Hiroshima mon amour /

A Japanese architect and a French actress engage in a brief intense affair in Hiroshima in 1959. Both deal with their personal memories of World War II-- he by articulating his firsthand experience with nuclear disaster, she by remembering her traumatic affair with a German soldier.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Hiroshima mon amour (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors:	Argos Films, Como Films, Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha, Pathe Overseas Productions (Firm), Home Vision Entertainment (Firm), Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Resnais, Alain, 1922-2014, Duras, Marguerite, Riva, Emmanuèle, Okada, Eiji, 1920-1995, Dassas, Stella, Barbaud, Pierre, Fresson, Bernard, 1931-2002
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	French
Language Notes:	In French with optional English subtitles.
Published:	[Chicago, Ill.] : [United States] : Home Vision Entertainment ; Criterion Collection, [2003]
Edition:	Dual-layer ed.
Series:	Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 196.
Subjects:	Man-woman relationships > Drama. Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > Drama. World War, 1939-1945 > Motion pictures and the war > Drama. Foreign films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Motion pictures, French. Motion pictures, Japanese. Feature films.

Description
Summary:	A Japanese architect and a French actress engage in a brief intense affair in Hiroshima in 1959. Both deal with their personal memories of World War II-- he by articulating his firsthand experience with nuclear disaster, she by remembering her traumatic affair with a German soldier.
Item Description:	Based on the book on Marguerite Duras. Videodisc release of the 1959 motion picture. A foreign film (France). Special features: New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound -- Audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie -- Vintage interviews with director Alain Resnais and actress Emmanuelle Riva -- New video interview with Emmanuelle Riva -- Excerpts from Marguerite Duras' screenplay annotations, narrated over clips from the film -- Isolated music and effects track -- Illustrated 32-page booklet, featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones, excerpts from a 1959 "Cahiers du Cinéma" round-table discussion about the film, an essay on composer Giovanni Fusco by Russell Lack, and character portraits by Duras -- New and improved English subtitle translation. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (29 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Format:	DVD; Dolby digital, mono.
Audience:	Not rated.
Production Credits:	Directors of photography, Michio Takahashi, Sacha Vierny ; editors, Henri Colpi, Jasmine Chasney ; music, Georges Delerue, Giovanni Fusco ; costume designer, Gerard Collery.
ISBN:	0780026934