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Le feu follet : The fire within /

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Describes the last 48 hours in the life of a dissolute playboy headed towards suicide. Evokes images of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe, but presents a picture of dissolution and suicide devoid of self-pity.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm), New Yorker Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Ronet, Maurice, 1927-1983, Skerla, Léna, Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017, Drieu La Rochelle, Pierre, 1893-1945
Format: Video VHS
Language:French
Published: New York, N.Y. : New Yorker Video, [1992]
Series:Louis Malle collection.
Subjects:
Foreign films.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:Describes the last 48 hours in the life of a dissolute playboy headed towards suicide. Evokes images of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe, but presents a picture of dissolution and suicide devoid of self-pity.
Item Description:French with English subtitles.
Videocassette release of the 1963 motion picture.
Based on the book by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle.
"NYV00792."
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Ghislain Cloquet ; editor, Suzanne Baron ; art, Bernard Evein ; music, Erik Satie.
ISBN:1567300561