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On a single disc and with little fanfare, this DVD makes an excellent case for the best extras of the year. Dive into the one-hour-long documentary and learn more about moviemaking than on many a double-disc. The secret lies in director David Cronenberg's (and his usual crew) folksy casualness in showing off the craft, be it makeup (green screens were used), directing (Cronenberg doesn't storyboard), or art direction (the diner set). It also is very funny to hear about "fish Fridays" and how Maria Bello's Uncle Pete became an influence. Even the infamous sex-on-the-staircase scene is diagnosed with candor as stars Viggo Mortensen and Bello act as if there is no backstage camera. There's only one deleted scene, but it's uncommonly deconstructed on why it was filmed and why it was cut (it's a very Cronenbergian dream sequence). A short bit on Cannes is also a delight. So much is here that Cronenberg's smart commentary track is nearly superfluous. Isn't that a nice surprise? --Doug Thomas
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 The Graphic Novel |  Other Graphic Novels that Inspired Movies |  David Cronenberg Essentials |
 Why We Love Maria Bello |  The work of Viggo Mortensen |  The work of William Hurt |
Stills from A History of Violence
 Viggo Mortensoe as Tom Stall |  Ashton Holmes as Jack Stall and Kyle Schmid as Bobby Jordan |
 William Hurt as Richie Cusack |  Ed Harris as Carl Fogarty and Viggo Mortensen as Tom Stall |
 Maria Bello as Edie Stall |  Director David Cronenberg |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | David Cronenberg |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 30 September, 2005 |
| MANUFACTURER: | New Line Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Action, Adult Humor, Adult Situations, Adventure, Assumed Identities, Canada, Color, Crime Thriller, Disturbing, Drug Content, English, Feature, Feature Film Action Adventure, Feature Film-action/Adventure, Graphic Violence, Haunted By the Past, Ironic, Marriage Drama, Movie, Mystery / Suspense |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| MPN: | DN10095D |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 794043100956 |
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Customer Reviews of A History of Violence (New Line Platinum Series)
Not believable I didn't find the story line believable in this movie.<
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>Corey Cotta, Author of All of Yesterdays Tomorrows.
Intensely, perfeclty acted thriller
This movie is one of those uncomfortable -to -watch -at- times movies but you cant stop watching it. The acting is superb, especially by the always perfect Viggo Mortensen. His expressions are always believable and I cannot belieive he was not nominated for an Oscar for this role. This movie is tense at times and you are always left wondering, especially at the ending, which I thought was done very smartly. I would not categorize this as an action movie, but there are some pretty brutal scenes in here and one pretty explicit sex scene that was pretty unconventional and brutal and sexy all at the same time. One of the best movies of last year.
Worst movie in the history of movies
I don't understand it, maybe I got the wrong movie. I went on the various websites and read the reviews and heard good things in the past about the film. This movie had good reviews. Had a pretty good cast. But, after watching for about 10-20 minutes; things kind of go south. The dialogue is flat. Character/Goons show up and then suddenly get killed. The main character Viggo, kind of just stands there and doesn't really say anything throughout the film. History of Violence just felt like one of those made for TV USA movies. <
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>I don't even feel like this movie is worth my time, for me to go into detail about all of the elementary plot elements and B-movie acting.<
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>Horrible, horrible, horrible. You can shrug off my negative review; personally I hate reading those "this movie sucks" reviews, also. But, I couldn't live with myself if I didn't warn other souls about yet another uninspiring, American movie murder-fest. Life is just too short.<
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>EDITED: I am reading some of the other Amazon reviews, it must be a conspiracy on the part of the film-makers. People must be paid to post positive reviews about this film. I guess if my million dollar acting/directing career were on the line, I guess I would do it to. That is the only way I can explain how I was duped into watching this.