Bad timing

Roeg, Nicolas, 1928-2018 (Added Author). Thomas, Jeremy. (Added Author). Udoff, Yale. (Added Author). Garfunkel, Art. (Added Author). Russell, Theresa, 1957- (Added Author). Keitel, Harvey. (Added Author). Elliott, Denholm. (Added Author). Recorded Picture Company. (Added Author). Rank Film Distributors. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Art Garfunkel (Alex Linden), Theresa Russell (Milena Flaherty), Harvey Keitel (Inspector Netusil), Denholm Elliott (Stefan Vognic). (Cast).

Summary: Alex is a cold, distant, fiercely intellectual research psychiatrist from New York, teaching in Vienna. Milena, an Army brat, has wandered back through the countries she was raised in to find herself there, too. They meet at a party, are immediately attracted to each other, and fall quickly into a sexually obsessive relationship. Milena has a husband across the border named Stefan, and a drinking problem. This does not make Alex very happy. Their relationship becomes a fight for power, waged with manipulation, drugs, despair, need, and lust, and it is never clear if there is any real 'winner'.

Record details

ISBN: 9781559409636
ISBN: 1559409630
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (30 unnumbered pages ; illustrations, color ; 19 cm).
videodisc
Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2005]
Copyright: ©2005

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced as a British motion picture in 1980. Special features: Trade Secrets: Nicolas Roeg and Jeremy Thomas [featurette] (28 min.) (2004); Theresa Russell [featurette] (19 min.) (2005); Deleted scenes [featurette] (17 min.); Theatrical trailer (2 min.); Gallery; booklet includes the essays "The men who didn't know something" by Richard Combs and "A case of bad timing: Art Garfunkel's real-life tragedy" by Chris Hodenfield.
Formatted Contents Note:	Opening credits -- Good-byes -- Seduction -- Women and men -- Power plays -- What's normal? -- Maze -- Sex and suffocation -- Husband -- Paranoia and lies -- Jealousy -- How do you get a divorce? -- "It's what you want, huh?" -- Morocco -- "Bugger off" -- Confrontation -- Death of old Milena -- Overdose -- Interrogation -- "The Crime" -- Ravishment and rape -- Not enough -- Color bars.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Special features: Producer, Spencer Leigh ; editors, Jonah Kaplan, Chris Ramey ; camera, Rob Goldie, Paul Kateley. Director of photography, Anthony Richmond ; film editor, Tony Lawson ; art director, David Brockhurst ; original music composed and conducted by Richard Hartley.
Participant or Performer Note:	Art Garfunkel (Alex Linden), Theresa Russell (Milena Flaherty), Harvey Keitel (Inspector Netusil), Denholm Elliott (Stefan Vognic).
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Rated R.
System Details Note:	DVD; Dolby Digital mono.; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.35:1; new restored high-definition digital transfer.
Language Note:	In English with optional English SDH.