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Twisting the Knife: Four Films by Claude Chabrol
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The Swindle | The Color of Lies | Nightcap | The Flower of Evil
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Directed by: Claude Chabrol
Featuring: Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire, Nathalie Baye, Michel Serrault, Jacques Gamblin, Jacques Dutronc, Benoît Magimel, François Cluzet, Antoine de Caunes, Suzanne Flon, Jean-François Balmer, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Mélanie Doutey, Jackie Berroyer, Bernard Verley, Bernard Le Coq, Bulle Ogier
For five decades Claude Chabrol navigated the unpredictable waters of Cinema, leaving in his wake more than fifty feature films that remain among the most quietly devastating genre movies ever made. Sardonic, provocative, unsettling, Chabrol’s films cut to the quick with a clarity and honesty honed to razor sharpness.
The Swindle (Rien Ne Va Plus) sees Chabrol at perhaps his most playful as a pair of scam artists, Isabelle Huppert and Michel Serrault, get in over their heads. But who is scamming who and who do you trust in a life built on so many lies? The murder of a 10 year old girl sparks rumours and gossip in The Color of Lies (Au Coeur Du Mensonge), as suspicion falls on René (Jacques Gamblin) the dour once famous painter, now art teacher, who was the last person to see her alive. Enigmatic, perverse, seductive, Isabelle Huppert encapsulates everything that makes Nightcap (Merci Pour Le Chocolat) a film John Waters calls “Cinematic Perfection” in this tale of suppressed family secrets. Finally, in The Flower of Evil (La Fleur Du Mal), incest, old money and intergenerational guilt come under the scalpel as an outwardly perfect bourgeois family begins to unravel when the wife involves herself in politics.
Though influenced by Fritz Lang, Alfred Hitchcock and Jean Renoir, Chabrol’s voice was entirely and assuredly his own, influencing in turn filmmakers like Bong Joon-ho, James Gray and Dominik Moll. His amused, unblinkered view of life and refusal to judge his characters makes his films timelessly relevant and accessible to all. Arrow Video is proud to present this second collection of films by Claude Chabrol with a wealth of new and archival extras.
The Swindle (Rien Ne Va Plus) sees Chabrol at perhaps his most playful as a pair of scam artists, Isabelle Huppert and Michel Serrault, get in over their heads. But who is scamming who and who do you trust in a life built on so many lies? The murder of a 10 year old girl sparks rumours and gossip in The Color of Lies (Au Coeur Du Mensonge), as suspicion falls on René (Jacques Gamblin) the dour once famous painter, now art teacher, who was the last person to see her alive. Enigmatic, perverse, seductive, Isabelle Huppert encapsulates everything that makes Nightcap (Merci Pour Le Chocolat) a film John Waters calls “Cinematic Perfection” in this tale of suppressed family secrets. Finally, in The Flower of Evil (La Fleur Du Mal), incest, old money and intergenerational guilt come under the scalpel as an outwardly perfect bourgeois family begins to unravel when the wife involves herself in politics.
Though influenced by Fritz Lang, Alfred Hitchcock and Jean Renoir, Chabrol’s voice was entirely and assuredly his own, influencing in turn filmmakers like Bong Joon-ho, James Gray and Dominik Moll. His amused, unblinkered view of life and refusal to judge his characters makes his films timelessly relevant and accessible to all. Arrow Video is proud to present this second collection of films by Claude Chabrol with a wealth of new and archival extras.
Details by Film
The Swindle
Year: 1997
Time: 101
Aspect Ratios
1.66:1
Audio
French DTS-HD MA Mono 1.0
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The Color of Lies
Year: 1999
Time: 113
Aspect Ratios
1.66:1
Audio
French DTS-HD MA Mono 1.0
Nightcap
Year: 2000
Time: 101
Aspect Ratios
1.66:1
Audio
French DTS-HD MA Mono 1.0
French DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
Streaming Options
The Flower of Evil
Year: 2003
Time: 104
Aspect Ratios
1.66:1
Audio
French DTS-HD MA Mono 1.0
French DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
Streaming Options
The Swindle
The Swindle (Rien Ne Va Plus) sees Chabrol at perhaps his most playful as a pair of scam artists, Isabelle Huppert and Michel Serrault, get in over their heads. But who is scamming who and who do you trust in a life built on so many lies?
The Color of Lies
The murder of a 10 year old girl sparks rumours and gossip in The Color of Lies (Au Coeur Du Mensonge), as suspicion falls on René (Jacques Gamblin) the dour once famous painter, now art teacher, who was the last person to see her alive.
Nightcap
Enigmatic, perverse, seductive, Isabelle Huppert encapsulates everything that makes Nightcap (Merci Pour Le Chocolat) a film John Waters calls “Cinematic Perfection” in this tale of suppressed family secrets.
The Flower of Evil
In The Flower of Evil (La Fleur Du Mal), incest, old money and intergenerational guilt come under the scalpel as an outwardly perfect bourgeois family begins to unravel when the wife involves herself in politics.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Discs:
BD-50 (4 Discs)
Total: 4 Discs
Regions:
A/B/C (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1
Audio Options:
French DTS-HD MA Mono 1.0
French DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: , Booklet
- Brand new audio commentary by film critic Barry Forshaw and author Sean Hogan
- Brand new audio commentary by critic Barry Forshaw and author Sean Hogan
- Brand new audio commentary by film critic Justine Smith
- Brand new audio commentary by film critic Farran Smith Nehme
- 80-page collector's booklet of new writing by Sean Hogan, Brad Stevens, Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, and Pamela Hutchinson
- Chabrol’s “Soap Bubble”, a brand new visual essay by Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze, author of Claude Chabrol: The Aesthetics of Opacity exploring the games Chabrol plays with his characters and audience
- Nothing is Sacred, a brand new visual essay by film critic Scout Tafoya examining the ideas of art and legacy in Chabrol's The Color of Lies (Au Coeur Du Mensonge)
- When I pervert good…, a brand new visual essay by film critic Scout Tafoya which takes a closer look at late period Chabrol through the lens of his masterful thriller Nightcap (Merci Pour Le Chocolat)
- Behind the Masks: Remembering Claude Chabrol, a brand new appreciation by Agnès C. Poirier, author of Left Bank: Arts, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950 in which she shares her personal reminiscence of Claude Chabrol and considers his unique position in French culture and cinema
- Film as a Family Affair, Cécile Maistre-Chabrol, the stepdaughter of Claude Chabrol and his assistant director on fourteen features discusses his life, work and wisdom in this exclusive new hour plus interview
- What’s Eating Claude Chabrol? a brand new appreciation by film critic David Kalat examining the ways in which Chabrol’s films relate, reflect and refract each other
- Archive interview with Isabelle Huppert
- Behind the scenes featurette
- Behind the scenes featurette
- Behind the scenes featurette
- Archive interview with Jacques Dutronc
- Archive interview with co-writer Catherine Eliacheff
- Archive interview with Isabelle Huppert
- Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny
- Behind the scenes featurette
- Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny
- Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny
- Select scene commentaries by director Claude Chabrol
- Screen test for Anna Mouglalis
- Select scene commentaries by director Claude Chabrol
- Select scene commentaries by director Claude Chabrol
- Theatrical trailer
- Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny
- Theatrical trailer
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Select scene commentaries by director Claude Chabrol
- Image gallery
- Image gallery
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
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