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Tetro [DVD]

1 disc
Region 1 USA/CA (info)

Almost four decades after he wrote THE CONVERSATION, Francis Ford Coppola returns to original screenwriting with this personal drama about an Argentine-Italian family. TETRO stars Vincent Gallo and features editing from the legendary Walter Murch.
Credits

Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verd, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Carmen Maura
Critic Reviews

"Watching TETRO, Coppola's first original screenplay in some 30 years, is like eavesdropping on someone's dream."
Film Comment
"It has style to burn, eye-catching acting by an international cast and a story that harkens back to many literary classics with its themes of a family torn apart, brothers in conflict and a son's rivalry with a towering father figure."
Hollywood Reporter
"[H]aunting....In TETRO, it is the seductive power of artistic genius and fame that will both leave a family broken and bind its wounds."
Los Angeles Times
"[A] visually lush cinematic fugue about love, ambivalence and two brothers fleeing the dark shadow of their domineering father..."
New York Times
4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n arthouse gem starring Vincent Gallo as Tetro, the eldest of two brothers wrestling with their estranged father's legacy in Buenos Aires....Coppola extends a timeless magic to the film..."
Box Office
"TETRO turns out to be not one movie but, at the very least, two -- a Fellin-esque concatenation of drama, dance and opera, and a modest, appealing coming-of-age story..."
Wall Street Journal
"[W]eirdly riveting....As Bennie, Ehrenreich exquisitely portrays the target of Coppola's experiment..."
Movieline
"TETRO again asserts Coppola's willingness to go far out on a limb stylistically....As a filmmaker, Coppola is once again at the height of his powers..." -- Grade: B
A.V. Club
3 stars out of 4 -- "Shot in Argentina with widescreen black-and-white images that take your breath away, TETRO is a drama about family secrets....There isn't a frame of this raw and riveting movie that Coppola doesn't invest with feeling."
Rolling Stone
"[With] shimmering black-and-white photography....You have to admire the sheer defiant energy of the man."
Sight and Sound
3 stars out of 5 -- "There is an air of melancholy reinforced by the tango music and by the black and white cinematography, heavy on the chiaroscuro."
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