SEPTEMBER 

Stranger Than Paradise

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

Permanent Vacation (1980, 75 minutes), Jarmusch's first full-length feature, presented in a new, restored high-definition digital transfer supervised by the director 
Kino '84: Jim Jarmusch: a 1984 German television program featuring interviews with cast and crew from Stranger Than Paradise and Permanent Vacation 
Some Days in January, 1984, a behind-the-scenes Super-8 film by Tom Jarmusch 
Location and on-set photos 
U.S. and Japanese trailers 
PLUS: A booklet featuring Jarmusch's 1984 "Some Notes on Stranger Than Paradise," Geoff Andrew and J. Hoberman on Stranger Than Paradise, and Luc Sante on Permanent Vacation

Night on Earth

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

Audio commentary by director of photography Frederick Elmes and location sound mixer Drew Kunin 
Q&A with Jarmusch, in which he responds to questions sent by fans 
1992 Belgian television interview with Jarmusch 
PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by Paul Auster, Thom Andersen, Bernard Eisenschitz, Goffredo Fofi, and Peter von Bagh, as well as the lyrics to Tom Waits' original songs from the film 

Robinson Crusoe on Mars

Special Features

Audio commentary featuring screenwriter Ib Melchior, actors Paul Mantee and Victor Lundin, production designer Al Nozaki, Oscar-winning special effects designer and Robinson Crusoe on Mars historian Robert Skotak, and excerpts from a 1979 audio interview with director Byron Haskin 
Destination: Mars, a new video featurette by Michael Lennick detailing the science behind Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Excerpts from Melchior's original screenplay 
New music video for Victor Lundin's song Robinson Crusoe on Mars 
Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos, production designs, and promotional material 
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by filmmaker and space historian Michael Lennick, a Brief Yargorian Dictionary of Melchior's original alien dialect, and a list of facts about Mars included with his original screenplay 

The Threepenny Opera

SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES

New, restored high-definition digital transfer (taken from a new film restoration element from the Bundesarchiv in Germany) 
Audio commentary by scholars David Bathrick, author of The Dialectic and the Early Brecht, and Eric Rentschler, author of The Films of G. W. Pabst 
L'opera de quat'sous, Pabst's French-language version of The Threepenny Opera, starring Albert Prjean and Florelle 
A video interview with film scholar Charles O'Brien on the differences between the English and French versions 
New exclusive documentary on Threepenny's controversial journey from stage to screen to lawsuits 
Gallery of production photos by Hans Casparius 
Production sketches by art director Andre Andrejew 
PLUS: A new essay by film critic Tony Rayns

Martha Graham: Dance on Film

SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES

New, restored high-definition digital transfers of three films: A Dancer's World, Appalachian Spring, Night Journey
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed, an American Masters documentary following Graham's career 
Side-by-side comparison, by dance critic Deborah Jowitt, of excerpts from a 1940s performance of Appalachian Spring, featuring Graham, Eric Hawkins, and Merce Cunningham, with the 1958 film 
Aaron Copland: Art in America, a short documentary by Nathan Kroll, featuring composer Aaron Copland discussing Appalachian Spring with artist Paul Jenkins 
A visual essay narrated by Kroll 
New interview with Museum of Television and Radio curator Ron Simon discussing Kroll's work and legacy 
Interviews with film editors Eleanor Hamerow and Miriam Arsham discussing their work on the three films 
New interviews with Graham company dancers Mimi Cole, Mary Hinkson, Linda Hodes, Stuart Hodes, Yuriko Kikuchi, and Ethel Winter 
Excerpts from The Martha Graham Technique, a 1975 filmed demonstration featuring company members and narrated by Graham 
16mm home-movie footage of Graham's company from their 1954 European tour 
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by writer Joan Acocella