UID:
kobvindex_ZLB16144693
Format:
1 BD (145 Min. + Bonus)
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Monaural, dts-HD Master Audio
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1 Beih.
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1.85:1
Edition:
Special ed.
ISBN:
9781604653717
Series Statement:
The Criterion collection : [BD] 385
Content:
Jean-Pierre Melville's masterpiece about the French Resistance against the Nazi occupation went unreleased in the United States for thirty-seven years, before its triumphant theatrical debut in 2006. Atmospheric and gripping, Army of Shadows is Melville's most personal film, featuring Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and the incomparable Simone Signoret as intrepid underground fighters who must grapple with their own brand of honor in their battle against Hitler's regime. (Criterion)
Content:
Extras: * High-definition digital transfer of the 2004 restoration, supervised by director of photography Pierre Lhomme (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition) * Optional DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack * Audio commentary featuring film historian Ginette Vincendeau * Interviews with Lhomme (15 min.) and editor Françoise Bonnot (11 min.) * On-set footage and excerpts from archival interviews with director Jean-Pierre Melville, cast members, writer Joseph Kessel, and real-life Resistance fighters: 1. L'invite du dimanche - a selection of excerpts from the French television program L'invite du dimanche, containing interviews with Jean-Pierre Melville, actors Paul Crauchet, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and Simone Signoret, writer Joseph Kessel, and Andre Dewavrin (a.k.a Colonel Passy). Originally aired in 1969. In French, with optional English subtitles. (31 min, 1080i). 2. Simone Signoret and Lucie Aubrac - short interview excerpts from Liberation, liberation: Le cinema de l'ombre in which Simone Signoret and Lucie Aubrac, who was an inspiration for Mathilde in Army of Shadows, discuss Jean-Pierre Melville's film. In French, with optional English subtitles. (6 min, 1080i). 3. Ouvrez les guillemets - excerpts from an episode of the popular French television series in which former members of the Resistance recall their activities. The episode was directed by Claude Barma, and originally aired in April 1973. In French, with optional English subtitles. (24 min, 1080i). * Jean-Pierre Melville et "L'armée des ombres" (2002), a short program on the director and his film (a documentary film, produced by Philippe Quinconneau for Studio Canal, in which actor Jean-Pierre Cassel, editor Francoise Bonnot, Writer and filmmaker Philippe Labro, composer Eric Demarsan, cinematographer Pierre Lhomme, and director Bertrand Tavernier discuss the legacy and public image of Jean-Pierre Melville. In French, with optional English subtitles. (27 min.). * Le journal de la Résistance (1944), a rare short documentary shot on the front lines during the final days of German-occupied France (shot primarily by twelve French cameramen (led by Jean Painleve and Jean Gremillon) in August 1944, Le journal de la Resistance captures the final French insurrection in German-occupied Paris, the surrender of the Germans, and the mass celebration in the streets. It aimed to restore France's reputation as a unified country and continues to be shown to commemorate that victorious time. Narrated by Noel Coward, the film was sponsored by the Liberation Committee of the French Cinema. In French, with optional English subtitles, 35 min.). * Film restoration demonstration by Lhomme * Theatrical trailers * PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critic Amy Taubin and historian Robert O. Paxton, as well as excerpts from Rui Nogueira#s Melville on Melville
Note:
Ländercode: A
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High-definition digital transfer of the 2004 restoration with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. Optional DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
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The booklet featuring essays by critic Amy Taubin and historian Robert O. Paxton, as well as excerpts from Rui Nogueira's Melville on Melville
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Orig.: Frankreich/Italien, 1969
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Le journal de la Résistance (1944). Jean-Pierre Melville et "L'armée des ombres" (2002). Liberation, liberation: Le cinema de l'ombre (excerpt). L'invite du dimanche (excerpt). Ouvrez les guillemets (excerpt).
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Engl. Untertitel
Language:
French
Keywords:
Résistance
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Geschichte 1942-1943
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Film
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Blu-Ray-Disc
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Résistance
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Geschichte 1944
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Blu-Ray-Disc
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L' armée des ombres
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Kommentar
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Blu-Ray-Disc
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Kommentar
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Kommentar
Author information:
Melville, Jean-Pierre
Author information:
Kessel, Joseph
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