{"id":26805,"date":"2021-07-27T00:13:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T07:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=26805"},"modified":"2021-07-27T00:13:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T07:13:53","slug":"review-working-girls-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2021\/07\/review-working-girls-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Girls: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2020\/12\/review-crash1996-bluray\/#more-24258\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"small-image-border\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Working Girls: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/logos\/criterion-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><b><i>Working Girls\u00a0<\/i><\/b>comes to Blu-ray, as well as DVD, courtesy of The Criterion Collection and comes with an audio commentary and a couple new interviews.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Working Girls<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u2014 The Criterion Collection \u2014<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(1986)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The Criterion Collection| NR \u2013 93 min. \u2013 $39.95 | July 13, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Date Published:<\/strong> 07\/27\/2021 | <strong>Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"border-table-review\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid #808080;\" title=\"Working Girls\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2021\/workinggirls-bd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"383\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"amazon\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Buy the Following on Amazon.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/amazonlogo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/4kuhd-off.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/3dbluray-off.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B092P7KQ7R\/moviemsguidet-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" title=\"Buy on Blu-ray from Amazon.com!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/bluray-on.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B092P58GH4\/moviemsguidet-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" title=\"Buy on DVD from Amazon.com!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/dvd-on.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table id=\"review-info\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>MOVIE INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><strong>Director: <\/strong>Lizzie Borden<br \/>\n<strong>Writer(s): <\/strong>Lizzie Borden (story), Lizzie Borden, Sandra Kay (screenplay)<br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Cast: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Louise Smith, Ellen McElduff, Marusia Zach, Amanda Goodwin, Janne Peters, Helen Nicholas<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>DISC INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Interviews<br \/>\n<strong>Slip Cover: <\/strong>No<br \/>\n<strong>Digital Copy: <\/strong>No<br \/>\n<strong>Formats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray<br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Number of Discs: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">1<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong>Audio: <\/strong>English (PCM 1.0)<br \/>\n<strong>Video: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.66<br \/>\n<strong>Subtitles: <\/strong>English<br \/>\n<strong>Disc Size: <\/strong>43.84 GB<br \/>\n<strong>Total Bitrate: <\/strong>40.11 Mbps<br \/>\n<strong>Codecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC<br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Region(s): <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">A<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; color: #ff0000;\"><b>The Criterion Collection provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.<br \/>\nThe opinions I share are my own.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg00.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Working Girls\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg00.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u00a0PLOT SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Working Girls<\/em><\/strong> reveals the textures of a day in the life of Molly (LOUISE SMITH), a photographer working part-time in a Manhattan brothel, as she juggles a steady stream of clients, balances relationships with her coworkers with the demands of an ambitious madam (ELLEN MCELDUFF), and above all fights to maintain her sense of self in a business in which the line between the personal and the professional is all too easily blurred.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 3\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This release comes housed in a clear HD keep case and comes with a 36-page <strong>booklet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> by Director Lizzie Borden, Director of Photography Judy Irola and Actor Amanda Goodwin that was recorded in 2007.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Interviews:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Lizzie Borden and Bette Gordon (21:20)<\/strong> \u2014 Director Lizzie Borden with her friend Bette Gordon on the making of <em>Working Girls<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Cast and Crew (22:12)<\/strong> \u2014 Actors Louise Smith and Amanda Goodwin, Producer Andi Gladstone, and First Assistant Director Vicky Funari talk about their experiences making <em>Working Girls<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sex Workers (26:09)<\/strong> \u2014 Sex workers Jo Weldon, Antonia Crane, Selena the Stripper, and Daphne talk about how <em>Working Girls<\/em> reflect their experiences in the sex industry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg03.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Working Girls\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg03.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>VIDEO \u2013 5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Working Girl<\/em><\/strong> is presented in its original 1.66 widescreen aspect ratio and given a new 1080p high-definition transfer, which was created in 4K resolution from the 16 mm A\/B original camera negative. The picture was restored by The Criterion Collection and the UCLA Film &amp; Television Archive along with the Sundance Institution. The video looks really pristine, clean and free of any hints of artifacts, aliasing, specs or dirt. The natural film grain and noise is abundant and gives the transfer some great texture.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>AUDIO \u2013 4\u00bc\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The disc comes with a PCM monaural track which was taken from the original magnetic tracks. The vast majority of this film is strictly dialogue and some ambient noises. The dialogue does come across with good clarity and no signs of pops, hisses or other flaws.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg04.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Working Girls\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg04.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Check out some more 1080p screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain <strong>spoilers<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<!--nextpage-->These are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n<table id=\"gallery\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 500px;\" colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Working Girls<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg00.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg00.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg01.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg01.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg02.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg02.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg03.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg03.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg04.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg04.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg05.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg05.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg06.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg06.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg07.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg07.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.img.vision\/moviemansguide\/wg08.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" 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