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Leon Morin, Priest: Criterion Collection

Leon Morin, Priest: Criterion Collection

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 Actors: Emmanuelle Riva, Jean-Paul Belmondo
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Language: FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number of Discs: 1
Rating: Not Rated
Orig Release Date: 1961
Studio: Criterion
Release Date: 7/26/2011
Run Time: 117 Min.
Special Features:
  • Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean-Pierre Melville - an excerpt from an episode of the French television program JT 19H15 in which journalist Maurice Seveno interviews Jean-Paul Belmondo and director Jean-Pierre Melville. The interviewees discuss Leon Morin, Priest, its characters, and message. In French, with optional English subtitles. (5 min, 1080i).
  • Selected-scene Commentary - film scholar and Jean-Pierre Melville expert Ginette Vincendeau discusses selected scenes from Leon Morin, Priest. In English, not subtitled.
  • Chapters 1 & 2: Rare Document of French History. (10 min, 1080i).
  • Chapters 6 & 7: Turning Point in Melville's Style. (12 min, 1080i).
  • Chapters 17 & 20: Morin's Power, Barny's Desire. (15 min, 1080i).
  • Deleted Scenes - Jean-Pierre Melville's initial cut of Leon Morin, Priest ran over three hours. When he decided to focus on the relationship between Barny and Morin, however, he eliminated many of the scenes depicting life during wartime. Included on this disc are two such scenes.
  • Scene 1. In French, with optional English subtitles. (2 min, 1080p).
  • Scene 2. In French, with optional English subtitles. (3 min, 1080p).
  • Trailer - the original theatrical trailer for Leon Morin, Priest. In French, with optional English subtitles. (4 min, 1080i).
  • Booklet - a 28-page illustrated booklet featuring Gary Indiana's essay "Life During Wartime" and an interview with director Jean-Pierre Melville conducted by Rui Nogueira in 1970 (excerpted from his book Melville on Melville, first published in 1971 and translated by Tom Milne).


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