Directed by MARCEL CARNÉ - OnVideo· New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition · L’aventure des “Visiteurs du soir,”

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THE CRITERION COLLECTION PRESENTS

ChILDREn of PARADIsE

“One of the greatest French films of all time.”—New York

“A breathtaking achievement on every front.”—Geoff Andrew, Time Out

“This restoration reignites a glorious flame.” —The Guardian

THE LANDMARK RESTORATION OF THE TOWERING MASTERPIECE OF FRENCH CINEMA,

DIRECT FROM ITS THEATRICAL RERELEASE

A SPECTACULAR NEW SPECIAL EDITION!Poetic realism reached sublime heights with Children of Paradise, widely considered one of the greatest French films of all time. This nimble depiction of nineteenth-century Paris’s theatrical demimonde, filmed during World War II, follows a mysterious woman (The Pearls of the Crown’s ARLETTY) loved by four different men (all based on historical figures): an actor, a criminal, a count, and, most poignantly, a street mime (La ronde’s JEAN-LOUIS BARRAULT, in a longing-suffused performance for the ages). With sensitivity and dramatic élan, director MARCEL CARNÉ (Port of Shadows) and screenwriter JACQUES PRÉVERT (Le jour se lève) resurrect a world teeming with hucksters and aristocrats, thieves and courtesans, pimps and seers. Thanks to a major new restoration, this iconic classic looks and sounds richer and more detailed than ever.

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES · New high-definition digital transfer from Pathé’s 2011

restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition

· Audio commentaries by film scholars Brian Stonehill and Charles Affron

· Video introduction by director Terry Gilliam

· Once Upon a Time: “Children of Paradise,” a 2010 documentary on the making of the film

· New visual essay on the design of Children of Paradise by film writer Paul Ryan

· The Birth of “Children of Paradise,” a 1967 German documentary that visits Nice, where the film was partially shot, and features interviews with cast members Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur; production designer Alexandre Trauner; and others

· Restoration demonstration

· U.S. trailer

· New English subtitle translation

· PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Dudley Andrew and excerpts from a 1990 interview with director Marcel Carné

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1945 · 190 mInUtEs · BLACk & WhItE · monAURAL · In fREnCh WIth EngLIsh sUBtItLEs · 1.37:1 AsPECt RAtIo

NOMINEE BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAy,

ACADEMy AWARDS, 1946

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A film by Paul Bartel


EAtIng RAoUL

“A very funny comedy about sex, murder, and cannibalism.”

—Vincent Canby, The New York Times

“The most likable black comedy I know.”—Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

THE AMERICAN CULT COMEDY SENSATION, IN A SPECIAL EDITION PACKED WITH TASTY EXTRAS

A sleeper hit of the early 1980s, Eating Raoul is a bawdy, gleefully amoral tale of conspicuous consumption.

Warhol superstar MARY WORONOV and cult legend PAUL BARTEL (who also directed) portray a prudish

married couple feeling put upon by the swingers who live in their apartment building; one night, by

accident, they discover a way to simultaneously realize their dream of opening a little restaurant and rid

themselves of the “perverts” down the hall. A mix of hilarious, anything-goes slapstick and biting satire of

me-generation self-indulgence, Eating Raoul marks the end of the sexual revolution with a thwack.

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES · New, restored digital transfer, supervised by

director of photography Gary Thieltges, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition

· Audio commentary featuring screenwriter Richard Blackburn, art director Robert Schulenberg, and editor Alan Toomayan

· The Secret Cinema (1968) and Naughty Nurse (1969), two short films by director Paul Bartel

· Cooking Up “Raoul,” a new documentary about the making of the film, featuring interviews with stars Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, and Edie McClurg

· Gag reel of outtakes from the film

· Archival interview with Bartel and Woronov

· Trailer

· PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Ehrenstein

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1982 · 83 mInUtEs · CoLoR · monAURAL · 1.78:1 AspECt RAtIo

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ThE GAmE

“Intensely exciting.”—Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

“Gorgeous, magnificently directed . . . There’s no denying the burnished elegance evident in every frame.”

—Mike D’Angelo, A.V. Club

MIchael douGlas and sean penn, In daVId FIncheR’s sTylIsh ThRIlleR

fOR THE fIRST TIME ON BLu-RAy!

