Hiroshima mon amour /
Set in 1959, a French actress and a Japanese architect engage in a brief, intense affair in postwar Hiroshima, their consuming mutual fascination impelling them to exorcise their own scarred memories of love and suffering.
| Uniform Title: | Hiroshima mon amour (Motion picture) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | French dialogue; optional English subtitles. |
| Published: |
[New York] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2015]
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| Edition: | Blu-ray special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ;
196. |
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| Summary: | Set in 1959, a French actress and a Japanese architect engage in a brief, intense affair in postwar Hiroshima, their consuming mutual fascination impelling them to exorcise their own scarred memories of love and suffering. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1959; restored by Argos Films in 2013. Aspect ratio, 1.37:1. Special features: Audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie (2002); Interviews with director Alain Resnais from 1961 and 1980; Interviews with actor Emmanuelle Riva from 1959 and 2003; New interview with film scholar François Thomas; New interview with music scholar Tim Page about the film's score; Revoir "Hiroshima"..., a 2013 program about the film's restoration; booklet featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones and excerpts from a 1959 Cahiers du cinéma roundtable discussion about the film. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodiscs (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm) |
| Format: | Blu-ray; Region A; 4:3 presentation; mono ; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Production Credits: | Directors of photography, Michio Takahashi, Sacha Vierny ; editors, Henri Colpi, Jasmine Chasney ; music, Georges Delerue, Giovanni Fusco ; costume designer, Gerard Collery. |
| ISBN: | 1681430193 9781681430195 |