A Man Escaped (Criterion Collection) (1956) On Blu-Ray

A Man Escaped (Criterion Collection) (1956) On Blu-Ray

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A Man Escaped (Criterion Collection) (1956) On DVD

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Actor :   Francois Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock, Roland Monod, Jacques Ertaud
Director: Robert Bresson
Genre:     Drama
Year:        1956
Studio:     Criterion Collection
Length:     101
Released: March 26, 2013
Rating:      Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:     DVD
Misc:         NTSC, Black & White
Language: English
subtitles:  English, French


DESCRIPTION:

 With the simplest of concepts and sparest of techniques, Robert Bresson (Au hasard Balthazar) made one of the most suspenseful jailbreak films of all time in A Man Escaped. Based on the memoirs of an imprisoned French resistance leader, this unbelievably taut and methodical marvel follows the fictional Fontaine’s single-minded pursuit of freedom, detailing the planning and carrying out of his escape with gripping precision. But Bresson’s film is not merely process-minded—it’s a work of intense spirituality and humanity.


Special Features:

 

  • New high-definition digital restoration
  • Bresson: Without a Trace, a 1965 episode of the television program Cinéastes de notre temps in which the director gives his first on-camera interview
  • The Essence of Forms, a forty-five-minute documentary from 2010 in which some of Bresson’s collaborators and admirers, including actor François Leterrier and director Bruno Dumont, share their thoughts about the director and his work
  • New visual essay with text by film scholars David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson
  • Trailer
  • New English subtitle translation
  • PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Tony Pipolo

    Actor :   Francois Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock, Roland Monod, Jacques Ertaud
    Director: Robert Bresson
    Genre:     Drama
    Year:        1956
    Studio:     Criterion Collection
    Length:     101
    Released: March 26, 2013
    Rating:      Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
    Format:     DVD
    Misc:         NTSC, Black & White
    Language: English
    subtitles:  English, French


    DESCRIPTION:

     With the simplest of concepts and sparest of techniques, Robert Bresson (Au hasard Balthazar) made one of the most suspenseful jailbreak films of all time in A Man Escaped. Based on the memoirs of an imprisoned French resistance leader, this unbelievably taut and methodical marvel follows the fictional Fontaine’s single-minded pursuit of freedom, detailing the planning and carrying out of his escape with gripping precision. But Bresson’s film is not merely process-minded—it’s a work of intense spirituality and humanity.


    Special Features:

     

  • New high-definition digital restoration
  • Bresson: Without a Trace, a 1965 episode of the television program Cinéastes de notre temps in which the director gives his first on-camera interview
  • The Essence of Forms, a forty-five-minute documentary from 2010 in which some of Bresson’s collaborators and admirers, including actor François Leterrier and director Bruno Dumont, share their thoughts about the director and his work
  • New visual essay with text by film scholars David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson
  • Trailer
  • New English subtitle translation
  • PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Tony Pipolo
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