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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 0715515027823
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: Criterion Collection
Manufacturer: Criterion Collection
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Criterion Collection
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 19, 2008
Running Time: 110 minutes
Sales Rank: 7885
Studio: Criterion Collection
Theatrical Release Date: 1965
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Product Description:
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
Amazon.com essential video:
Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a man who has married for money and is terribly disillusioned with his life. When forced to go to a dinner party he does not want to attend, he throws a temper tantrum and returns home early. When driving Marianne (Anna Karina), the babysitter, back home, they fall in love and decide to run away from Paris. They embark on a series of escapades that begins with running illegal arms for extra cash and runs the gamut: love, death, ennui, boat chases, murder, betrayal, revenge, lost cash, and almost anything else you can think of, and all with a sense of reality that is an interesting contrast to the typical American film. Jean-Luc Godard (Breathless, Alphaville) blends different genres with great success and achieves moments of cinematic poetry in this quasi-epic of modern malaise. Also a cameo by the Hollywood director Samuel Fuller is something to watch for. Be aware that Godard is for people seriously interested in cinematic art. --James McGrath
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Rating:  -
I'm reviewing the Criterion Collection edition, which looked like a fine transfer to me. If you are a Godard completist, I suppose this version would be on your list. Thee disc of extra is a good example of what the Criterion collection can be all about- a full disc of goodies- great if you are super into this movie or Godard. Personally, I don't like this movie, which is why the rating isn't higher, but it's a handsome piece to own. And it's the Criterion Collection so... what choice do you ... Read More
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Godard's first ten films are characterized as his most "new wave" of films (why Maculin/Feminin and Weekend aren't "new wave" is beyond me. Perhaps it has to do with Anna Karina and Godard's separation, though they had divorced before filming Alphaville). Anyway, if this indeed is his last new wave film, it serves as a sort of masters thesis of everything that he made before.
Ferdinand/Pierrot (Jean-Paul Belmondo, wonderful) lives an unsatisfying life of domesticity with his rich, vapid ... Read More
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It's beneath the artist to explain his work. You'll just have to figure out the meaning of my review's title on your own.
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I like Godard's early films A Bout de Souffle and Band Apart, but this is...I don't know what to say...too much? If you like Godard, the French New wave and so on, this Criterion DVD is made with excellent transfer and with some really good extras (like the documentary about Godard and Anna Karena). But the film is too playful for me to appreciate, it's more interesting as an idea than to watch. 2 stars for the film and 4 stars to Criterions package. If you haven't tried Godards films before don't start ... Read More
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During the year of 1965, Jean-Luc Godard would create three highly acclaimed films: Alphaville, Pierrot le fou, and Masculin, Feminin. What makes this accomplishment even more outstanding is the fact that these three films could not be more different from each other with Alphaville being an Orwellian science fiction film and Masculin, Feminin being a romance with a strong socialist edge. However, amongst these three films it would be the lone color film Pierrot le fou, Peter the Wild, that would garner most ... Read More
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