Le Samourai 4K: Criterion Collection

4K BLU-RAY DISC

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BLU-RAY DISC

• NEW 4K RESTORATION, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM

• Authors on Melville - presented here are two archival interviews with critic Rui Nogueira and film historian Ginette Vincendeau.

   

  • 1. Rui Nogueira - Rui Nogueira highlights the unique qualities of Le Samourai and discusses the specific period from Jean-Pierre Melville's life in which the film emerged as well as his working methods. In French, with optional English subtitles. (13 min).

     

  • 2. Ginette Vincendeau - Ginette Vincendeau discusses Jean-Pierre Melville's career and the evolution of his style (and specifically its precision and minimalist qualities), the success his films had at the box office, the masculinity of his work, his professional relationship with Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo, the prominent role that silence had it his film, the origin of Le Samourai, etc. In English, not subtitled. (19 min).
    

• The Lineup - presented here is a collection of clips from archival interviews in which Jean-Pierre Melville, Alain Delon, Nathalie Delon, Francois Perier, and Catrhy Rosier discuss Le Samourai and its director's unique style. The excerpts are presented courtesy of the Institut national de l'audiovisuel in Paris, and were originally broadcast on French TV between 1967 and 1982. In French, with optional English subtitles. (25 min).

   

  • 1. Jean-Pierre Melville
  • 2. Fire at Rue Jenner Studio
  • 3. Alain Delon
  • 4. Nathalie Delon
  • 5. Cathy Rosier
  • 6. Francois Perier
    

• Melville-Delon: d'honneur et de nuit/Of Honor and Of Night - this documentary film focuses on the professional relationship between Jean-Pierre Melville and Alain Delon and the production history of Le Samourai. Included in it are interviews with producer Laurent Grousset, and directors Remy Grumbach, Rui Nogueira and Volker Schlöndorff (The Tin Drum). The documentary was directed by Olivier Bohler in 2011. In French, with optional English subtitles. (24 min).
  

• Trailer - original French trailer for Le Samourai. In French, with optional English subtitles. (4 min).
  

• Booklet - 30-page illustrated booklet featuring an essay by film scholar David Thomson, an appreciation by filmmaker John Woo, and excerpts from Melville on Melville.