{"product_id":"kiss-of-the-spider-woman-blu-ray","title":"Kiss of the Spider Woman (The Criterion Collection) - Blu-ray","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Hurt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e The Criterion Collection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCriterion Collection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Blu-ray\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 27-01-2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Featuring indelible performances from Raul Julia and an Academy Award–winning William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman is a work of radical compassion that boldly expands notions of love, gender, and revolution. In the film—directed by Héctor Babenco following his international breakthrough with Pixote, and adapted from the novel by the iconoclastic writer Manuel Puig—Julia and Hurt play Valentin and Molina, a militant leftist activist and a queer, cinema-obsessed window dresser, imprisoned together under a repressive military dictatorship. The two gradually forge a bond that transforms the way they both understand politics, sexuality, and masculinity. Blending raw realism with Molina’s imaginative escapes into sumptuous movie fantasy, this searing human drama offers a powerful vision of personal liberation embedded within broader political struggle. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack • Alternate uncompressed monaural soundtrack • Interview with Suzanne Jill Levine, biographer of Kiss of the Spider Woman author Manuel Puig, about the adaptation • Tangled Web: Making “Kiss of the Spider Woman” (2008), a feature-length documentary • Short program on Puig • Trailer • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • PLUS: An essay by critic B. Ruby Rich\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 715515327817\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0715515327817\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e blu_ray\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YES","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47717827248387,"sku":"TZ-F3W5-XZ52","price":52.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0030\/9765\/7390\/files\/71n0BYVsxjL.jpg?v=1770391384","url":"https:\/\/idshop.ca\/products\/kiss-of-the-spider-woman-blu-ray","provider":"ID Shop.ca","version":"1.0","type":"link"}