Pierrot le Fou - Criterion Collection

Buy This Item Pierrot le Fou - Criterion Collection by Criterion Collection  Available from Amazon  $34.99  on 9-22-2008     Dissatisfied in marriage and life, Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmondo) takes to the road with the babysitter, his ex-lover Marianne Renoir (Anna Karina), and leaves the bourgeoisie behind. Yet this is no normal road trip: genius auteur Jean-Luc Godard s tenth feature in six years is a stylish mash-up of consumerist satire, politics, and comic-book aesthetics, as well as a violent, zigzag tale of, as Godard called them, the last romantic couple. With blissful color imagery by cinematographer Raoul Coutard and Belmondo and Karina at their most animated, Pierrot le fou is one of the high points of the French new wave, and one last frolic before Godard moved ever further into radical cinema Special Features * - SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES: * - New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by cinematographer Raoul Coutard * - New video interview with actor Anna Karina * - A "Pierrot" Primer, a new video program with audio commentary by filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin * - Godard, l'amour, la poésie, a fifty-minute French documentary about director Jean-Luc Godard and his work and marriage with Karina * - Archival interview excerpts with Godard, Karina, and actor Jean-Paul Belmondo * - Theatrical trailer * - New and improved English subtitle translation * - PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Richard Brody, a 1969 review by Andrew Sarris, and a 1965 interview with Godard Reader Reviews Criterion does it again. I saw this film on the big screen twice in the past year. So, with that in my mind, I was prepared to be forgiving toward Criterion's transfer (which I knew would be better than anything around, but just not as solid and beautiful as the new print). But forgivness was not necessary. In some ways it would be a greater experience to watch this DVD on the proper Television than to watch a projected print! What an accomplishment. If Godard is not your thing, you may not want to purchase this DVD, but if he is (or if you enjoy 60's French cinema) then this is a MUST OWN. The Double disc is worth the price for the documentary on Godard and Karina alone. And also for the interview with the latter. Plus, it has a wonderfully insiteful primer from Jean Pierre Gorin. A welcome addition to my DVD library.

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