Orlando DVD (2009) Tilda Swinton, Potter (DIR) cert PG 2 discs Title: Orlando Leading Actor: Tilda Swinton Region: Region 2 Duration: 90 mins Format: DVD / Special Edition Type: DVD No. of Discs: 2 disc(s) Studio / Publisher: Elevation Sales UK Release Date: 09 Nov 2009 Edition: Special Edition A critical film in the history of British Cinema, Sally Potter’s adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s witty modernist novel took eight years to make it to the screen and is a meticulously crafted commentary on all things English as well as being a wonderfully romantic tale. Tilda Swinton stars as the eponymous hero who lives for 500 years and changes sex halfway. Granted a favour of immortality from Quentin Crisp’s archetypal Queen Elizabeth I, Orlando proceeds to spend the next few centuries in search of love, life and adventure.
