::::DVD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!:::::
WIDESCREEN DVD RE-RELEASE
The widescreen DVD re-release is available as of May 20th on the AUGUST EVENING website. This new version includes superior picture and sound, a director's commentary, and other technical fixes from the initial release. This DVD is the version intended by the filmmakers.
This version is distinct from a non-widescreen version that was released in February earlier this year.
http://www.augustevening.com/augusteveningdvd.html
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AUGUST EVENING
A new country. A new life. A new love.
Directed by Chris Eska
:::ABOUT THE FILM:::
August Evening follows an aging undocumented farm worker named Jaime and his young, widowed daughter-in-law, Lupe, as their lives are thrown into upheaval. Lupe is more of a daughter to Jaime than his own children, and the two try to stick together… but change is inevitable...
Filmed on location in rural south Texas, AUGUST EVENING is inspired by naturalistic 1950's world cinema and is set in a world of humming cicadas, chicken farms, ethereal music, gentle glances, and rustling leaves.
Eska calls his film "a love letter to San Antonio and my hometown of Gonzales."
:::REVIEWS:::
"Perfectly honed, naturalistic acting and visual lyricism."
- Stephen Farber, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"In moments where tumultuous thoughts and feelings hang heavy in the silent air, Eska captures both the uneasiness of immigrant (and, more generally, unmoored) life, as well as the hard-won joy of love and renewal."
- Nick Schager, SLANT MAGAZINE
"deeply affecting"
– Karen Durbin, NEW YORK TIMES
"I recommend the film wholeheartedly"
– Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"…powerful, lived-in performances… a deeply absorbing viewing experience"
– Scott Foundas, LA WEEKLY
"truly independent gem"
– Joshua Land, TIME OUT
"The performances are first rate... perfectly honed, naturalistic acting and visual lyricism"
– Stephen Farber, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"Castaneda (gives) one of the most lustrously lived-in performances I have ever seen on the screen"
– Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"Judging by the lovely "August Evening," writer/ director/editor Chris Eska's first feature, his name is worth remembering."
– V.A. Musetto, NEW YORK POST
"(an) extraordinary young American director"
– Stanley Kauffmann, THE NEW REPUBLIC
"deeply moving—the kind of naturalistic portrayal of human bonds rarely achieved on film."
– Sara Cardace, NEW YORK MAGAZINE (CRITIC'S PICK)
"(Veronica) Loren is wonderfully expressive"
– Stephen Farber, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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