Though its immediately apparent this is a 50yearold film, the grain structure never overwhelms the picture. The wages of fear dual format edition a film by henrigeorges clouzot. Restored highdefinition digital transfer with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. Rent the wages of fear 1953 on dvd and bluray netflix. A conversation between william friedkin and nicolas winding refn, which extensively covers production history of sorcerer and clocks at 1. The wages of fear looked just fine in standard definition but the new bluray pushes it several steps further, capturing more nuances in the actors subtle performances the nervous sweating, the deep lines in vanels features, and especially the textures and hazards of those treacherous 300 miles. This release, more or less, is a port of criterions 2disc dvd rerelease. Wages of fear british board of film classification. The warner blu ray was essentially bare bones, but eone uk managed to include a substantial talkingheads docu filmed in 2015 shot in black and white, with color inserts of relevant photo data, sorcerers. The wages of fear bluray release date october 23, 2017. Criterions bluray edition of wages of fear is presented in the aspect ratio of 1. Rent the wages of fear 1953 starring yves montand and charles vanel on dvd and bluray.
Bumper crop of new bfi blurays and dvds for autumn 2015 bfi. The wages of fear in a squalid south american oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. A recent french documentary uses new interviews to recount the hard times when clouzot was accused of collaboration and banned from working for two years. Critically hailed when first released, the film, starring yves montand, is regarded as a world cinema cinema classic today. In a squalid south american oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. Dec 18, 2017 compared are the directors cut on the us blu ray by criterion and the 4k restoration from 2017 on the uk blu ray by bfi 11 differences length difference. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their.
Take advantage of great prices on bluray, 4k, merchandise, games, clothing and more. After a mexican oil well catches fire, the unscrupulous american oil company pays four out of work men yves montand, charles vanel, folco lulli and peter van eyck to deliver the delicate and deadly supplies in two. The wages of fear is completely free to let anything happen to any of its characters, and if all four are not dead when the nitro reaches the blazing oil well, it may be because clouzot is even more deeply ironic than we expect. Rent the wages of fear 1953 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The following information has been provided by the distributor. The next four months sees the bfi release a wide range of titles including acclaimed classics of world cinema the wages of fear, and a brand new pasolini collection, film noir masterpieces by otto preminger and jules dassin, celebrated tv documentaries and a selection of recent theatrical releases.
Criterion presents the wages of fear in its original fullframe ratio, and the image quality is quite good. Buy the wages of fear limited edition includes dvd from zavvi, the home of pop culture. Criterions dvd of the wages of fear replaces a good early disc from 1998 with a far better looking restoration, adding new extras that concentrate on the career of director henrigeorges clouzot. Comparison theatrical version unrated version show details. The wages of fear looked just fine in standard definition but the new blu ray pushes it several steps further, capturing more nuances in the actors subtle performances the nervous sweating, the deep lines in vanels features, and especially the textures and hazards of those treacherous 300 miles. Comparison criterion bluray uk bluray 2017 restoration show details. The wages of fear a film by henrigeorges clouzot yves montand, charles vanel, vera clouzot dual format edition bluraydvd release on 23 october 2017 a masterpiece of suspense christopher nolan see a clip here. Henrigeorges clouzot cowrites and directs this french thriller set in the south american jungle where supplies of nitroglycerine are urgently needed at a remote oil field. The wages of fear dvd bfi release 2017 henrigeorges clouzot. Oct 23, 2017 critically hailed when first released, the film, starring yves montand, is regarded as a world cinema cinema classic today.
The wages of fear dvd bfi release 2017 henrigeorges. When the wages of fear was released in 1953 it garnered great critical acclaim and commercial success it was the first ever foreign language film to get a uk mainstream odeon release and this three hour beast took home the main prize at cannes, as well as the best actor award that year, continued. The wages of fear limited edition includes dvd bluray. There is a lot here that reminds me of other films. Also new to the american bluray is a 1993 interview with writerdirector sangster 15. Directors william friedkin cast includes roy scheider, bruno cremer, francisco rabal, amidou, ramon bieri, peter capell, karl john, frederick ledebur, chico martinez, joe spinell, rosario almontes, richard holley, annemarie deschott, jeanluc bideau, jacques francois, andre falcon, gerard murphy, desmond crofton, henry. Compared are the directors cut on the us blu ray by criterion and the 4k restoration from 2017 on the uk blu ray by bfi 11 differences length difference. This is the age of bluray and i enjoyed these upgrades enormously.
When the great french thriller the wages of fear 1953 was first released in america, it was missing parts of several early scenes because it was too long, the u. The new 4k restoration with 4 additional previously excised minutes is a big improvement on previous releases. Rent the wages of fear 1953 starring yves montand and charles vanel on dvd and blu ray. The wages of fear movie 1953, dvd, limited edition for sale. A horrific and awful south american country is boiling with unemployed contract workers. Read the the wages of fear plot and find out who is in the cast and crew at. The difference in detail in this bfi blu ray compared to others is similar to that between dvd and blu ray. Finally out on bluray in region a, luis bunuels beautiful color adventure is a worthy jungle tale shot through with his signature negativity it could be titled the bad, the greedy and the faithless. Compared are the directors cut on the us bluray by criterion and the 4k restoration from 2017 on the uk bluray by bfi 11 differences length difference. When the wages of fear was released in 1953 it garnered great critical acclaim and commercial success it was the first ever foreign language film to get a uk mainstream odeon release and this three hour beast took home the main prize at cannes, as well as the best actor award that year, a best film bafta and the golden bear at berlin. Comparisons for movies, games, comics starting with w.
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