Children of paradise [DVD] = Les enfants du paradis / Pathé Consortium Cinéma présente ; un film de Marcel Carné ; scénario et dialogues de Jacques Prévert ; directeur de production, Fred Orain ; production, Société nouvelle Pathé cinéma ; directeur de la production, Raymond Borderie.
Format:
[DVD] =
Edition:
2-DVD special ed.
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
2 videodiscs (190 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1945. Special features include: Disc one. Pathé's 2011 restoration of part one; audio commentary by film scholar Brian Stonehill; video introduction by director Terry Gilliam; Once upon a time: "Children of paradise", a 2009 documentary on the making of the film; U.S. trailer -- Disc two. Pathé's 2011 restoration of part two; audio commentary by film scholar Charles Affron; "The birth of 'Children of paradise'", a 1967 Rob Houwer Film documentary featuring interviews with director Marcel Carné, actors Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, and Pierre Brasseur, production designer Alexandre Trauner and others; restoration demonstration; new visual essay on the design of "Children of paradise" by film writer Paul Ryan. Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Renoir, Maria Casarès, Louis Salou, Marcel Herrand.
Contents:
Disc one: Part 1. Le boulevard du crime (The boulevard of crime) -- Disc two: Part 2. L'homme blanc (The man in white).
Summary:
A story which revolves around theater in 19th century Paris, and the love between the mime Debureau and the beautiful courtesan Garance who is also loved by an aristocrat, a criminal, and an actor.
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