The film directing team
of Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson will see their award-winning film festival
hit, I
Declare War, reach a much broader audience on Nov. 12 when Image
Entertainment releases both DVD and Blu-ray editions.
A limited theatrical
break — to further raise awareness — is planned for the Labor Day weekend.
At one level this seems
like a story about a kid’s game — just a bunch of pre-teens playing Capture the
Flag in the nearby woods; passing adults would see little more than that. But locked in the telling of the story is a
much deeper fable about the transition from a child’s fantasy playground to the
world of an adult.
The rules are simple and
they are honored. But one day one of
the players breaks from the tried and tested routine of the game and escalates
the action to another level. He gets
caught-up in the game … much like adults getting lost in the winning and losing
of life’s own battles (metaphors abound).
Despite the chaos that
follows, we are given a sense from the filmmakers that unlike the boys in Lord
of the Flies, this day will end, the reality of life will kick in once
again and everyone will go home to dinner … perhaps a little worse for
wear. But you never know.
Bonus features include
two separate commentary options, both featuring filmmakers Wilson and Lapeyre —
one with and one without the child actors from the film — and the featurette
titled “I Declare War.”
To download this week's
complete edition of the DVD and Blu-ray Release Report: DVD & Blu-ray Release Report
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