Louis Malle Collection Vol. 1 (UK R2 - Optimum Releasing)

[Scharphedin2]

The first of two Louis Malle Collections should be hitting those cobbled English streets tomorrow (June 26th).

The release collects LIFT TO THE SCAFFOLD, FEU FOLLET, LES AMANTS and ZAZIE DANS LE METRO. Best pre-order price (as far as I have found) is Benson's World at £28.99.

Please share your thoughts and feelings on the films themselves, and/or expectations for this release.

[Lino]

Here's an early review for that set:

http://10kbullets.com/reviews/louis-mal ... eu-follet/

[Scharphedin2]

Sold! Sounds like Optimum did a nice job with this release. Thank you kindly for the excellent link, Myra...

[Kinsayder]

"All four discs carry burnt in English subs"

[Lino]

Beaver reviews it:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReview ... ion_v1.htm

[jonjao]

I'm kind of itching to buy this after breezing through the recent Malle Criterion box (to my mind, one of their very best releases)....but I'd rather not get it if Criterion will be releasing these at some point (excepting Gallows, of course). Anyone have any educated guesses based on rights issues/rumors/intuition etc. as to whether Criterion will eventually release these?

[Gordon]

I rented Gallows and Zazie a few weeks ago and I was impressed with both transfers, though the latter really ought to have been 1.66:1 anamorphic, instead of 1.33:1 open-matte, though the detail and colour levels are beautifully rendered. Zazie is a sheer delight; the Eiffel Tower sequence is one of Cinema's greatest visual moments - hair-raising stuff!

Like John Huston, Louis Malle was a master filmmaker who applied the appropriate style to each film, rather than purely his own idiosyncratic signatures and Zazie proves that his approach to filmmaking was superbly intuitive, instinctual.