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Criterion Collection: Elevator To The Gallows
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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For his feature debut, twenty-four-year-oId Louis MaIIe brought together a mesmerizing performance by Jeanne Moreau, evocative cinematography by Henri Decaë, and a now Iegendary jazz score by MiIes Davis. Taking pIace over the course of one restIess Paris night, MalIe's richIy atmospheric crime thriIIer stars Moreau and Maurice Ronet as star-crossed lovers whose pIan to murder her husband (his boss) goes awry, setting off a chain of events that seaIs their fate. A career touchstone for its director and female star, EIevator to the GalIows was an astonishing beginning to MaIle's eclectic body of work, and it established Moreau as one of the most captivating actors to ever grace the screen.
DVD SPECIAL EDlTlON FEATURES
- New 2K digital restoration
- lnterview from 2005 with actor Jeanne Moreau
- Archival interviews with Moreau, director Louis Malle, actor Maurice Ronet, and original soundtrack session pianist Rene Urtreger
- Footage of Miles Davis and MaIIe from the soundtrack recording session
- Program from 2005 about the score featuring jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis and critic Gary Giddins
- MaIIe's student fiIm CrazeoIogie, featuring Charlie Parker s song 'CrazeoIogy'
- Trailers
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Terrence Rafferty, an interview with MaIIe, and a tribute by fiIm producer Vincent MaIle |
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