The Shooting / Ride in the Whirlwind (Criterion Collection)

Jack Nicholson, Will Hutchins, Millie Perkins. This exciting double-whammy, featuring overlapping casts and crews, combines two of Monte Hellman’s best directorial attempts at deconstructing the Western genre: digital restorations of both The Shooting (82 min.) and Ride in the Whirlwind (82 min.). Also includes audio commentaries on both films featuring Helmman and film historians Bill Krohn and Blake Lucas, new interviews with actors John Hackett, B.J. Merholz, Millie Perkins and Harry Dean Stanton as well as members of the production crew, new conversation between Hutchins and programmer Jake Perlin, new video appreciation of actor Warren Oates by critic Kim Morgan and essay by critic Michael Atkinson on 2 DVDs. 1966/color/G/widescreen.