A man with a home-movie camera is drawn into a more ambitious film career that feeds his ego but nearly destroys his life in Krzysztof Kieslowski powerful drama, which gets a well-appointed North American DVD release from Kino Video. Amator (aka Camera Buff) has been given a full-screen transfer in its original aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and the audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Mono. The dialogue is in Polish, with optional English subtitles. Bonus materials include a rare short film from Kieslowski, Talking Heads; new interviews with filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, Kieslowski expert Annette Insdorf, and filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi; a filmography for Kieslowski; and a collection of trailers for his films. |