La ronde [videorecording] / Janus Films ; Sacha Gordine présente un film de Max Ophuls ; adaptation de Jacques Natanson et Max Ophuls ; dialogues de Jacques Natanson ; directeur de production, Ralph Baum.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 p. ; b&w ill. ; 19 cm.)
D'après la pièce d' [After the play by] Arthur Schnitzler. Anton Walbrook, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Simone Simon, Daniel Gélin, Danielle Darrieux, Fernand Gravey, Odette Joyeux, Jean-Louis Barrault, Isa Miranda, Gérard Philipe. Originally produced as a French motion picture in 1950. Bonus features: Commentary [optional audio feature]; Circles of desire: Alan Williams on "La Ronde" [featurette] (36 min.); Marcel Ophuls on Max Ophuls [featurette] (7 min.); Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde" [featurette] (13 min.); Schnitzler correspondence [slide show]; booklet includes the essay "Vicious Circle" by Terrence Rafferty.
Contents:
Story about love -- Prostitute and the soldier -- Soldier and Marie -- Maid and the young man -- Young man and the married woman: Part 1 -- Young man and the married woman: Part 2 -- Emma and her husband -- Husband and the young girl -- Young girl and the poet -- Poet and the actress -- Actress and the Count -- Count and the prostitute -- Merry-go-round stops -- Color bars.
Summary:
La Ronde translates as 'the round' which can refer to the policeman's beat, a circle of dancers, or a carousel, all of which this circular collection of interconnected short stories resembles. Each scene is built around a specific pair, and when one member of the pair breaks away from his or her lover, he or she then moves on to the next, introducing the partner that will lead on to the next pair, and so on until we are back where we started. Many of these lovers are seeking something they've lost in arms that look familiar but that belong to strangers. La ronde is the bittersweet note sounded by the circular nostalgia of the heart.
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