DVD: Danielle Darrieux

DVD: Danielle Darrieux

DVD:

Danielle Darrieux

René Bazart, Dorothée Blank

Miramax, 2002

an overlooked masterpiece
I just had to pitch in on this one. I'm a bit of a film geek, and have watched plenty of them. I'd say this movie is one of my personal favorites - definitely in the top five. No kidding. It serves the vital function of reminding me, when I need to be, that life can be ...

8 Women

Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart

Universal Studios, 2003

A mystery story worthy of Hitchcock
I really enjoyed this movie. It is a thriller/mystery where a murder has been committed and it is plain that it has to be one of 8 women, but who exactly. Everyone appears to have a good reason to have committed the act and the accusations, jealousies and intrigues are ...

Persepolis

Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve

Sony Pictures, 2008

Some UK reviewers have criticized it, but ...
Some UK reviewers have criticized Marjane for seemingly complaining that the Iranian regime tried to stop her and her associates from partying. I would not defend partying of this kind, but it is evident that these critical reviewers have not had the experience of ...

Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons) (200-Minute Version in French)

Catherine Deneuve, Rupert Everett

Fox Lorber, 2004

Josée Dayan's Exquisite Updated Adaptation
This review refers to "Les Liasions Dangereuses" - 270 minute extended edition(Wellspring DVD)... I love this story and try to see every version of it that comes out. This one made in 2003, by the wonderful Josée Dayan, is purely exquisite. This tale of deadly ...

Earrings of Madame de...

Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux

Criterion Collection, 2008

The magisterial Max Ophuls, and one of his greatest films....
Let me start off like this....bear with me... I detest Hollywood chick flicks. They are simplistic, childish, silly, and completely unrealistic in their depiction of so-called romance. The term "romantic comedy" makes me nauseaous. Many friends and family members ...

Le Plaisir

Jean Gabin, Simone Simon

Criterion Collection, 2008

Max Ophuls' marvelous film of pleasure and, perhaps, love
The screen is pitch black and we hear a voice..."I'm so happy to be talking in the dark as if I were beside you, and maybe I am." The speaker is Guy de Maupassant (voiced by Jean Marais), and Le Plaisir is three of his stories filmed by the great director Max Ophuls. ...

Dangerous Liaisons (200-Minute Version in English)

Persepolis (+ BD Live) [Blu-ray]

Alexander the Great

Richard Burton, Fredric March

MGM (Video & DVD), 2004

Alexander the Great
This is a better movie then the new one they made with Colin Farell. It is more refreshing to watch a movie that is easier to understand about the history then the confusing flashbacks that do not explain enough.

The Rage of Paris

Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Danielle Darrieux

Alpha Video, 2005

50 Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong
The above is the famous ad tag for Danielle Darrieux's American debut, noting her enormous popularity in her native France. They were right. THE RAGE OF PARIS is one of the greatest romantic comedy "screwball" films Hollywood made during the 1930's yet is surprisingly ...

Madame De... [PAL, Region 2, Import]

Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux

One of Max Ophuls most elegant and saddest films, with superb performances by Boyer, Darrieux and De Sica
What a sad, elegant film this is. The Earrings of Madame de... takes us into the fin de siecle Parisian world of the mannered rich, where the act of amorous intimacy is as much an expected social obligation as it is a personal pleasure, where a serious discussion about ...

The World of Jacques Demy

Anouk Aimée, Richard Berry

Fox Lorber, 2003

For Jacques Demy devotees
If you love the films of Jacques Demy as I do, then this is a must-see film, one of three documentaries about him by his wife Agnes Varda. All of his work is touched upon in this docuementary. Interviews with the director, his relatives, and the stars of his films are ...

Ca Ira Mieux Demain

Nathalie Baye, Didier Bezace

Tva Films, 2007

NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Purchased this DVd from Amazon, but although the item description says it has English subtitles, the DVD sent to me did not contain any subtitles whatsoever. Had to return the DVD. Amazon should correct its item description.

8 femmes

Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve

A mystery story worthy of Hitchcock
I really enjoyed this movie. It is a thriller/mystery where a murder has been committed and it is plain that it has to be one of 8 women, but who exactly. Everyone appears to have a good reason to have committed the act and the accusations, jealousies and intrigues are ...

Napoleon: The Epic Life of a Great French Leader

Micheline Presle, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Bci / Eclipse, 2001

Version noir et blanc en anglais et couleur en français
Ce film sur la vie de Napoléon est relativement bien fait. Sacha Guitry raconte la vie de Napoléon en se mettant dans la peau du Prince de Talleyrand qui fut Ministre des affaires étrangères de la France tant sous Napoléon que sous Louis XVIII. Il est regrettable que ...