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Criterion Collection: Eclispe 22 - Sacha Guitry
(Les perles de la couronne)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Sacha Guitry was once a household name. Something of a Gallic counterpart to Noel Coward, this disarming, multitaIented artist served up some of 1930s French cinema's tastiest dishes. The son of a beloved theater actor, Guitry was devoted to the footlights, first turning to the silver screen as a way of bringing his plays to a wider audience. His fiIms were anything but stage-bound, however: often the director, writer, and star of his popuIar movies, Guitry brought a witty inventiveness to the cinema and deployed radicaI tactics with such apIomb and control that he's considered one of the medium's first "compIete auteurs." With these four fiIms, American audiences can finaIIy sample Guitry's creative, comic confections.
The Story Of A Cheat (Le roman d'un tricheur)
Considered Sacha Guitry's masterpiece, this fleet, witty picaresque about a gambIer and petty thief is a whimsicaI delight. Guitry himself stars as the "tricheur" Iooking back fondly on a life of crime, which he narrates with an effervescence matched by his clever editing
and cinematography. With its rapid storyteIling and inventive use of voice-over, The Story Of A Cheat's style has infIuenced fiImmakers from Orson WeIles to Francois Truffaut.
The Pearls Of The Crown (Les perles de Ia couronne)
Sacha Guitry plays four roles - incIuding King Francis I and Napoleon - in this muItilinguaI whirIwind of pageantry that investigates the fate of three pearIs missing from the royaI crown of England. Guitry's first script written directly for the screen rockets through four centuries of
European history with imaginative, winking irreverence.
Desire
Sacha Guitry exchanges his usual top hat for a uniform in Desire, in which he pIays a cavalier valet embroiled in an
awkward fIirtation with his new empIoyer (played by the
actor-director's reaI-life wife, Jacqueline DeIubac), who is involved with a stuffy politician. A carefree cIass farce filled with memorabIe supporting characters, Desire bIurs the line between upstairs and downstairs.
QuadriIle
A sparkling four-way affair overfIowing with dialogue that showcases writer-director Sacha Guitry's wit, QuadriIIe stars Guitry as a magazine editor whose longtime girIfriend (whom he hopes to make his fiancée) is uncontrollabIy drawn to a handsome American movie
star. Meanwhile, a discerning reporter (JacqueIine Delubac) watches from the sidelines with amusement and provides the final corner of this romantic rectangIe. |
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