The last metro Le dernier métro
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Published
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2009].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] pages : col. ill. ; 18 cm.)
Language
fre
UPC
715515042215

Notes

General Note
Special features: Disc one: New audio commentary by Annette Insdorf, author of François Truffaut; audio commentary by actor Gérard Depardieu, historian Jean-Pierre Azéma, and Truffaut biographer Serge Toubiana. Disc two: Deleted scene; French television excerpts featuring interviews with Truffaut and actors Catherine Deneuve, Depardieu, and Jean Poiret; new video interviews with actors Andréa Ferréol, Sabine Haudepin, and Paulette Dubost, second assistant director Alain Tasma, and camera assistants Florent Bazin and Tessa Racine, in which they discuss The last metro's ensemble performances and visual style; a video interview with the celebrated cinematographer Nestor Almendros, detailing his collaborations with Truffaut; "Une histoire d'eau," a 1958 short film by Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard; theatrical trailer. A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Armond White.
General Note
Title from container.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematographer, Nestor Almendros ; editor, Martine Barraqué ; music, Georges Delerue.
Participants/Performers
Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost, Jean-Louis Richard, Sabine Haudepin, Maurice Risch, Heinz Bennent.
Description
Paris, 1942. Lucas Steiner is a Jew who feels compelled to leave the country in order to survive the German occupation during WWII. His wife Marion is an actress and a member of the Resistance who goes on to direct the theater for him. She tries to keep the theater alive by rehearsing a new play. She hires Bernard Granger for the leading role. The troupe believes that the show must go on no matter the circumstances. But Lucas never left the country, he is actually hiding in the basement.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.
Language
French dialogue with English subtitles (new and improved translation).

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Bennent, H., Delerue, G., Deneuve, C., Depardieu, G., Dubost, P., Ferréol, A., Grumberg, J., Haudepin, S., Poiret, J., Richard, J., Risch, M., Schiffman, S., & Truffaut, F. (2009). The last metro: Le dernier métro (Widescreen.). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Heinz. Bennent et al.. 2009. The Last Metro: Le Dernier Métro. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Heinz. Bennent et al.. The Last Metro: Le Dernier Métro Criterion Collection, 2009.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Bennent, Heinz., et al. The Last Metro: Le Dernier Métro Widescreen., Criterion Collection, 2009.

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