The Power of the Dog - The Criterion Collection

Released: 28th November 2022. JANE CAMPION returns to the kind of mythic frontier landscape—pulsating with both freedom and menace— that she previously traversed in The Piano in order to plumb the masculine psyche in The Power of the Dog. Set against the desolate plains of 1920s Montana and adapted by the filmmaker from Thomas Savage’s novel. After a sensitive widow (The Virgin Suicides’ KIRSTEN DUNST) and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son (The Road’s KODI SMIT-MCPHEE) move in with her gentle new husband (Friday Night Lights’ JESSE PLEMONS), a tense battle of wills plays out between them and his brutish brother (Doctor Strange’s BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH), whose frightening volatility conceals a secret torment, and whose capacity for tenderness, once reawakened, may offer him redemption or destruction. Campion, who won an Academy Award for her direction here, charts the repressed desire and psychic violence coursing among these characters with the mesmerizing control of a master at the height of her powers. BONUS FEATURES DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • 4K digital master, approved by director Jane Campion, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack • Interview with Campion about the making of the film • Programme featuring interviews with members of the cast and crew and behind-the-scenes footage captured on location in New Zealand • Interview with Campion and composer Jonny Greenwood about the film’s score • Conversation among Campion, director of photography Ari Wegner, actor Kirsten Dunst, and producer Tanya Seghatchian, moderated by filmmaker Tamara Jenkins • New interview with novelist Annie Proulx • Trailer • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • English descriptive audio • PLUS: An essay by film critic Amy Taubin