DVD Review: The Edge of Love
Josh Boone - Virginia Pilot
Jul 17, 2009
Blu-ray widescreen and DVD widescreen, 2007, R for some sexuality, language and disturbing war images
Best extra A chummy commentary between director John Maybury ("The Jacket") and Welsh actor Matthew Rhys
Penned by Keira Knightley's mother, Sharman Macdonald , "The Edge of Love" tells of the love triangle between Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Matthew Rhys), his wife (Sienna Miller) and a singer (Knightley) during World War II. Their idyllic relationship is challenged when the singer marries a soldier (Cillian Murphy).
The highly stylized film is presented beautifully in high-def, with vivid colors and remarkable detail. Knightley and Miller have never looked lovelier. Equally impressive is the disc's uncompressed soundtrack, which fans of Angelo Badalamenti will eat up. His moving score as well as the songs performed by Knightley (yep, that's her singing) make just as much of an impression as the exploding rockets.
The remaining extras are slim and disappointing, with a featurette running under 10 minutes and a blooper reel (odd for such a heavy film) presented in standard definition. The commentary with Maybury and Rhys is quite funny, whether they're gossiping about a day Miller arrived exhausted to the set because she had been out partying the night before or jokingly referring to the film as a low- budget remake of "Atonement."
- Josh Boone
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