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The Wages of Fear Henri-Georges Clouzot An exercise in terror and suspense, this uncut version stars Yves Montand and Charles Vanel as uncertain comrades trapped in a South American village who identify because they are both French and both penniless. Desperate for a job, they agree to drive two trucks filled with nitroglycerine 300 miles over treacherous roads. Basil Wright called this film "the greatest suspense thriller of all time; it is the suspense not of mystery but of Damocles' sword." French with English subtitles. France, 1953, 148 mins. DVD $44.95
Diabolique Henri-Georges Clouzot The sadistic headmaster of a boys school is murdered by his tremulous wife and vengeful mistress in this classic French thriller. They dump the body, but suddenly the deceased appears in a recent school photograph. The suspense builds to an explosive climax. With Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse and Charles Vanel. French with English subtitles. France, 1955, 116 mins. DVD $44.95
Le Corbeau (The Raven) Henri-Georges Clouzot An ingenious, suspenseful thriller, made in wartime occupied France and based on a true story. A small French town is torn asunder by poison pen letters which breed tensions and suicides. The suspects are a doctor, a crippled girl and a sick woman. Ultimately, it is discovered that the criminal is a revered old man. With brilliant performances from Ginette Leclerc and Pierre Fresnay. As the old man says in the film, "You think that goodness is light and darkness is evil. But where is the darkness? Where the light?" In French with English subtitles. DVD is a Criterion Collection edition, and includes a video interview with Bertrand Tavernier; excerpts from The Story of French Cinema by Those Who Made It: Grand Illusions 1939-1942, a 1975 documentary featuring Clouzot; a new essay by film scholar Alan Williams; and more. France, 1943, 92 mins. DVD $44.95
The Mystery of Picasso Henri-Georges Clouzot "...one of the most joyful of all records of an artist at work" (Pauline Kael, The New Yorker). This exhilarating feature by Henri-Georges Clouzot (Diabolique, The Wages of Fear) doesn't try to explain Picasso's life or genius. It simply shows the man at work, using time-lapse and playful stop-motion techniques to show Picasso creating 20 works in 75 minutes. Amazingly, all 20 (created expressly for the film) were intentionally destroyed so they exist only through this movie. The cinematographer was Claude Renoir, grandson of August Renoir. Filmed in standard and widescreen framings. The DVD is letterboxed, and includes Alain Resnais' Guernica (France, 1950, 13 mins.) and audio commentaries by Peggy Parsons of the National Gallery of Art and Archie Rand, muralist and senior professor of visual arts, Columbia University. France, 1956, 75 mins. DVD $44.95
Quai des Orfevres Henri-Georges Clouzot A fabulous thriller. Suzy Delair plays a music hall girl who believes that she has killed a mean old man. Her husband (Bernard Blier) wanted to kill him, but finds him already dead when he arrives. Each hides their experience from the other, and the husband becomes the suspect. Louis Jouvet is brilliant in his role as the world-weary, wise cop. Clouzot creates a brooding atmosphere and etches indelible psychological portraits of trapped, frail human beings. "A gorgeous, extremely noir thriller" (The New Tork Times). Also known as Jenny Lamour. DVD includes interviews with Clouzot and cast, the original theatrical trailer, and more. France, 1947, 105 mins. Videocassette $44.95 DVD $44.95
The Wages of Fear Henri-Georges Clouzot An exercise in terror and suspense, this uncut version stars Yves Montand and Charles Vanel as uncertain comrades trapped in a South American village who identify because they are both French and both penniless. Desperate for a job, they agree to drive two trucks filled with nitroglycerine 300 miles over treacherous roads. Basil Wright called this film "the greatest suspense thriller of all time; it is the suspense not of mystery but of Damocles' sword." French with English subtitles. France, 1953, 148 mins. Videocassette $44.95 DVD $44.95