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Special Features
New high-definition digital restoration
Audio commentary featuring Michael Wood, author of the BFI Film Classics book Belle de jour
New video piece featuring writer and sexual-politics activist Susie Bright and film scholar Linda Williams
New interview with screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière
Excerpt from the French television program Cinéma, featuring interviews with Carrière and actress Catherine Deneuve
Original and American release trailers
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Melissa Anderson and a 1970s interview with director Luis Buñuel
Editorial Reviews
The porcelain perfection of Catherine Deneuve (Repulsion) hides a cracked interior in the actress’s most iconic role: Séverine, a chilly Paris housewife by night, a bordello prostitute by day. This surreal and erotic late-sixties daydream from provocateur for the ages Luis Buñuel (Viridiana) is an examination of desire and fetishistic pleasure (its characters’ and its viewers’), as well as a gently absurdist take on contemporary social mores and class divisions. Fantasy and reality commingle in this burst of cinematic transgression, which was one of Buñuel’s biggest hits.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best version of a classi,
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Criterion's foray into high-definition transfers has, thus far, set the standard for the medium and Belle Du Jour is no exception to that. The palette is crisp, the details sharp and, while not reaching the height of clarity that 8 1/2 did, is definitely a credit to the medium. The film itself, of course, is a truly engaging journey through one persons pathology and, in true Bunuel fashion, left turns and surreal imagery abounds. Suffice it to say, this is the best version of the one of the best films of all time. How can you go wrong?
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This review is from: Belle de Jour (Criterion Collection) (DVD)
You never saw Belle de Jour in such a quality of images and sound. I have the older Miramax dvd and the comparison of the images is stunning: the sharp images and vivid colors are incredible in Criterion. The only thing that prevented me from throwing my old dvd in the thrash-can was that it has a commentary of scholar Julie Jones.Great Extra Material also: two great documentaries, one fantastic with Buñuel's son and Jean-Claude Carriere visiting the cities the spanish director lived and worked.
6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best films of all time,
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A must have for any fan of cinema. Great transfer, commentary, and interviews. Catherine Deneuve and Luis Buñuel at their finest.
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