Julien Duvivier In The Thirties - Criterion Collection

Remembered primarily for directing the classic crime drama Pe'pe' le moko, Julien Duvivier was one of the finest filmmakers working in France in the 1930s. Thanks to a formidable innate understanding of the cinematic medium, Duvivier made the transition from silents to talkies with ease, marrying his expressive camera work to a strikingly inventive use of sound with a singular dexterity. His deeply shadowed, fatalistic early sound films David Golder and La tete d'un homme anticipate the poetic realist style that would come to define the decade in French cinema and, together with the small-town family drama Poil de Carotte and the swooning tale of love and illusion Un carnet de bal, showcase his stunning versatility. These four films - all featuring the great stage and screen actor Harry Baur - are collected here, each evidence of an immense and often overlooked cinematic talent.

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David Golder:

An unethical businessman is undone by domestic discord in Julien Duvivier's remarkable first sound film, and his first film starring the brilliant Harry Baur.

Poil de Carotte:

A lonely preadolescent (nicknamed Carrottop for his red hair) is desperate for love from his neglectful family in Duvivier's second adaptation of the beloved French novel.

La Tete D'un Homme:

Baur marvelously brings Georges Simenon's iconic Inspector Maigret to the screen in Duvivier's existential, pitch-black murder mystery.

Un Carnet De Bal:

A triumphant hit for Duvivier, this comedy-laced drama about the limits of nostalgia follows a wealthy widow as she tracks down the many suitors who romanced her years ago.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 22 november, 2015