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Jour de fête (1949)
Directed by Jacques Tati
Country: France
Duration: 86 minutes
Language: French
Spine #730
DVD BONUS FEATURES
Two alternate versions of the film: director Jacques Tati’s 1964 reedit, featuring hand-colored objects and newly incorporated footage, and the full-color 1995 rerelease, completed from Tati’s original color negatives
À l’américaine, a 2013 visual essay by Tati expert Stéphane Goudet tracking the evolution of Tati’s comedy
“Jour de fête”: In Search of the Lost Color, a 1988 documentary on the restoration of the film to Tati’s original color vision
Trailer
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The Complete Jacques Tati
Spine #729
DVD BOX SET FEATURES
New digital restorations of all seven short films: On demande une brute (1934), Gai dimanche (1935), Soigne ton gauche (1936), L’école des facteurs (1946), Cours du soir (1967), Forza Bastia (1978), and Dégustation maison (1978)
Two alternate versions of Jour de fête, a partly colorized 1964 version and the full-color 1995 rerelease version
Original 1953 theatrical release version of Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday
My Uncle, the version of Mon oncle that director Jacques Tati created for English-language audiences
Introductions by actor and comedian Terry Jones to Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday, Mon oncle, and PlayTime
Archival video and audio interviews with Tati
In the Footsteps of Monsieur Hulot, a 1989 documentary about Tati’s beloved alter ego
Five visual essays and a classroom lecture by Tati expert Stéphane Goudet
New interview with critic Michel Chion on Tati’s sound design
“Jour de fête”: In Search of the Lost Color, a 1988 documentary on the restoration of the film to Tati’s original color vision
Once Upon a Time . . . “Mon oncle,” a 2008 documentary on the making of the film
Everything Is Beautiful, a 2005 piece on the fashion, furniture, and architecture of Mon oncle
Selected-scene commentaries on PlayTime by Goudet, theater director Jérôme Deschamps, and critic Philip Kemp
Tativille, a documentary shot on the set of PlayTime
Beyond “PlayTime,” a short 2002 documentary featuring on-set footage
“An Homage to Jacques Tati,” a 1982 program featuring Tati friend and set designer Jacques Lagrange
Interview from 2006 with PlayTime script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot
Tati Story, a short biographical film from 2002
Alternate international soundtracks for Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday and PlayTime
Trailers
PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics James Quandt, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Kristin Ross, and David Cairns
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Sundays and Cybèle (1962)
Directed by Serge Bourguignon
Country: France
Duration: 111 minutes
Language: French
Spine #728
DVD BONUS FEATURES
New interviews with director Serge Bourguignon and actors Hardy Krüger and Patricia Gozzi
Le sourire (1960), Bourguignon’s Palme d’Or–winning short documentary, with a new introduction by the director
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by critic Ginette Vincendeau
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The Innocents (1961)
Directed by Jack Clayton
Country: United States
Duration: 100 minutes
Language: English
Spine #727
DVD BONUS FEATURES
Introduction by cultural historian Christopher Frayling
Audio commentary featuring Frayling
New interview with cinematographer John Bailey about director of photography Freddie Francis and the look of the film
New piece on the making of the film, featuring interviews from 2006 with Francis, editor Jim Clark, and script supervisor Pamela Mann Francis
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by critic Maitland McDonagh
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Macbeth (1971)
Directed by Roman Polanski
Country: United Kingdom
Duration: 140 minutes
Language: English
Spine #726
DVD BONUS FEATURES
Toil and Trouble: Making “Macbeth,” a new documentary featuring interviews with Polanski, producer Andrew Braunsberg, assistant executive producer Victor Lownes, and actors Francesca Annis and Martin Shaw
Polanski Meets Macbeth, a 1971 documentary by Frank Simon featuring rare footage of the film’s cast and crew at work
Interview with coscreenwriter Kenneth Tynan from a 1971 episode of The Dick Cavett Show
“Two Macbeths,” a segment from a 1972 episode of the British television series Aquarius featuring Polanski and theater director Peter Coe
Trailers
PLUS: An essay by critic Terrence Rafferty
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Eraserhead (1977)
Directed by David Lynch
Country: United States
Duration: 89 minutes
Language: English
Spine #725
DVD BONUS FEATURES
“Eraserhead” Stories, a 2001 documentary by Lynch on the making of the film
