Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (#722, DVD)

Pedro Almodvars colorful and controversial tribute to the pleasures and perils of Stockholm syndrome,Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!is a rambunctious dark comedy starring Antonio Banderas as an unbalanced but alluring ex-mental-patient and Victoria Abril as the B-movie and former porn star he takes prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him. A highly unconventional romance that came on the spike heels of Almodovars international sensationWomen on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,this is a splashy, sexy central work in the career of one of the worlds most beloved and provocative auteurs, radiantly shot by the directors great cinematographer, Jose Luis Alcaine.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Pedro Almodovar and executive producer Agustin Almodovar, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• New documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with Pedro Almodovar; Agustin Almodovar; actors Antonio Banderas, Victoria Abril, Loles Leon, and Rossy de Palma; production manager Esther Garcia; and cinematographer Jose Luis Alcaine
• New interview with Almodovar collaborator and Sony Pictures Classics copresident Michael Barker
• Conversation from 2003 between Pedro Almodovar and Banderas
• Footage from the films 1990 premiere party in Madrid
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: A 1990 piece about the film by Pedro Almodovar, a conversation between critic Kent Jones and filmmaker Wes Anderson, and an interview with Almodovar from 1989

  New cover by Malika Favre