Criterion outfits Leigh’s extraordinarily moving Palme d’Or winner with a transfer that honors its granular intensity.
After a while, all you see are the gears of various sublots turning separately until they mesh together and move in unison.
This fascinating, ironic, dry telling of the legendary Burke and Hare story receives one of Shout! Factory’s very best transfers.
The film is littered with scenes that begin at a fever pitch before descending into a becalmed, meditative state.
Don’t just stand there. Hand Brenda Blethyn a tissue, sweetheart.