Enormously wealthy and emotionally remote investment banker Nicholas Van Orton (Traffic’s MIchael douGlas) receives a strange gift from his ne’er-do-well younger brother (Milk’s sean penn) on his forty-eighth birthday: a voucher for a game that, if he agrees to play it, will change his life. Thus begins a trip down a rabbit hole that is puzzling, terrifying, and exhilarating for Nicholas and viewer alike. This multilayered, noirish descent into one man’s personal hell is also a surreal, metacinematic journey that, two years after the phenomenon Se7en, further demonstrated that director daVId FIncheR was one of Hollywood’s true contemporary visionaries.

dIRecToR-appRoVed specIal edITIon FeaTuRes · New, restored digital transfer, supervised by director David

fincher and director of photography Harris Savides, with original theatrical 5.1 surround theatrical soundtrack, in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition

· Alternate 5.1 surround mix optimized for home theater viewing, supervised by sound designer Ren Klyce and fincher, in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition

· Audio commentary by fincher, Savides, actor Michael Douglas, screenwriters John Brancato and Michael ferris, digital animation supervisor Richard “Dr.” Baily, production designer Jeffrey Beecroft, visual effects supervisor Kevin Haug, and visual effects producer Robyn D’Arcy

· An hour’s worth of exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and film-to-storyboard comparisons for four of the film’s major set pieces, with commentary

· Alternate ending

· Trailer and teaser trailer, with commentary

· plus: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Sterritt

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1997 · 128 mInUTEs · CoLoR · 5.1 sURRoUnD · 2.40:1 AspECT RATIo


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UMBERTO D.A film by Vittorio De Sica

now AVAILABLE In A BLU-RAY EdItIon!


UmBERto d.

“A great and memorable achievement . . . Contains a comprehension of human feelings and fatalism that pierce the heart and mind.”

—The New York Times

“It may be the best of the Italian neorealist films.”

—Roger Ebert

A devAstAtIng ClAssIC of neoreAlIsm, from tHe dIreCtor of BICYCLE THIEVES

FOR THE FIRST TIME ON BLU-RAY!

This neorealist masterpiece by vIttorIo de sICA (Bicycle Thieves) follows the daily life of an elderly

pensioner as he struggles to make ends meet during Italy’s postwar economic recovery. Alone except for

his dog, Flike, Umberto is determined to maintain his dignity in a city where human kindness seems to

have been swallowed up by the forces of modernization. His simple quest to satisfy his most fundamental

needs—food, shelter, companionship—makes for one of the most heartbreaking stories ever filmed, and an

essential classic of world cinema.

blu-rAy sPeCIAl edItIon feAtures

· High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

· That’s Life: Vittorio De Sica, a fifty-five-minute documentary made for Italian television in 2001

· Video interview with actress Maria Pia Casilio from 2003

· Trailer

· Plus: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Stuart Klawans and reprinted recollections by De Sica and Carlo Battisti, who plays Umberto D.

1952 · 89 mInUtEs · BLAck & whItE · monAURAL · In ItALIAn wIth EngLIsh sUBtItLEs · 1.37:1 AspEct RAtIo

nomInee BEST MOTION PICTURE STORY,

ACADEMY AwARDS, 1956

WInner BEST FOREIgN-LANgUAgE FILM,

NEw YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AwARDS, 1955

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LEs VIsItEURs DU soIR

“Wonderful performances . . . Graced with an undeniable visual splendor.”

—Tom Milne, Time Out

“Eerie and often beautiful.” —Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

A DEVILISHLY CHARMING ROMANTIC FANTASY FROM THE DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN OF PARADISE

NEVER BEFORE ON BLU-RAY OR DVD!

A work of poetry and dark humor, Les visiteurs du soir is a lyrical medieval fantasy from the great French

director MARCEL CARNÉ (Children of Paradise). Two strangers (Children of Paradise’s ARLETTY and

La dolce vita’s ALAIN CUNY), dressed as minstrels, arrive at a castle in advance of court festivities—and

it is revealed that they are actually emissaries of the devil himself, dispatched to spread heartbreak and

suffering. Their plans, however, are thwarted by an unexpected intrusion: human love. Often interpreted

as an allegory for the Nazi occupation of France, during which it was made, Les visiteurs du soir—wittily

written by JACQUES PRÉVERT (Children of Paradise) and PIERRE LAROCHE (Lumière d’été), and elegantly

designed by ALEXANDRE TRAUNER (Port of Shadows) and shot by ROGER HUBERT (Children of

Paradise)—is a moving and whimsical tale of love conquering all.

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES · New high-definition digital restoration, with

uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition

· L’aventure des “Visiteurs du soir,” a documentary on the making of the film

· Trailer

· New English subtitle translation

· PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson

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1942 · 121 mInUtEs · BLAck & WhItE · monAURAL · In FREnch WIth EngLIsh sUBtItLEs · 1.33:1 AspEct RAtIo


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