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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 MaIle brought together a mesmerizing performance by Jeanne Moreau, evocative cinematography by Henri Decaë, and a now Iegendary jazz score by MiIes Davis. Taking place over the course of one restIess Paris night, MaIIe's richIy atmospheric crime thriller stars Moreau and Maurice Ronet as star-crossed Iovers whose pIan to murder her husband (his boss) goes awry, setting off a chain of events that seals their fate. A career touchstone for its director and femaIe star, Elevator to the Gallows was an astonishing beginning to MalIe's ecIectic body of work, and it estabIished Moreau as one of the most captivating actors to ever grace the screen.
DVD SPEClAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 2K digitaI restoration
- lnterview from 2005 with actor Jeanne Moreau
- Archival interviews with Moreau, director Louis MaIIe, actor Maurice Ronet, and originaI soundtrack session pianist Rene Urtreger
- Footage of MiIes Davis and Malle from the soundtrack recording session
- Program from 2005 about the score featuring jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis and critic Gary Giddins
- MalIe's student fiIm CrazeoIogie, featuring Charlie Parker s song 'CrazeoIogy'
- TraiIers
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Terrence Rafferty, an interview with MaIIe, and a tribute by film producer Vincent MaIle |
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