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A mysterious kidnapping of a corrupt banker by a shadowy crime fighter (American magician Channing Pollock) spins out into a thrillingly complex web of deceptions. Combining stylish sixties modernisms with silent-cinema touches and even a few unexpected sci-fi accents.
| Other Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | French dialogue; English subtitles. |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
[Publisher not identified],
[2014]
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| Edition: | [Criterion collection]. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ;
710. |
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| Summary: | A mysterious kidnapping of a corrupt banker by a shadowy crime fighter (American magician Channing Pollock) spins out into a thrillingly complex web of deceptions. Combining stylish sixties modernisms with silent-cinema touches and even a few unexpected sci-fi accents. |
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| Item Description: | Title from disc label. Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. Special features: Interview for 2007 with cowriter Jacques Champreux; Interview from 2012 with actor Francine Bergé; Franju le visionnaire, a fifty-minute program from 1998 on director Geroges Franju's career; Two short films by Franju: Hôtel des invalides (1951), about the Paris military complex, and Le grand Méliès (1952), about director Georges Méliès. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (97 min.) : Blu-ray, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Blu-ray, region A, anamorphic widescreen (1.66:1); mono.; requires Blu-ray player. |