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Le plaisir [videorec...
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Le plaisir [videorecording (
DVD
)] / a film by Max Ophuls.
The Criterion Collection : Janus Films, c2008.
Call #:
DVD
PLA
Series
Criterion collection ; 444.
ISBN:
9781604650600
1604650605
Format:
[videorecording (
DVD
)] /
Edition:
Special ed.
Description:
1 videodisc (97 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., b&w ; 12 cm. + 1 booklet.
Notes:
Based on three stories by Guy de Maupassant.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.
Bonus features: Introduction by filmmaker Todd Haynes (Far from heaven) ; English and German language versions of the opening narration ; From script to screen: a video essay featuring film scholar Jean-Piere Berthomé discussing the evolution of the director Max Ophuls's screenplay for Le plaisir ; interviews with actor Daniel Gélin, assistant director Tony Aboyantz, and set decorator Robert Christidès ; new and improved English subtitle translation ; PLUS: a new essay by film critic Robin Wood (booklet).
1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Home use only.
In French with optional English subtitles.
Contents:
1. A voice in the dark -- 2. The mask: at the ball -- 3. Identity revealed -- 4. Back home -- 5. The Tellier house: the women of the house -- 6. Disgruntled clients -- 7. Boredom breeds arguments -- 8. The journey begins -- 9. Something for nothing -- 10. The countryside with Joseph -- 11. Constance -- 12. Silent night -- 13. First communion -- 14. Joseph gets in trouble -- 15. The 3:55 -- 16. A celebratory return -- 17. The model: Jean and Josphine -- 18. The fighting begins -- 19. Leaving -- 20. A desperate act -- 21. Color bars.
Production:
Adaptation by Jacques Natanson and Max Ophuls ; dialogue Jacques Natason.
Performers:
Paul Azaïs, Jean Galland, Gaby Bruyère, Claude Dauphin, Gaby Morlay, Madeleine Renaud, Ginette Leclerc, Mila Parély, Danielle Darrieux, Mathilde Casadesus, Balpétré, René Blancard, Henri Crémieux, Louis Seigner, Pierre Brasseur, Jean Gabin, Jean Servais, Daniel Gélin and Simone Simon.
Summary:
"Roving with his dazzlingly mobile camera around the decadent ballrooms, bucolic countryside retreats, urban bordellos, and painter's studios of late nineteenth-century Parisian society, Max Ophuls brings his astonishing visual dexterity and storytelling bravura to this triptych of tales by Guy de Maupassant about the limits of spiritual and physical pleasure. Featuring a stunning cast of French stars (including Danielle Darrieux, Jean Gabin, and Simone Simon), Le plaisir pinpoints the cruel ironies and happy compromises of life with a charming and sophisticated breeziness."--Container.
Genre:
French films.
Foreign films.
Comedy films.
Films français.
Films comiques.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893.
Ophuls, Max, 1902-1957.
Darrieux, Danielle, 1917-
Gabin, Jean, 1904-1976.
Simon, Simone.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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1
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