New 2K digital restorations of six short films by Lynch: Six Men Getting Sick (1967), The Alphabet (1968), The Grandmother (1970), The Amputee, Version 1 and Version 2 (1974), and Premonitions Following an Evil Deed (1995), all with video introductions by Lynch
New documentary featuring interviews with actors Charlotte Stewart and Judith Roberts, assistant to the director Catherine Coulson, and cinematographer Frederick Elmes
Archival interviews with Lynch and members of the cast and crew
Trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring an interview with Lynch from filmmaker and writer Chris Rodley’s 1997 book Lynch on Lynch
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All That Jazz (1979)
Directed by Bob Fosse
Country: United States
Duration: 123 minutes
Language: English
Spine #724
DVD BONUS FEATURES
Audio commentary featuring editor Alan Heim
Selected-scene audio commentary by actor Roy Scheider
New interviews with Heim and Fosse biographer Sam Wasson
New conversation between actors Ann Reinking and Erzsebet Foldi
Episode of the talk show Tomorrow from 1980, featuring director Bob Fosse and choreographer Agnes de Mille
Interviews with Fosse from 1981 and 1986
On-set footage
Portrait of a Choreographer, a 2007 documentary on Fosse
The Soundtrack: Perverting the Standards, a 2007 documentary about the film’s music
Interview with George Benson from 2007, about his song “On Broadway,” which opens the film
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Hilton Als
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Y tu mamá también (2001)
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 minutes
Language: Spanish
Spine #723
DVD BONUS FEATURES
Two new pieces on the making of the film, featuring interviews, recorded at the time of production and in 2014, with actors Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, and Maribel Verdú; Alfonso Cuarón; cowriter Carlos Cuarón; and Lubezki
New interview with philosopher Slavoj Žižek about the film’s social and political aspects
On-set documentary from 2001
Deleted scenes
You Owe Me One (2002), a short film by Carlos Cuarón
Trailers
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Charles Taylor and reprinted character biographies by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón
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Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 minutes
Language: Spanish
Spine #722
DVD BONUS FEATURES
New documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with Pedro Almodóvar; Agustín Almodóvar; actors Antonio Banderas, Victoria Abril, Loles León, and Rossy de Palma; production manager Esther García; and cinematographer José Luis Alcaine
New interview with Almodóvar collaborator and Sony Pictures Classics copresident Michael Barker
Conversation from 2003 between Pedro Almodóvar and Banderas
Footage from the film’s 1990 premiere party in Madrid
PLUS: A booklet featuring a 1990 piece about the film by Pedro Almodóvar, a conversation between critic Kent Jones and filmmaker Wes Anderson, and an interview with Almodóvar from 1989
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Love Streams (1984)
Directed by John Cassavetes
Country: United States
Duration: 141 minutes
Language: English
Spine #721
DVD BONUS FEATURES
New audio commentary featuring writer Michael Ventura
New video essay on actor Gena Rowlands by film critic Sheila O’Malley
New interviews with executive producer and director of photography Al Ruban and actor Diahnne Abbott
Interview from 2008 with actor Seymour Cassel
“I’m Almost Not Crazy . . .”—John Cassavetes: The Man and His Work (1984), a sixty-minute documentary by Ventura on the making of Love Streams
Trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Dennis Lim and a 1984 New York Times piece on the film by Cassavetes
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The Big Chill (1983)
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan
Country: United States
Duration: 105 minutes
Language: English
Spine #720
DVD BONUS FEATURES
New interview with Kasdan
Reunion of cast and crew from the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, including Kasdan and actors Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, and JoBeth Williams
Documentary from 1998 on the making of the film
Deleted scenes
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by writer and filmmaker Lena Dunham and a 1983 piece by critic Harlan Jacobson
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Une chambre en ville (1982)
Directed by Jacques Demy
Country: France
Duration: 93 minutes
Language: French
Spine #719
DVD BONUS FEATURES
Jacques Demy, A to Z, a new visual essay by film critic James Quandt
Q&A with Demy from the 1987 Midnight Sun Film Festival
Filmmaker Agnès Varda’s 1995 documentary The World of Jacques Demy
Varda’s 1993 documentary The Young Girls Turn 25, on the DVD
Restoration demonstration
Trailer
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Donkey Skin (1970)
