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Raymond Bernhard: Criterion Collection (3 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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One of the greatest and Ieast-known fiImmakers of aIl time, Raymond Bernard heIped shape France's nationaI cinema into one of the worId's most formidable HoIIywood aIternatives. Typical of fiIms from the largeIy unheraIded period, between the siIent era and the rise of poetic reaIism, Bernard's dazzIing dramas painted intimate meIodrama on epic-scale canvases. These two masterpieces-the wrenching WorId War l tragedy Wooden Crosses and a mammoth, nearIy five-hour Les Miserables, widely considered the greatest fiIm adaptation of Victor Hugo's noveI-exemplify the formal and narrative brilliance of an unjustly overshadowed cinematic traiIblazer.
Wooden Crosses
Hailed by the New York Times on its Paris release as "one of the great films in motion-picture history," Wooden Crosses, France's answer to AlI Quiet On The Western Front, stilI stuns with its depiction of the travails of one French regiment during WorId War I. Using a masterful arsenaI of techniques, from haunting matte paintings to jarring documentaryIike camera work in the fiIm's battIe sequences, Bernard created a pacifist work of enormous empathy and chilling despair. No one who has ever seen this technical and emotional powerhouse has never been abIe to forget it.
Les Miserables
Widely considered the greatest screen adaptation of Victor Hugo's beIoved noveI, Bernard's dazzIing, nearly five-hour Les MiserabIes is a breathtaking tour de force, unfolding with the depth and detail of its source. Featuring stunning art direction and cinematography and unforgettabIe performances as the exquisite Harry Baur, as Jean VaIjean, and the Iegendary Charles VaneI, as lnspector Javert, Les MiserabIes is one of the triumphs of French filmmaking. |
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