The People Next Door Blu-Ray

The People Next Door is a relentless portrayal of a New York family torn apart by drug addiction. Eli Wallach (Winter Kills) and Julie Harris (The Haunting) give convincing performances as parents whose marriage is pushed to the breaking point when their daughter Maxie (Deborah Winters) experiments with LSD and heroin before suffering a nervous breakdown. The People Next Door is directed by David Greene (I Start Counting, Gray Lady Down), who makes his first American feature film here, and beautifully shot by Gordon Willis (Little Murders, The Godfather). The film is an unjustly forgotten melodrama that is now returning to British cinemas for the first time since the VHS era.

 

 

INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

 

 

4K restoration from the original negative

 

 

Original mono audio

 

 

Audio commentary with actress Rutanya Alda and film historian Lee Gambin (2021)

 

 

Tripping with Maxie (2021, 39 min): Deborah Winters recalls what it was like to play the film's troubled, tearful protagonist.

 

 

Structured How to Feel (2021, 10 min): Editor-in-chief Brian Smedley-Aston reflects on his various collaborations with director David Greene.

My Life in Review (2021, 15 min): musician John Sheldon, former member of Bead Game, recalls his band's musical contribution to the film.

 

 

People Person (2021, 19 min): film historian Vic Pratt pays tribute to Greene's eclectic career.

Image gallery: marketing and promotional material.

 

 

New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.