caleb Landry Jones), a charming young waiter who unwittingly draws out the natural storyteller in her. Amidst a string of mysterious disappearances in the sleepy coastal town, Frank realizes that Eleanor's extraordinary tales are much more than simple fantasy. As Clara and Eleanor's sanguinary past slowly comes into focus, it's only a matter of time before the pair will be forced to either flee once again or face their fates with a sense of dark courage. Jonny Lee Miller and Sam Riley co-star.