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Catherine Deneuve Collection (Place Vendome / Pola X / Dangerous Liaisons / Kings and Queen)

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For the Deneuve fan, this really isn't the best collection of her work. "Place Vendome" was a terrific film, there's no doubt about it. "Dangerous Liaisons" was ok, but not the creme de la creme of definitive Deneuve. "Pola X" was a wretched film that Deneuve is only in for about 5-10 minutes in the beginning. And while I have not seen "Kings and Queen", I'm told that her screen time is minimal. How is a Catherine Deneuve Collection not going to include an Oscar nominated performance in "Indochine?" If you want the best of Deneuve, you're better off buying individual copies of "Indochine," "Place Vendome," "Repulsion," "Belle de Jour," "East/West," and even "Belle Maman" if you can get your hands on it.

Outside of Place Vendome and Liasons, I don't know why someone would purchase this set. It has none of her most impressive work other than Place Vendome. It would have been much nicer to find the 40th Anniversary edition of Belle de Jour, Tristana, Les Voleurs, or Belle Maman. This is more of the same, and those of us that own countless Deneuve films want new remastered releases and films that have never before been on DVD. The Screen Icons collection at Amazon UK, which is released by Optimum is a much better collection. I myself own it, and it has one film that most Deneuve fans have probably never seen, Manon 70.