Chilly Scenes of Winter
The trailblazing Joan Micklin Silver—one of only a handful of women to direct a film for a major Hollywood studio in the 1970s—digs fearlessly into the psychology of a thorny relationship in this anti–romantic comedy, based on Ann Beattie’s best-selling novel, about lovelorn civil servant Charles (John Heard) and his married-but-separated coworker Laura (Mary Beth Hurt). Months after their affair has ended, Charles is haunted by memories as he desperately attempts to rekindle a love that perhaps never was. Switching deftly between past and present, Micklin Silver guides this piercing deconstruction of male wish-fulfillment fantasy beyond standard movie-romance tropes into something more complicated and cuttingly truthful.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New program featuring producers Griffin Dunne, Mark Metcalf, and Amy Robinson
- Documentary from 1983 by Katja Raganelli about director Joan Micklin Silver
- Excerpts from a 2005 Directors Guild of America interview with Micklin Silver
- Original ending of the film, cut by Micklin Silver for its rerelease in 1982
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by scholar Shonni Enelow
New cover by Marc Aspinall
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New program featuring producers Griffin Dunne, Mark Metcalf, and Amy Robinson
- Documentary from 1983 by Katja Raganelli about director Joan Micklin Silver
- Excerpts from a 2005 Directors Guild of America interview with Micklin Silver
- Original ending of the film, cut by Micklin Silver for its rerelease in 1982
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by scholar Shonni Enelow
New cover by Marc Aspinall
Cast
- John Heard
- Charles
- Mary Beth Hurt
- Laura
- Peter Riegert
- Sam
- Frances Bay
- Mrs. Delillo
- Kenneth McMillan
- Pete
- Griffin Dunne
- Dr. Mark
- Gloria Grahame
- Clara
- Alex Johnson
- Elise
- Nora Heflin
- Betty
- Beverly Booth Rowland
- Woman in park
- Jerry Hardin
- Mr. Patterson
- Oscar Rowland
- Man in store
- Tarah Nutter
- Susan
- Ann Beattie
- Waitress
- Mark Metcalf
- Ox
- Angela Phillips
- Rebecca
- Allen Joseph
- Blind man
- Margaressa Peach Taylor
- Dancing nurse
Credits
- Director
- Joan Micklin Silver
- Screenplay by
- Joan Micklin Silver
- Based on the novel by
- Ann Beattie
- Producer
- Mark Metcalf
- Producer
- Amy Robinson
- Producer
- Griffin Dunne
- Cinematographer
- Bobby Byrne
- Editor
- Cynthia Scheider
- Music by
- Ken Lauber
- Production designer
- Peter Jamison
Trailer for Chilly Scenes of Winter
