GET CAPTIVATED BY ELIZABETH OLSEN IN THE GRIPPING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER

GET CAPTIVATED BY ELIZABETH OLSEN IN THE GRIPPING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER

Featuring the Award Winning Short Film “Mary Last Seen”

Only On Blu-ray and DVD February 21

 

 

From 2011 Sundance Film Festival “Best Director” winner Sean Durkin, in his feature film debut, and featuring breakout star Elizabeth Olsen in her “Best Female Lead” Film Independent Spirit Award nominated role, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE arrives on Blu-ray and DVD February 21 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

After escaping from a dangerous cult and the watchful eye of its charismatic leader, a young woman named Martha (Olsen) tries to reclaim a normal life with her family. But the haunting memories from Martha’s past trigger a chilling paranoia — and nowhere seems safe as the fragile line between her reality and delusions begin to blur.

Supported by unforgettable powerhouse performances from Academy Award® nominee John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone, American Gangster) and Sarah Paulson (Down With Love, What Women Want), the MARTHA MARCY MARY MARLENE Blu-ray and DVD is rich with feature special features, including “Mary Last Seen,” the chilling short film by writer/director Durkin that started it all.

 

Pre-book date is January 25.

MARTHA MARCY MARY MARLENE Blu-ray Features:
●    Mary Last Seen 
●    Spotlight on Elizabeth Olsen 
●    The Story●    The Making of Martha Marcy May Marlene 
●    A Conversation with Filmmakers●    The Psyche of a Cult 
●    "Marcy's Song" Music Video by John Hawkes●    Theatrical Trailer

MARTHA MARCY MARY MARLENE DVD Features:
●    Mary Last Seen

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MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE BLU-RAY: (Catalog # 2277170)

Street Date:	February 21, 2012
Pre-book Date:	January 25, 2012
Screen Format:	16:9 (2.40:1)
Audio:	5.1 DTS-HD-MA
Subtitles:	English / Spanish
U.S. Rating:	R
Total Run Time:	02:36:27
Closed Captioned:	Yes

MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE DVD: (Catalog # 2277163)

Street Date:	February 21, 2012
Pre-book Date:	January 25, 2012
Screen Format:	16:9 (2.40:1)
Audio:	5.1 DD
Subtitles:	English / Spanish
U.S. Rating:	R
Total Run Time:	2:02:03

What did we think?

First of all, just let say, I love psychological thrillers, some of my favorites include Vanilla Sky and  Identity (if you haven't seen those, jump on it!) so I assumed this would be another one of my favorites....

Ehh, not so much! It was kind-of slow starting out, and extremely confusing. I had to ask the hubby the whole movie what the hell was going on!
Elizabeth Olsen is extremely believable and the music is entrancing, capturing the right feeling at the right moment. This independent film stars Elizabeth Olsen –the younger sister of the currently of the famous Olsen twins – as Martha, a girl who lived in a cult for the last two years, subjected to sexual urges and the leaders chilling darkening philosophy. This is a classic US indie style. There's an unsettling darkness in the deep green, sun-dappled shade of its woodland locations. Sarah Paulson plays Lucy, married to a wealthy, priggish Brit called Ted (Hugh Dancy), and currently on vacation in their huge, lakeside home. Out of the blue, she receives a payphone call from her troubled younger sister Martha (Elizabeth Olsen), from whom she hasn't heard in years, demanding to be picked up from somewhere in upstate New York. Martha comes to stay, and it becomes clear she has escaped from a cult run by a guy called Patrick – who renamed all his devotees as a way of establishing psychological ownership: Martha's new name was "Marcy May". Flashbacks show the abuse and havoc wreaked on poor young Martha's mind. She's paranoid about being tracked down. 

The film goes back & forth between Martha’s past and present experiences, and poor Martha can no longer separate past from present. Eventually, the nature of what she was fleeing from becomes apparent. 

I anticpated the ending though, and called it before it happened. If you like to be confused by a movie, then this is the one for you.

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