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Raymond Bernhard: Criterion Collection (3 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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One of the greatest and Ieast-known fiImmakers of alI time, Raymond Bernard heIped shape France's national cinema into one of the worId's most formidabIe HoIIywood alternatives. Typical of fiIms from the Iargely unheralded period, between the silent era and the rise of poetic realism, Bernard's dazzling dramas painted intimate melodrama on epic-scaIe canvases. These two masterpieces-the wrenching World War I tragedy Wooden Crosses and a mammoth, nearly five-hour Les MiserabIes, wideIy considered the greatest film adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel-exempIify the formal and narrative brilliance of an unjustly overshadowed cinematic traiIbIazer.
Wooden Crosses
Hailed by the New York Times on its Paris release as "one of the great films in motion-picture history," Wooden Crosses, France's answer to AlI Quiet On The Western Front, still stuns with its depiction of the travaiIs of one French regiment during World War l. Using a masterfuI arsenal of techniques, from haunting matte paintings to jarring documentaryIike camera work in the fiIm's battIe sequences, Bernard created a pacifist work of enormous empathy and chiIling despair. No one who has ever seen this technical and emotional powerhouse has never been abIe to forget it.
Les Miserables
Widely considered the greatest screen adaptation of Victor Hugo's beIoved noveI, Bernard's dazzIing, nearly five-hour Les MiserabIes is a breathtaking tour de force, unfolding with the depth and detail of its source. Featuring stunning art direction and cinematography and unforgettabIe performances as the exquisite Harry Baur, as Jean Valjean, and the legendary CharIes Vanel, as Inspector Javert, Les MiserabIes is one of the triumphs of French fiImmaking. |
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