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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0505058241943
Format: Import, PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: StudioCanal
Manufacturer: StudioCanal
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: StudioCanal
Region Code: 2.4
Running Time: 139 minutes
Sales Rank: 91384
Studio: StudioCanal
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Finland released, PAL/Region 2&4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. LANGUAGES: French (Dolby Digital 2.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0), Czech (Subtitles), Danish (Subtitles), Dutch (Subtitles), English (Subtitles), Finnish (Subtitles), German (Subtitles), Hungarian (Subtitles), Norwegian (Subtitles), Polish (Subtitles), Portuguese (Subtitles), Spanish (Subtitles), Swedish (Subtitles), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SYNOPSIS: Dark as pitch and utterly without compromise, Jean-Pierre Melville's 'Army of Shadows' traces the harrowing feats of a small band of Resistance fighters operating during the German occupation of France in World War II. Melville first read Joseph Kessel's slim novel of the same title in 1943, the year it was published, and for the next quarter-century nurtured a desire to turn it into a film. He finally did so in 1969. When 'Army of Shadows' was originally released, a French critic wrote that 'this Resistance epic was, in the end, a sublime thriller.' Melville rejected the comparison, even if it is also entirely possible to see his sublime thrillers as epics of resistance. The great man died in 1973 at the unfair age of 55, collapsing into the arms of a male friend. He left behind one short film and 13 features, a few of which, including 'Army of Shadows,' are worthy of that overused superlative masterpiece. It is that rare work of art that thrills the senses and the mind. SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Trailer(s),
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Melville's masterpiece
L'Armée des Ombres is not nearly as well-known as it deserves to be. For a long time incredibly difficult to track down unless you speak French and overshadowed by the reputations of Le Samourai, Le Cercle Rouge and Bob le Flambeur, it's by far Jean-Pierre Melville's most heartfelt and powerful film. The resistance is as much a part of Melville as cinema - Melville was one of the false names he used during the war - and this is a film that feels as if it has been lived by the people making it: it's ... Read More
Rating: - A magnificent film
I have no idea about the quality of this specific DVD. But the film itself is perhaps Melville's finest film, and for all of you who love many of his other films, you know just how good that makes this one. Riveting from start to finish, beautifully shot in black and white. But folks: not an action film in the modern sense. Taut, gripping: yes; but at the same time under-played in a classic way with Venture at his best, and thus totally believable (except for the one actual "action scene," which I won't ... Read More
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