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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 9780783130651 Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0783130651 Item Dimensions: Label: Hbo Home Video Languages: Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video MPN: HBOD92384D Number Of Items: 5 Publisher: Hbo Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 23, 2005 Running Time: 720 minutes Studio: Hbo Home Video Theatrical Release Date: June 03, 2001 Editorial Review: Product Description: Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 01/06/2009 Rating: Nr Amazon.com: This penultimate season of Six Feet Under continues further down the darkly disturbing path so evident in the third season. To be sure, the signature--and ultimately undefinable--blend of tragic mishap with tripped-out comic eccentricity that has stamped the series from its debut remains pervasive. It's the concentration of the mix that has changed. Leavening moments seem less organic, much as the bizarre death sequences that open each episode often turn out to be rather contrived preludes to the ensuing thematic obsessions. Which isn't to say season 4 lacks the delightfully memorable quirkiness fans have grown to expect. Recurring incidents of fecal revenge bring tensions to the surface between Ruth (Frances Conroy) and her new husband George (James Cromwell), in turn leading to young intern Arthur's resignation (Rainn Wilson's spot-on characterization is so enjoyable that his self-imposed exile from the Fisher nest early in the season is a real loss). Ruth meanwhile hooks up again briefly with the irrepressible Bettina (Kathy Bates) for an excursion south of the border. But brooding glimpses into chaos beneath the surface provide the emotional momentum of this season, right from the opening scene, as Nate (Peter Krause) inevitably gravitates back toward Brenda (Rachel Griffiths) in the aftermath of his wife's death. As usual, writers and directors vary for each episode, but the dark eccentricities of creator Alan Ball's original characters have become more sharply focused and sustained. We seem to spend even more time viewing the world through individual points of view: Nate's roiling anger and grief or Claire's (Lauren Ambrose) newfound sexual and artistic experimentation as she learns about "grinding the corn" and attains respect as a photographer. The toxicity of relationships continues to be a preoccupation. We get the Ruth-George meltdown as well as the painful unraveling of Rico's (Freddy Rodriguez) marriage to Vanessa (Justina Machado). But the most harrowing episode follows David (Michael C. Hall) through an increasingly perilous carjacking. This nightmarish fugue, midway through, ripples out into the rest of the season, posing another threat to his tenuous relationship with Keith (Matthew St. Patrick). It sets a course for further apocalyptic imagery of environmental collapse and fallout shelters. There's little to gentle the downward slide and exposure of vulnerability, save taking refuge in the quirkiness that seems to be the Fishers' birthright. But that, as they say, is to die for. --Thomas May Average Rating:
 Rating: - The Worst of the BestSix Feet Under is a great show. Season 4 is a good season of a great show. The first episode of Season 4 is one of the best of the entire series and could almost be another finale to Season 3. Season 4's biggest problem is that it is a transition season. It starts off right where 3 left us, with Nate at Brenda's door. Half of the season is Nate getting over what happened in Season 3. I found that the Season struggled to find a place for Claire and for David. The big event in David's life in ... Read More Rating:  - Ten Feet TopsI consider "Six Feet Under", to be a tremendous movie. It is informative and very much alive throughout all of the seasonal episodes. Second time I've watched it and enjoy every episodes. I would love to see Peter Krause and Michael Hall in a really romantic gay movie. They would be outstanding in it, I am sure Rating: - Character evolutionThe fourth of five seasons of this highly acclaimed show contains episodes which never fail to provoke thoughtful reflection. "I've felt that!" "I've thought that!" "I've feared that!" Multi-layered characters involve you in their lives as they evolve. I rarely catch on to series, but this one is a keeper (which is why I'm buying my own DVD's of each season. If you can't see at least a part of yourself in one of the lead characters, regardless of your sexuality, then you haven't ... Read More Rating: - Depressing, but goodIt was a great season. It was more depressing than the other, proceeding seasons, but it was still a great season none the less. I definitely recommend it for any previous Six Feet Under fans. Rating: - Great Season of the Show! This looks even better with some distance than it did back when it was first shown. Was a wonderful show to begin with, even more special later. Rather than just a with a difference, this season offers up some rough emotions and great drama. A murder mystery and a horrible crime happen in raw old fashioned form. They have great payoffs for a usually quiet show and it doesn't detract from it all all. Death happens in all types of ways or then it doesn't happen. Make sure you watch this season. |