Directed by Jacques Demy
Country: France
Duration: 90 minutes
Language: French
Spine #718
DVD BONUS FEATURES
French television interview from 1970 with director Jacques Demy and actors Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, and Jacques Perrin on the set of the film
“Donkey Skin” Illustrated, a 2008 program on the many versions of Charles Perrault’s fairy tale
“Donkey Skin” and the Thinkers, a 2008 program on the themes of the film, featuring critic Camille Tabouley
Audio Q&A with Demy from the American Film Institute in 1971
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The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
Directed by Jacques Demy
Country: France
Duration: 126 minutes
Language: French
Spine #717
DVD BONUS FEATURES
Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand discussing the music for the film
Conversation from 2014 between Demy biographer Jean-Pierre Berthomé and costume designer Jacqueline Moreau
Episode from a multipart 1966 Belgian television series on the making of the film
Agnès Varda’s 1993 documentary The Young Girls Turn 25 (in the DVD box set, appears on the Une chambre en ville disc)
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Directed by Jacques Demy
Country: France
Duration: 92 minutes
Language: French
Spine #716
DVD BONUS FEATURES
Once Upon a Time . . . “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” a 2008 documentary
Interview from 2014 with film scholar Rodney Hill
French television interview from 1964 featuring director Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand discussing the film
Audio recordings of interviews with actor Catherine Deneuve (1983) and Legrand (1991) at the National Film Theatre in London
Restoration demonstration
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by critic Jim Ridley
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Bay of Angels (1963)
Directed by Jacques Demy
Country: France
Duration: 84 minutes
Language: French
Spine #715
DVD BONUS FEATURES
French television interview from 1962 with actor Jeanne Moreau on the set of Bay of Angels
New interview with journalist Marie Colmant, coauthor of the book Jacques Demy
Restoration demonstration
Trailer
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Lola (1961)
Directed by Jacques Demy
Country: France
Duration: 88 minutes
Language: French
Spine #714
DVD BONUS FEATURES
Interview with actor Anouk Aimée from 2012, conducted by filmmaker Agnès Varda
Interview with Varda from 2012 on the origin of Lola’s song
Four short films by director Jacques Demy: Les horizons morts (1951), Le sabotier du Val de Loire (1956), Ars (1959), and La luxure (1962)
Restoration demonstration
Trailer
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The Essential Jacques Demy
Spine #713
DVD BOX SET FEATURES
Two documentaries by filmmaker Agnès Varda: The World of Jacques Demy (1995) and The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
Four short films by director Jacques Demy: Les horizons morts (1951), Le sabotier du Val de Loire (1956), Ars (1959), and La luxure (1962)
Jacques Demy, A to Z, a new visual essay by critic James Quandt
Archival interviews with Demy, composer Michel Legrand, and actors Jeanne Moreau, Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, and Jacques Perrin
Once Upon a Time . . . “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” a 2008 documentary
Episode from Behind the Screen, a 1966 series about the making of Young Girls
“Donkey Skin” Illustrated, a 2008 program on the many versions of Charles Perrault’s fairy tale
“Donkey Skin” and the Thinkers, a 2008 program featuring critic Camille Tabouley
New conversation between Demy biographer Jean-Pierre Berthomé and costume designer Jacqueline Moreau
New interviews with journalist Marie Colmant and film scholar Rodney Hill
Archival audio Q&A with Demy
Archival audio interviews with Legrand and Deneuve
Interview with actor Anouk Aimée from 2012, conducted by Varda
Interview with Varda from 2012 on the origin of Lola’s song
Restoration demonstrations for Lola, Bay of Angels, Umbrellas, and Une chambre
PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics Ginette Vincendeau, Terrence Rafferty, Jim Ridley, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Anne E. Duggan, and Geoff Andrew, and a postscript by Berthomé
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Scanners (1981)
Directed by David Cronenberg
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 minutes
Language: English
Spine #712
DVD BONUS FEATURES
The “Scanners” Way, a new documentary by Michael Lennick on the film’s special effects, featuring interviews with Cronenberg’s collaborators
Mental Saboteur, a new interview with actor Michael Ironside
The Ephemerol Diaries, a 2012 interview with actor and artist Stephen Lack
Excerpt from a 1981 interview with Cronenberg on the CBC’s The Bob McLean Show
New, restored 2K digital transfer of Stereo (1969), Cronenberg’s first feature film
