Six Feet Under: The Complete First
Season (2002) DVD - Full Screen - 5.1 Retail
Six Feet Under: The Complete First
Season (2002) DVD - Full Screen - 5.1 Retail
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The Fishers are your
typical dysfunctional family. Ruth (Frances Conroy) is
the stern matriarch who has trouble expressing emotion
and snaps at the slightest problem. Daughter Claire
(Lauren Ambrose) is an underachiever who cultivates a
moody, mysterious loner image in high school (she's
indulging in illegal substances too). Brother David
(Michael C. Hall) works in the family business, and is
uptight beyond belief (he's indulging in a secret
homosexual relationship too). Elder brother Nate (Peter
Krause) is the black sheep, who, eschewing
responsibility, fled to Seattle but got lured back. And
Dad (Richard Jenkins) watches it all bemusedly. Did we
mention Dad's dead? Oh, and that the Fisher family
business is a funeral home? It might sound off-putting,
but coming from the mind of Alan Ball, the man who
strip-mined suburban life to find the mordant wit
underneath in American Beauty, Six Feet Under
is a trenchant, stylish spin on standard family
dysfunction.
This HBO series
initially aspired to fits of Twin Peaks-like
whimsy, with each episode starting with a death more
outlandish than the previous, but soon settled into a
comfortable groove that harkened back to the most
familiar of TV family dramas (in fact, it's almost a
mirror image of '70s drama Family, down to the
three sibling archetypes). Of course, its HBO roots
allowed it ample leeway with sex, drug usage, profanity,
and violence. While the writing strove to be a little
too clever, the overall look and tone of the show
remained solid and sometimes profound (sometimes absurd
too, but usually with good reason). Krause and Hall, as
initially warring brothers who come to a wary
understanding, are solid anchors, but it's the women in
the cast who do the most phenomenal work. Conroy infuses
her almost stereotypical mom with an obstinate but
ultimately accepting heart, and Ambrose's Claire is by
far the show's most appealing character. And stealing
scenes left and right is Rachel Griffith's Brenda, a
mystery woman with an outlandish backstory who meets
Nate on a plane, has sex with him at the airport, and
infiltrates his life. Like Brenda herself, Six Feet
Under is fascinating--and highly addictive!!
Features/Specifications
Attractive Retail Box
Starring:
Lauren Ambrose, Eric Balfour, Frances Conroy, Rachel
Griffiths, Michael C. Hall, Richard Jenkins, Peter
Krause, Freddy Rodriguez, Jeremy Sisto, Mathew St.
Patrick
Directed by: Miguel
Arteta, Alan Ball, Kathy Bates, Lisa Cholodenko,
Alan Coulter, Allen Coulter, Jim McBride, John
Patterson
DVD Features:
Encoding:
Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only).
This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other
countries.
Number of Discs/Layers:
4-Disc Set
Digi-Pack
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1 -
Full Frame
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Alan Ball -
Creator (2)
Featurettes:
1. Behind-the-Scenes (20 Min.)
2. Opening Titles Featurette (15
Min.)
Deleted Scene - 1. Pilot Episode
Interviews
Trailers:
1. Episodic Previews
2. Episodic Recaps
Isolated Audio Track - 1. Title
Song Remix by Kid Loco