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Ballast (Blu-ray Disc)
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Director: Lance Hammer
Studio: Kino International
Rating: Unrated
Genre: Drama
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Running Time: 1 hr. 36 mins.
SYNOPSIS:
SPECIAL FEATURES
· Director supervised high-definition digital transfer from the 35mm interpositive.
· Ballast Scene Development, a 37-minute making-of feature charting the evolution of several scenes through the improvisational conflict sessions and two-month rehearsal process that gave form to the final film.
· Original theatrical trailer.
· A new essay by film critic Amy Taubin.
A young boy drifts through the spare flatlands of a wintry Mississippi township and a middle-aged man sits in his rural home, frozen in grief after his brother's suicide. These striking images set in motion a riveting story of three people trying to reposition their lives after experiencing a traumatic loss. Lance Hammer won the best director award at the 2008 Sundance Film festival for his assured hand with which he tells a delicate, quietly unfolding story using understated means and non-professionals from the Mississippi Delta.