Featuring breakout work by Don Cheadle as Rawlinss cheerfully trigger-happy sidekick, this stylish mystery both channels and subverts classic noir tropes as it exposes the bitter racial realities underlying the American dream.DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURESNew 4K digital restoration, approved by director Carl Franklin, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrackAudio commentary featuring FranklinNew conversation between Franklin and actor Don CheadleNew conversation between Walter Mosley, author of the novel on which the film is based, and novelist Attica LockeOn-stage conversation between Franklin and film historian Eddie Muller, recorded at the 2018 Noir City Film Festival in ChicagoScreen test for CheadleTrailerEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingPLUS: An essay by critic Julian Kimble The bone-deep disillusionment of postwar film noir becomes a powerful vehicle to explore Americas racial injustices in Carl Franklins richly atmospheric Devil in a Blue Dress, an adaptation of the hard-boiled novel by Walter Mosley
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