After Hours (Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman (Rosanna Arquette). So begins the wildest night of his life, as bizarre occurrences—involving underground-art punks, a distressed waitress, a crazed Mister Softee truck driver, and a bagel-and-cream-cheese paperweight—pile up with anxiety-inducing relentlessness and thwart his attempts to get home. With this Kafkaesque cult classic, Martin Scorsese—abetted by Michael Ballhaus’s kinetic cinematography and scene-stealing supporting turns by Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, Catherine O’Hara, and John Heard—directed a darkly comic tale of mistaken identity, turning the desolate night world of 1980s SoHo into a bohemian wonderland of surreal menace.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

New 4K digital restoration, approved by editor Thelma Schoonmaker, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

New conversation between director Martin Scorsese and writer Fran Lebowitz

Audio commentary featuring Scorsese, Schoonmaker, director of photography Michael Ballhaus, actor and producer Griffin Dunne, and producer Amy Robinson

Documentary about the making of the film featuring Dunne, Robinson, Schoonmaker, and Scorsese

New program on the look of the film featuring costume designer Rita Ryack & production designer Jeffrey Townsend

Deleted scenes

Trailer

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PLUS: An essay by critic Sheila O’Malley

New cover by Drusilla Adeline/Sister Hyde