The immortal story / written and directed by Orson Welles ; produced by Micheline Rozan. Une histoire immortelle / Gaumont presente ; scénario et réalisation, Orson Welles ; version française du dialogue de Louise De Vilmorin ; producteur délégue, Micheline Rozan.
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out booklet.
Container of (work): Histoire immortelle (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012006610 Container of (expression): Histoire immortelle (Motion picture). English.
Notes:
Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Roger Coggio, Norman Eshley. New, restored 4k digital transfer of the English-language version of the film. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968. Adaptation of a story by Isak Dinesen. Widescreen (aspect ratio: 1.66:1) Special features: audio commentary from 2005 featuring film scholar Adrian Martin; portrait: Orson Welles, a 1968, documentary directed by François Reichenbach and Frédéric Rossif; new interview with actor Norman Eshley; interview from 2004 with cinematographer Willy Kurant; new interview with Welles scholar François Thomas; essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum.
Summary:
A wealthy merchant in nineteenth century Macao becomes obsessed with bringing to life an oft-related anecdote about a rich man who gives a poor sailor a small sum of money to impregnate his wife.
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