Trailer and radio spots
PLUS: An essay by critic Kim Newman
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A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Directed by Richard Lester
Country: United Kingdom
Duration: 87 minutes
Language: English
Spine #711
DVD BONUS FEATURES
Audio commentary featuring cast and crew
In Their Own Voices, a new piece combining 1964 interviews with the Beatles with behind-the-scenes footage and photos
“You Can’t Do That”: The Making of “A Hard Day’s Night,” a 1994 documentary by producer Walter Shenson including an outtake performance by the Beatles
Things They Said Today, a 2002 documentary about the film featuring Lester, music producer George Martin, screenwriter Alun Owen, and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor
Picturewise, a new piece about Lester’s early work, featuring a new audio interview with the director
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1960), Lester’s Oscar-nominated short
Anatomy of a Style, a new piece on Lester’s methods
New interview with author Mark Lewisohn
PLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton and excerpts from a 1970 interview with Lester
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Judex (1963)
Directed by Georges Franju
Country: France
Duration: 97 minutes
Language: French
Spine #710
DVD BONUS FEATURES
Interview from 2007 with cowriter Jacques Champreux
Interview from 2012 with actor Francine Bergé
Franju le visionnaire, a fifty-minute program from 1998 on director Georges Franju’s career
Two short films by Franju: Hôtel des Invalides (1951), about the Paris military complex, and Le grand Méliès (1952), about director Georges Méliès
PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien, along with a selection of commentary by Franju
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Red River (1948)
Directed by Howard Hawks
Country: United States
Duration: 127 minutes
Language: English
Spine #709
DVD BONUS FEATURES
2K digital restoration of the rarely presented original theatrical release version, the preferred cut of director Howard Hawks
2K digital restoration of the longer, prerelease version of Red River
Interview from 2014 with filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich about Red River and the two versions
Interview from 2014 with critic Molly Haskell about Hawks and Red River
Interview from 2014 with film scholar Lee Clark Mitchell about the western genre
Audio excerpts from a 1972 conversation between Hawks and Bogdanovich
Audio excerpts from a 1970 interview with novelist and screenwriter Borden Chase
Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of Red River from 1949, featuring John Wayne, Joanne Dru, and Walter Brennan
Trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien and a 1991 interview with Hawks’s longtime editor Christian Nyby; a new paperback edition of Chase’s original novel
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Like Someone in Love (2012)
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 109 minutes
Language: Japanese
Spine #708
DVD BONUS FEATURES
Forty-five-minute documentary on the making of the film
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by film scholar and critic Nico Baumbach
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Il sorpasso (1962)
Directed by Dino Risi
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 minutes
Language: Italian
Spine #707
DVD BONUS FEATURES
New introduction by filmmaker Alexander Payne
New interviews with screenwriter Ettore Scola and film scholar Rémi Fournier Lanzoni
Interview from 2004 with director Dino Risi, conducted by film critic Jean A. Gili
Introduction by actor Jean-Louis Trintignant from a 1983 French television broadcast of the film
A Beautiful Vacation, a 2006 documentary on Risi featuring interviews with the director and his collaborators and friends
Excerpts from a 2012 documentary that returns to Castiglioncello, the location for the film’s beach scenes
Speaking with Gassman, a 2005 documentary on the relationship between actor Vittorio Gassman and Risi, directed by Risi’s son Marco
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by critic Phillip Lopate, an essay by critic Antonio Monda, as well as excerpts from Risi’s writings, with an introduction by film critic Valerio Caprara
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Parade (1974)
Directed by Jacques Tati
Country: France
Duration: 89 minutes
Language: French
Spine #731
DVD BONUS FEATURES
In the Footsteps of Monsieur Hulot, a two-part documentary from 1989 by director Jacques Tati’s daughter Sophie Tatischeff
In the Ring, a 2013 visual essay by Tati expert Stéphane Goudet about Tati’s appreciation for the circus, clowns, and mime
“An Homage to Jacques Tati,” a 1982 episode of the French television program Magazine featuring a tribute to Tati by his friend and set designer Jacques LaGrange