{"id":186387,"date":"2023-04-14T20:54:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T00:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=186387"},"modified":"2023-07-11T20:50:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T00:50:05","slug":"criterion-july-releases-announced-after-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=186387","title":{"rendered":"Criterion July releases announced: After Hours<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nI can finally talk about what has been taking up all my time in February\/March\/start of April. I wrote the booklet essay for the VERY EXCITING Criterion release of Martin Scorsese’s existential-angst-comedy-parody After Hours<\/i><\/a>, in a brand new 4k digital restoration. Judging from the reaction to the announcement, this film has legions of fans, many of whom consider it their all-time favorite film, many of whom have suffered – for decades, really – at its not being given the credit or visibility they think it deserves. There are many reasons why After Hours sits in a strange spot in the culture, in Scorsese’s filmography, in ’80s cinema … it fits, but … not quite. I had a conversation with my Gen Z nephew about the movie and he said that his peers all FLIP over it. It HITS with that age demographic (speaking generally and anecdotally). We had a good conversation about why this might be the case, generationally. It’s exciting to hear because … good art TRAVELS, ya know what I’m saying? It TRAVELS out of its own time. <\/p>\n

Anyway. This will be my 7th booklet essay for Criterion, and this one – like my Raging Bull video-essay – had to be approved by the man himself. Not every piece you write has to be approved by a living legend before it can go to print.<\/p>\n

Drusilla Adeline’s cover design artwork is so beautiful! Dreamy-nightmare-beautiful, capturing the swarming world of the film.<\/p>\n

I had so much fun writing about After Hours and I’m really excited for this deluxe release. It’s been really heart-warming the response to the announcement: people really LOVE this movie. Details here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can finally talk about what has been taking up all my time in February\/March\/start of April. I wrote the booklet essay for the VERY EXCITING Criterion release of Martin Scorsese’s existential-angst-comedy-parody After Hours, in a brand new 4k digital … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[2699,1508],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=186387"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186394,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186387\/revisions\/186394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=186387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=186387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=186387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}