The Last Waltz (Criterion Collection)

THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS

THE LAST WALTZ

Considered the greatest concert movie of all time, Martin Scorsese’s documentary of the Band’s legendary final performance reinvented the way live music is captured on film.

More than just one of the greatest concert films ever made, The Last Waltz is an at once ecstatic and elegiac summation of the classic-rock era. Invited to document the farewell performance of the legendary group the Band at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiving, 1976, MARTIN SCORSESE (Taxi Driver) conceived a new kind of music documentary. Enlisting seven camera operators (including renowned cinematographers VILMOS ZSIGMOND, LÁSZLÓ KOVÁCS, and MICHAEL CHAPMAN) and art director BORIS LEVENto

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• Alternate uncompressed stereo soundtrack
• Two audio commentaries, featuring director Martin Scorsese; Robertson;
• other members of the Band; members of the production crew; and
• performers Dr. John, Ronnie Hawkins, and Mavis Staples
• New interview with Scorsese, conducted by critic David Fear
• Documentary from 2002 about the making of the film
• Outtakes
• Interview from 1978 with Scorsese and Robertson
• Trailer and TV spot
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PLUS: An essay by critic Amanda Petrusic

THE LAST WALTZ BLU-RAY