A Man Escaped (#650) (Criterion Collection)[USA]

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Release Date: March 26th, 2013
Purchase link: Amazon

France
1956
101 minutes
Black and White
1.33:1
French

With the simplest of concepts and sparest of techniques, Robert Bresson made one of the most suspenseful jailbreak films of all time in A Man Escaped. Based on the account of an imprisoned French Resistance leader, this unbelievably taut and methodical marvel follows the fictional Fontaine’s single-minded pursuit of freedom, detailing the planning and execution of his escape with gripping precision. But Bresson’s film is not merely about process—it’s also a work of intense spirituality and humanity.

Disc Features:

1. New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
2. Bresson: Without a Trace, a 1965 episode of the television program Cinéastes de notre temps in which the director gives his first on-camera interview
3. The Essence of Forms, a forty-five-minute documentary from 2010 in which some of Bresson’s collaborators and admirers, including actor François Leterrier and director Bruno Dumont, share their thoughts about the director and his work
4. New visual essay with text by film scholars David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson
5. Trailer
6. New English subtitle translation
7. PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Tony Pipolo

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