La prisonnière /
The final film of Henri-Georges Clouzot's brilliant career, A sensuously colorful film of voyeuristic sexual obsession. It maps a love triangle between abstract sculptor Gilbert, his TV editor girlfriend Josě, and art gallery owner Stanislas. At an art opening, Gilbert ditches Josě, so she ends...
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | French dialogue; optional English subtitles. |
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New York, NY :
Kino Classics,
[2019]
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| Summary: | The final film of Henri-Georges Clouzot's brilliant career, A sensuously colorful film of voyeuristic sexual obsession. It maps a love triangle between abstract sculptor Gilbert, his TV editor girlfriend Josě, and art gallery owner Stanislas. At an art opening, Gilbert ditches Josě, so she ends up going home with Stanislas, who shows her a photograph of a woman in bondage. The image is shocking and alluring, and Josě asks to attend his next erotic photo shoot. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced in France and Italy as a motion picture in 1968. Bonus features: audio commentary by film historian Kat Ellinger; Elisabeth Wiener, l'insoumise (The rebellious Elisabeth Wiener, (25 min.); trailers; booklet essay by film critic Elena Lazic. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : color illustrations ; 14 cm) |
| Format: | Blu-ray. Wide screen (1.66:1). |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Andreas Winding; editor, Noëlle Balenci. |