"Barbie," "The Teacher's Lounge," and "As They Made Us - A Lifetime": These are the DVDs and Blu-rays of the week.
"It seems as if it was the perfect storm," Martin Scorsese raved, "It came at just the right time." Although the US director had not seen "Barbie" or "Oppenheimer" in the cinema himself, he was well aware of the "Barbenheimer" hype.
In July 2023, Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" was released in theaters simultaneously with Christopher Nolan's biopic about the father of the atomic bomb. You can't get much more contrast than that.
"Barbie" broke two records on its very first weekend: not only did the film have the most successful cinema debut of the year, but it also became the most successful film directed by a woman. With a worldwide box office revenue of over 1.4 billion US dollars, "Barbie" currently ranks eleventh among the most successful films of all time. Now, the vibrant pink film adventure, as well as the drama "The Teacher's Lounge" and the tragicomedy "As They Made Us - A Lifetime," are coming to DVD and Blu-ray.
"Barbie" (Release: October 26)
Barbie has been a real bestseller for over six decades, and its target audience consists almost exclusively of little girls.
Those who enjoy brushing synthetic hair and love pink. However, it's not that simple in the film "Barbie." In the direction of Greta Gerwig ("Lady Bird"), who co-wrote the screenplay with Noah Baumbach, the first cracks in the magical divide between Barbie's (Margot Robbie) dream world and reality appear early on.
Eventually, this wall crumbles completely. Strange things happen, and Barbie begins to doubt her overly perfect world of pink-on-pink, where every day is "the best day ever." Shortly thereafter, she embarks on a journey to the "Real World," as clearly marked, with Ken (Ryan Gosling) to discover the "truth about the universe."
During this journey between the grotesque Barbie idyll and the very ordinary real world, some guest stars make appearances, including Michael Cera, Ariana Greenblatt, Dua Lipa, Kate McKinnon, John Cena, and Will Ferrell as the boss of the toy manufacturer Mattel.
