Le Plaisir
by Max Ophuls
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Actor: Danielle Darrieux, Jean Gabin, Simone SimonDirector: Max Ophuls
Brand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-09-16
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Criterion Collection
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Movie Review: Le Plaisir DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
I love the films of Max Oph?ls; he has such a way with the camera. This B&W French film from 1952 is particularly tricky because the camera is always in motion. The story is made up of 3 vingettes having to do with pleasure, and perhaps the price that is sometimes paid for pleasure. I like The Earrings of Madame de... more, but this is a good one to add to your collection.
Summary of Le Plaisir
Roving with his dazzlingly mobile camera around the decadent ballrooms, bucolic countryside retreats, urban bordellos, and painter's studios of late nineteenth-century Parisian society, Max Ophuls brings his astonishing visual dexterity and storytelling bravura to this triptych of tales by Guy de Maupassant about the limits of spiritual and physical pleasure. Featuring a stunning cast of French stars (including Danielle Darrieux, Jean Gabin, and Simone Simon), Le plaisir pinpoints the cruel ironies and happy compromises of life with a charming and sophisticated breeziness. SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:New, restored high-definition digital transfer, Introduction by filmmaker Todd Haynes, English- and German-language versions of the opening narration, From Script to Screen, a video essay featuring film scholar Jean-Pierre Berthome discussing the evolution of Ophuls's screenplay for Le plaisir, Interviews with actor Daniel Gelin, assistant director Tony Aboyantz, and set decorator Robert Christides, New and improved English subtitle translation. PLUS: A new essay by film critic Robin Wood.Art House & International DVD Video
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