Description |
2 videodiscs (201 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet |
Series |
The Criterion collection ; 484 |
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Criterion collection ; 484
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Contents |
Disc 1: The film -- disc 2: supplements |
Summary |
Evokes a sense of impending doom, the daily domestic routine of a middle-aged widow. Her chores include making the beds, cooking dinner for her grown son, and turning the occasional trick. Her life is beginning to break down |
Notes |
Title from container |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1975 |
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Special features: Restored digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Chantal Akerman; "Autour de Jeanne Dielman:" a 69-minute documentary shot by actor Sami Frey and edited by Agnes Ravez and Akerman, made during the filming; new interviews with Akerman and cinematographer Babette Mangolte; excerpt from "Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman:" a 1997 episode of the French television program Cinéma de notre temps; interview with Akerman's mother, Natalia; archival television interview excerpt featuring Akerman and star Delphine Seyrig; "Saute ma ville:" (1968), Akerman's first film, with an introduction by the director. A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Ivone Margulies |
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Cinematography, Babette Mangolte ; editor, Patricia Canino |
Credits |
Cinematography, Babette Mangolte ; editor, Patricia Canino |
Cast |
Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Yves Bical |
Notes |
Originally released 1975 |
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DVD, widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby Digital |
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French dialogue, English subtitles |
Subject |
Cookbooks -- Drama.
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Cooking -- Drama.
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Motion pictures, French.
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Widows -- Drama.
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Mothers and sons -- Drama.
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Chores -- Drama.
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Cooking -- Drama.
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Prostitution -- Drama.
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Feature films -- France.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Foreign films
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Author |
Paul, Evelyn.
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Maroulacou, Danae
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Akerman, Chantal.
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Seyrig, Delphine, 1932-1990.
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Decorte, Jan.
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Storck, Henri.
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Doniol-Valcroze, Jacques.
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Bical, Yves.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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ISBN |
9781604651775 |
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1604651776 |
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