Monsieur Verdoux : a comedy of murders /
In this dark comedy first released during WWII, Henri Vedoux, played by Charlie Chaplin, supports his family by first marrying, and then killing wealthy widows. On another level the film is an indictment of war in which mass murder is legalized, celebrated and paraded. "Killing is the enterpris...
| Uniform Title: | Monsieur Verdoux (Motion picture). |
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| Corporate Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English French |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned. Sound tracks: English (Dolby surround 5.1 and mono.) and French (mono.), with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai, and Korean. |
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[France?] :
Mk2 ;
[2003]
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| Edition: | Standard version. |
| Series: | Chaplin collection (Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.))
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| Summary: | In this dark comedy first released during WWII, Henri Vedoux, played by Charlie Chaplin, supports his family by first marrying, and then killing wealthy widows. On another level the film is an indictment of war in which mass murder is legalized, celebrated and paraded. "Killing is the enterprise by which your system prospers," Verdoux says. "As a mass killer, I am an amateur by comparison." |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1947. Based on an idea by Orson Welles. Dual-layer format. All-new digital transfer from Chaplin family vault picture and audio elements. Special features: Introduction by David Robinson: Chaplin's biographer discusses the historical and cinematic context of the film (5 min.) -- Chaplin today : Monsieur Verdoux: documentary by Bernard Eisenschitz with the participation of the master of the thriller film, Claude Chabrol (26 min.) -- Plan drawings of the set and preparatory sketches -- Photo gallery: production stills and photos of the actors -- Film posters: each poster is accompanied by a radio commercial of the period -- Trailers (5 min.) -- The Chaplin collection (12 min.). Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital. |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Roland Totheroh ; editor, Willard Nico ; music, Charles Chaplin. |
| ISBN: | 0790771691 |