Tin Drum Blu-ray

'The Tin Drum' Director: Volker Schlöndorff (1979) Criterion Collection Blu-ray | Director-approved restoration of 163-minute cut | German w/ English subtitles

Adaptation of Gunter Grass's acclaimed allegorical novel. Set in pre-World War II Danzig- the preternaturally intelligent three year old Oskar takes the decision to stop growing as a response to the society he sees around him. He pounds his drum and shrieks as the world moves toward the madness of war. 

Special features include:
- New interview with Schlöndorff about the making of the film and the creation of the complete version
- Interview with film scholar Timothy Corrigan
- German audio recording of Günter Grass reading an excerpt from his novel The Tin Drum, illustrated with the corresponding scene from the film
- Television interview excerpts featuring Schlöndorff, Grass, actors David Bennent and Mario Adorf, and cowriter Jean-Claude Carrière
- Essay by critic Geoffrey Macnab and 1978 statements by Grass about the adaptation of his novel