La belle noiseuse [blu-ray] = The beautiful troublemaker / Cohen Film Collection ; Pierre Grise Productions, George Reinhart Productions présent ; en coproduction FR3 Films Production ; avec la participation du Centre National de la Cinématographie, de Canal +, d'Investimage 2 and 3, et avec l'aide de la Region Languedoc-Roussillon ; production, Martine Marignac ; régie, Janou Shammas ; scénario, Pascal Bonitzer, Christine Laurent, Jacques Rivette.
Format:
[blu-ray] =
Publisher:
Cohen Media Group,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
2 videodiscs (238 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
"Cohen Media Group presents an all-new 4K restoration of the provocative contemporary classic directed by Jacques Rivette"--Container. Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart, Marianne Denicourt, David Bursztein, Gilles Arbona. Based on the novella "Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu" by Balzac. Originally released as a motion picture in 1991. Booklet (6 pages ; illustrations) with credits inserted in container. Special features: feature length audio commentary track by film historian Richard Suchenski; interview with director Jacques Rivette; interview with co-writers Pascal Bonitzer and Christine Laurent ; Cohen film collection trailers.
Contents:
Disc 1. Feature (Part 1 ; 133 min.) -- Disc 2. Feature (Part 2 ; 105 min.) -- Interview with director Jacques Rivette -- Interview with co-writers Pascal Bonitzer and Christine Laurent.
Summary:
The former famous painter Frenhofer revisits an abandoned project using the girlfriend of a young visiting artist. Questions about truth, life, and artistic limits are explored. "The Grand Prix winner at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival, La Belle Noiseuse (aka The Beautiful Troublemaker) is legendary French New Wave director Jacques Rivette's intimately epic exploration of the convergence between artistry and eroticism. Edouard Frenhofer is a reclusive painter living in the French countryside with his wife. Their lives are radically upended with the arrival of a younger artist and his girlfriend, who becomes the muse that awakens Edouard's fading passions. Rivette creates a layered character study, while also offering an immersive meditation on the creative process."--Container.
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