into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or and won the Technical Grand Prize. Home media Insignificance was released on VHS in 1985, on Laserdisc a few years later, and on DVD in 2003. In June 2011, The Criterion Collection released a fully restored and re-mastered DVD and Blu-ray edition, containing interviews with Nicolas Roeg, Terry Johnson, long-time Roeg editor Tony Lawson, and the short film, "Making Insignificance". The release also contains a booklet with excerpts from the August 1985 Roeg-Johnson interview called "Relatively Speaking" in the 1985 Monthly Film Bulletin, and an essay by film critic Chuck Stephens. In popular culture The film is featured in Big Audio Dynamite's music video for "E=MC2". Clips of the film are shown throughout the video and are referenced throughout the song. References j External links McCarthyism and the Movies Insignificance: Stargazing an essay by Chuck Stephen at the Criterion Collection Interview with Theresa Russell by Sam Wasson 1985 films 1985 comedy-drama films British alternative history films British comedy-drama films British films based on plays Films about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Films directed by Nicolas Roeg Films set in 1954 Films set in the 1950s Films shot in New York City Cultural depictions of Marilyn Monroe Cultural depictions of Albert Einstein Cultural depictions of Joseph McCarthy Cultural depictions of Joe DiMaggio Films about McCarthyism Films scored by Stanley Myers Films scored by Hans Zimmer Films produced by Jeremy Thomas Films à clef 1985 comedy films 1985 drama films 1980s English-language films 1980s British films