{"product_id":"menace-ii-society-blu-ray","title":"Menace II Society Blu-ray","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Menace II Society' Directors: Albert \u0026amp; Allen Hughes (1993) Criterion Collection Blu-ray | 4K restoration of directors' cut\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDirectors Albert and Allen Hughes and screenwriter Tyger Williams were barely into their twenties when they sent shock waves through American cinema and hip-hop culture with this fatalistic, unflinching vision of life and death on the streets of Watts, Los Angeles, in the 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFusing grim realism with a propulsively stylish aesthetic honed through the Hughes brothers’ work on rap videos, \u003cem\u003eMenace II Society\u003c\/em\u003e is a searing cautionary tale about the devastating human toll of hopelessness, centering on a street tough 18-year old facing a moral quandry while trying to turn his life around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial features include:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eTwo audio commentaries from 1993 featuring directors Albert and Allen Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e- New selected-scene commentary featuring Rinzler\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e- \u003cem\u003eGangsta Vision\u003c\/em\u003e, a 2009 featurette on the making of the film\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e- New conversation among Albert Hughes, screenwriter Tyger Williams, and film critic Elvis Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e- New conversation among Allen Hughes, actor and filmmaker Bill Duke, and Mitchel\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e- Interview from 1993 with the directors\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e- Music video from 1991 for 2Pac’s “Brenda’s Got a Baby,” directed by the Hughes brothers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e- Deleted scenes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e- Film-to-storyboard comparison\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e- An essay by film critic Craig D. Lindsey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Film Shop IFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49323529797771,"sku":"fyr1788776667768","price":25.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/5150\/1195\/files\/menace-ii-society-blu-ray_1.jpg?v=1788776674","url":"https:\/\/www.everydaynook.shop\/products\/menace-ii-society-blu-ray","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}