The passion of Joan of Arc = la passion de Jeanne D'Arc / director, Carl Theodor Dreyer ; screenplay, Carl Theodor Dreyer, with the collaboration of Joseph Deteil.
Edition:
Two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition ; full screen.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
2 videodiscs (81 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Full screen (1.33:1). Originally released as a motion picture in 1928. Special features: New high-definition digital restoration of the film by Gaumont, presented at 24 frames per second; Alternate presentation of the film at 20 frames per second with Danish intertitles; Three scores; audio commentary from 1999 by Casper Tybjerg; new interview with Einhorn; new conversation between Gregory and Utley; new video essay by Tybjerg exploring the debate over the film's frame rate; interview from 1995 with Renée Falconetti's daughter and biographer, Hel̀ène Falconetti; verion history; production design archive; new English subtitle translation; essay by Mark Le Fanu, 1929 director's statment by Carl Theodor Dreyer; full libretto for The Voices of Light. Renée Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud, Gilbert Dalleu, Jean d'Yd, Lois Ravet.
Summary:
Chronicling the trial of Joan of Arc in the days leading up to her execution, Danish master Carl Theodor Dreyer depicts her torment with startling immediacy, employing an array of techniques, including expressionistic lighting, interconnected sets, and painfully intimate close-ups, to immerse viewers in her subjective experience.
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