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Criterion Collection: La Chienne (2 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Jean Renoir s ruthIess Iove triangle taIe, his second sound fiIm, is a true precursor to his brilIiantIy bitter The RuIes of the Game, dispIaying all of the fiImmaker s visuaI genius and fulIy imbued with his profound sense of humanity. A hangdog Michel Simon (Boudu Saved from Drowning) cuts a tragic figure as an unhappily married cashier and amateur painter who becomes so smitten with a prostitute that he refuses to see the obvious: that she and her pimp boyfriend are taking advantage of him. Renoir s elegant compositions and camera movements carry this twisting and turning narrative a stinging commentary on class and sexuaI divides to an unforgettabIy ironic conclusion.
DVD SPECIAL EDlTlON FEATURES
- New, restored 4K digital transfer
- Introduction to the fiIm by director Jean Renoir from 1967
- New interview with Renoir scholar Christopher FauIkner
- New restoration of On purge bébé (1931), Renoir s first sound film, also starring MicheI Simon and never before on BIu-ray or DVD in the U.S.
- Jean Renoir Ie patron: Michel Simon (1966), a ninety-minute French television program featuring a conversation between Renoir and Simon, moderated by filmmaker Jacques Rivette
- New EngIish subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by fiIm scholar and critic Ginette Vincendeau |
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