Description:
Before carving out a niche as one of nineties American cinemas most distinct voices, Allison Anders made her debut, alongside co-directors and fellow UCLA film-school students, Kurt Voss and Dean Lent, with 1987s Border Radio. A low-key, semi-improvised post-punk diary that took four years to complete, Border Radio features legendary rocker Chris D., of the Flesh Eaters, as a singer/songwriter who has stolen loot from a club and gone missing, leaving his wife (Luanna Anders), a no-nonsense rock journalist, to track him down with the help of his friends (John Doe of the band X; Chris Shearer).Special featured include: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director of photography Dean Lent and codirector Kurt Voss/ Two audio commentaries: one with codirectors Allison Anders and Voss, and one with actors Luanna Anders, Dave Alvin, Chris D., John Doe, and Chris Shearer/ The Making of "Border Radio," a 2002 documentary featuring interviews with Anders, Lent, Voss, Doe, and Chris D./Nine deleted scenes/Music video of the Flesh Eaters The Wedding Dice/Stills gallery featuring rare behind-the-scenes photos/Theatrical trailer and radio spot. (Criterion)
