Mystery Train: Criterion Collection DVD Release Party

Join us for a special DVD release party for the Criterion Collection's edition of Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train the night before it hits the street.

Criterion Technical Director Lee Kline and Senior Producer Susan Arosteguy visit the Wexner Center for a public onstage conversation with Film/Video Curator Dave Filipi about working on this (and other) Criterion projects.

Kline's role is to bridge the gap between film and video presentations, working closely with filmmakers to make sure their artistic vision is carried over to the home theater format. He overseeing all technical aspects for the DVD and Blu Ray releases, from film transfers to video compression.

Arosteguy has produced over 55 Criterion special editions since 1994. Her favorite projects include Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise, Night on Earth, and of course, Mystery Train, along with Richard Linklater's Slacker, Wim Wenders's Wings of Desire, Wes Anderson's Rushmore, the road flick Two Lane Blacktop (starring singer/songwriter James Taylor and Beach Boy Dennis Wilson in their only acting roles), chilly true-crime tale The Honeymoon Killers, and eerie B-movie Carnival of Souls.

Come early and shop. Kline and Arosteguy will be in the Wexner Center Store from 6 to 7 PM in connection with our daylong Criterion sale. Choose titles, including Mystery Train, from our extensive inventory and save 20% off the list price. Members save 30%! You can also get inside insights from these Criterion specialists.

Stay on to watch. We'll be screening Mystery Train in 35mm starting at about 8 PM. Jarmusch's third film is an anthology of three stories about visitors—a pair of Japanese tourists, an Italian widow, an unemployed Englishman—to Memphis: home of Sun Studios, Stax Records, and Elvis. Filled with the director's typical deft wit, precise observation, and affection for music and his characters, Mystery Train is, as the Criterion Collection's own blurb describes it, "one of Jarmusch's very best movies, a boozy and beautiful pilgrimage to an iconic American ghost town and a paean to the music it gave the world."

Can't make it in person? We’ll be streaming the conversation live at www.wexarts.org/live.

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