Pierre Etaix - Criterion Collection

A French comedy master whose films went unseen for decades as a result of legal tangles, director-actor Pierre Etaix is a treasure the cinematic world has rediscovered and embraced with relish. His work can be placed on the spectrum of classic physical comedy with that of Jacques Tati and Jerry Lewis, but it also stands alone in its good- natured delicacy. These films, influenced by Etaixs experiences as a circus acrobat and clown and by the silent film comedies he adored, are elegantly deadpan, but as an on-screen presence, Etaix radiates warmth.

This collection includes all of his films, five features, The Suitor,Yoyo, As Long as Youve Got Your Health, Le grand amour, and Land of Milk and Honeymost of them collaborations with the great screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrièreand three shorts, Rupture, the Oscar-winning Happy Anniversary, and Feeling Good. Not one of these is anything less than a bracing and witty delight.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 12 april, 2013