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Earlier reviewers have complained about this DVD’s quality, and I want to certain up the confusion. The method that Fresh Yorker Films (not connected to The Unusual Yorker magazine) has packaged this DVD is outstanding. They’ve specialized in more original (i.e., post-1970) foreign films, so if this is what they can do with older films, I’d fancy to glance them work on others. It’s not quite Criterion-level quality, but considering the challenges, it’s as impressive as many of Criterion’s major accomplishments.
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For a movie that was all but lost to us, they’ve has done wonders with the restoration. The aspect ratio is factual, contrary to what one reviewer says below. Since L’Atalante was made before 1953, it CAN’T be shown in letterbox! Unfortunately, there’s runt cropping at the left and top throughout the film, and it’s especially vital during the opening titles. French directors of the 1930s regularly had their action overflow the frame, so it’s difficult to say how grand this cropping affects the rest of the film. There’s also minute debris on the print, but that’s unavoidable for a film of this age and history. There is also some confusion on the film’s running time. The advertised 89 minutes only applies to VHS tapes. The actually film runs about 85 minutes, including the opening and closing titles. However, critics gain that this version (based on an early 1934 print and supplemented with better-quality outtakes) is as terminate to Vigo’s intended vision as we’ll ever regain. He died before he could oversee a “final slice.”
The extras are slim, but worthwhile. There’s a filmography for Vigo and 2 galleries (one of posters and one of stills and behind-the-scene photos) . Best of all is a short documentary about L’Atalante. It’s called “The Making of…” but it’s more of an appreciation than a history. It’s a nice addition, but should be watched AFTER you peruse the movie. I’d have liked more detail on the restoration process, but what’s here is magnificent.
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If you like French films of the ’30s (especially those of Renoir and Carne), then this DVD is a must-own. Anyone else who considers him/herself a student of cinema needs at least to rent it. Either intention, rest assured that this is a dazzling transfer. My only reservation concerns the very cramped cropping of the frame.
EDIT: Since I reviewed this DVD, Artificial Leer (a British video company) has released an capable two-disc place called The Complete Jean Vigo, which includes this film and Vigo’s four short films (including the improbable “Zero for Conduct”) . Featuring 3 hours of extra whisper, it’s well worth looking into if you have multiregional capability. The Complete Jean Vigo is only available in spot 2 format.
Most of the well written reviews here talk knowledgeably about film matters about which I know nothing. What I do know is that this film is simply one of the most achingly sparkling, romantic movies I have ever seen. My husband and I first saw it 30 years ago, when we were dating. The quality was dreadful, obviously prerestoration, but we aloof fair fell in admire with the movie. There is a scene (and the other reviewers have spelled out the basic plot: village girl marries barge captain, they argue, separate, meet again) where the young man, missing his wife, swims under water and sees a fantasy of her — well, that was so touching. And, yes, the scene where the couple thinks of one another is one of the most magical, worship filled scenes in movie history. I have to comment, too, on the pleasing quality of light in this film. [One weird point, has anyone else noticed how noteworthy the vaudeville entertainer, who flirts with Juliette, looks like Jim Carrey? We understanding it unbiased spooky since the movie was made 70 years ago!] So, this is a huge valentine’s day movie, for romance, or any day movie if you objective fancy really welldone movies. We recently purchased the restored copy on DVD and were very contented. The only thing I can assume would improve it would be more extras.
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