Product Description
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Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
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Criterion Collection Special Edition
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A singular work in film history, Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne
Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles meticulously
details, with a sense of impending doom, the daily routine of a
middle-aged widow (Delphine Seyrig)—whose chores include making
the beds, cooking dinner for her son, and turning the occasional
trick. In its enormous spareness, Akerman’s film seems simple,
but it encompasses an entire world. Whether seen as an exacting
character study or one of cinema’s most hypnotic and complete
depictions of space and time, Jeanne Dielman is an astonishing,
compelling movie experiment, one that has been analyzed and
argued over for decades.BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURESNew 2K
digital restoration undertaken by the Royal Belgian Film Archive,
supervised by director of photography Babette Mangolte, with
uncompressed monaural soundtrack Autour de “Jeanne Dielman,” a
69-minute documentary— by actor Sami Frey and edited by Agnes
Ravez and director Chantal Akerman—made during the filming of
Jeanne DielmanInterviews from 2009 with Akerman and
MangolteExcerpt from “Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman,” a
1997 episode of the French television program Cinéma de notre
tempsInterview from 2007 with Akerman’s mother, NataliaExcerpt
from a 1976 television interview featuring Akerman and actor
Delphine SeyrigSaute ma ville (1968), Akerman’s first film, with
an introduction by the directorPLUS: A booklet featuring an essay
by film scholar Ivone Margulies
* Chantal Akerman - director
* Delphine Seyrig - lead actor
* 1975 released
* street date: 5/9/2017
* DRAMA
* WIDESCREEN
aspect ratio 1.66:1
* COLOR
* 201 MINUTES
* UNCOMPRESSED MONAURAL PCM
* ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Country of Origin - BELGIUM, FRANCE
CANADA AVAILABILITY - ENGLISH-SPEAKING CANADA
Review
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film history, Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du
Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles meticulously details, with a sense of
impending doom, the daily routine of a middle-aged widow
(Delphine Seyrig)—whose chores include making the beds, cooking
dinner for her son, and turning the occasional trick. In its
enormous spareness, Akerman’s film seems simple, but it
encompasses an entire world. Whether seen as an exacting
character study or one of cinema’s most hypnotic and complete
depictions of space and time, Jeanne Dielman is an astonishing,
compelling movie experiment, one that has been analyzed and
argued over for decades.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 2K digital restoration undertaken by the Royal Belgian
Film Archive, supervised by director of photography Babette
Mangolte, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Autour de “Jeanne Dielman,” a 69-minute documentary— by
actor Sami Frey and edited by Agnes Ravez and director Chantal
Akerman—made during the filming of Jeanne Dielman
- Interviews from 2009 with Akerman and Mangolte
- Excerpt from “Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman,” a 1997
episode of the French television program Cinéma de notre temps
- Interview from 2007 with Akerman’s mother, Natalia
- Excerpt from a 1976 television interview featuring Akerman and
actor Delphine Seyrig
- Saute ma ville (1968), Akerman’s first film, with an
introduction by the director
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Ivone
Margulies Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A singular
work in film history, Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai
du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles meticulously details, with a sense of
impending doom, the daily routine of a middle-aged widow
(Delphine Seyrig)—whose chores include making the beds, cooking
dinner for her son, and turning the occasional trick. In its
enormous spareness, Akerman’s film seems simple, but it
encompasses an entire world. Whether seen as an exacting
character study or one of cinema’s most hypnotic and complete
depictions of space and time, Jeanne Dielman is an astonishing,
compelling movie experiment, one that has been analyzed and
argued over for decades.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 2K digital restoration undertaken by the Royal Belgian
Film Archive, supervised by director of photography Babette
Mangolte, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Autour de “Jeanne Dielman,” a 69-minute documentary— by
actor Sami Frey and edited by Agnes Ravez and director Chantal
Akerman—made during the filming of Jeanne Dielman
- Interviews from 2009 with Akerman and Mangolte
- Excerpt from “Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman,” a 1997
episode of the French television program Cinéma de notre temps
- Interview from 2007 with Akerman’s mother, Natalia
- Excerpt from a 1976 television interview featuring Akerman and
actor Delphine Seyrig
- Saute ma ville (1968), Akerman’s first film, with an
introduction by the director
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Ivone
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