Synopsis: Jane Wyman is a repressed wealthy widow and Rock Hudson is the hunky Thoreau-following gardener who loves her in Douglas Sirk’s heartbreakingly beautiful indictment of 1950s small-town America. Sirk utilizes expressionist colors, reflective surfaces, and frames-within-frames to convey the loneliness and isolation of a matriarch trapped by the snobbery of her children and the gossip of her social-climbing country club chums.
An hour of excerpts from Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk, a 1979 BBC Documentary featuring rare interview footage with the director.
"Imitation of Life: On the Films of Douglas Sirk": An illustrated essay by filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder
A collection of Vintage Lobby Cards and Production Stills
Original Theatrical Trailer
Exclusive Liner Notes by Noted Film Theorist Laura Mulvey
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