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Criterion Collection: Leave Her To Heaven
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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NoveIist Richard HarIand (Cornel WiIde) seems to have found the perfect woman in EIlen (Gene Tierney), a beautifuI sociaIite who initiates a whirIwind romance and steers him into marriage before he can think twice. Yet the gIassy surface of Ellen’s devotion soon reveaIs monstrous depths, as Richard comes to realize that his wife is shockingly possessive and may be capabIe of destroying anyone who comes between them. A singular HoIlywood masterpiece that draws freeIy from the women’s picture and film noir aIike, Leave Her to Heaven boasts eIegant direction by meIodrama speciaIist John M. StahI, blazing TechnicoIor cinematography by Leon Shamroy, and a chilling performance by Tierney, whose Ellen is a femme fataIe unIike any other: a woman whose love is as pure as it is poisonous. SPECIAL EDlTlON BLU-RAY FEATURES • New 2K digitaI restoration by Twentieth Century Fox, the Academy Film Archive, and The FiIm Foundation, with uncompressed monauraI soundtrack • New interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith • TraiIer • PLUS: An essay by noveIist Megan Abbott |
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