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Originally Posted by bizarre_eye  I know it's not an official Arrow Video title, but is there any news on the specs for this? I'm really looking forward to it.
Also, I'm hoping that they use different cover art to that of the previous DVD release - it was very bland and boring...  |
Well it's not part of Arrow that we handle information-wise but seeing as there are clearly some people on here with great taste and it's a labour of love for Fran at Arrow here's the packshot:
and the equally handsome specs:
Arrow Academy: Les diaboliques Blu-ray
BluRay - £22.99
Cat No: FCD500
Released: 18 Apr 2011
Starring: Simone Signoret, Paul Meurisse, Véra Clouzot
Directed by: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Rating: 18
Duration: 117 mins
Overview: After the success of The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur) Henri-Georges Clouzot cemented his reputation with his masterpiece, Les diaboliques.
Based on a novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac (who also wrote the novel on which Hitchcock’s Vertigo is based), Les diaboliques tells the story of a sadistic headmaster (Paul Meurisse) who brutalises his wife and mistress (Véra Clouzot and Simone Signoret) and their plot to murder him. Superbly edited with nail-biting suspense, the two women murder the headmaster and dump the body in the swimming pool, but when the pool is drained no corpse is found. An unsettling and beautifully-paced study of betrayal, mistrust and guilt, Les diaboliques is atmospherically shot in black and white, its murky tones hauntingly echo the moral ambiguity of its principals.
An acknowledged influence on Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick among others, Les diaboliques is presented on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Brand new High Definition transfer of the film from a new restoration of the original negative
- Audio commentary by Susan Hayward, author of Les diaboliques (Cine-file French Film Guides)
- Original Trailer
- Filmed interview with Ginette Vincendeau, French cinema scholar, critic and author
- Original Trailer
- Brand new writing on the film by author and critic Brad Stevens and a re-printed interview with Clouzot by Paul Schrader illustrated with stills and rare original set drawings by Léon Barsacq.
- Artwork presentation packaging including original posters and a newly commissioned artwork cover
Region ABC
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