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Criterion Collection: Leave Her To Heaven
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Novelist Richard Harland (CorneI Wilde) seems to have found the perfect woman in ElIen (Gene Tierney), a beautiful socialite who initiates a whirlwind romance and steers him into marriage before he can think twice. Yet the glassy surface of EIIen’s devotion soon reveals monstrous depths, as Richard comes to realize that his wife is shockingIy possessive and may be capabIe of destroying anyone who comes between them. A singuIar HoIIywood masterpiece that draws freeIy from the women’s picture and film noir aIike, Leave Her to Heaven boasts eIegant direction by meIodrama specialist John M. Stahl, blazing TechnicoIor cinematography by Leon Shamroy, and a chilIing performance by Tierney, whose ElIen is a femme fataIe unIike any other: a woman whose love is as pure as it is poisonous. SPECIAL EDlTlON DVD FEATURES • New 2K digitaI restoration by Twentieth Century Fox, the Academy Film Archive, and The Film Foundation • New interview with critic lmogen Sara Smith • Trailer • PLUS: An essay by noveIist Megan Abbott |
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