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"Before his convention-shattering debut, Breathless, had even premiered, Jean-Luc Godard leapt into the making of his second feature, a thriller that would tackle the most controversial subject in France: the use of torture in the Algerian War. Despite his lack of political convictions, a photojournalist Bruno Forestier (Michel Subor) is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence movement. Anna...

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Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 1010 Criterion collection ; 1010 Blu-ray

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ISBN:

9781681436784

Edition:

Blu-ray special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (88 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
wide screen
HDTV
video file
Blu-ray video
region A

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

Features: High-definition digital restoration, approved by cinematographer Raoul Coutard; Interview with director Jean-Luc Godard from 1965; Interview with actor Michael Subor from 1963; Audio interview with Godard and Gideon Bachman from 1961; New English subtitle translation; on insert, an essay from critic Nicholas Elliott
Originally produced in 1963
Title from container
Cinematography, Raoul Coutard ; editing, Agnès Guillemot, Lila Herman, Nadine Trintignant ; music, Maurice Leroux
Anna Karina, Michel Subor, Henri-Jacques Huet, Paul Beauvais, László Szabó
Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (1.37:1 aspect ratio) ; monaural
For private home use only
Audio tracks in French, with optional subtitles in English

Control Number:

3015424

UPC:

715515240215

Other Authors:

Beauregard, Georges de, film producer
Beauvais, Paul (Actor), actor
Coutard, Raoul, director of photography
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Elliott, Nicholas, writer of added commentary
Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930-2022, actor
Guillemot, Agnès, 1931-2005, editor of moving image work
Herman, Lila, editor of moving image work
Huet, Henri-Jacques, actor
Karina, Anna, 1940-2019, actor
Le Roux, Maurice, composer (expression)
Société nouvelle de cinématographie, production company
Subor, Michel, 1935-2022, actor
Szabó, László, 1936- actor
Trintignant, Nadine, editor of moving image work

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