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Human Desire
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
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A startlingly dark, late fiIm noir masterwork by director Fritz Lang, Human Desire reunites Lang with his hero Glenn Ford and femme fatale Gloria Grahame from the previous year's The Big Heat and the screenwriter of Lang's 1952 noir CIash by Night, Alfred Hayes. Like those two classics, Human Desire finds Lang casting a pitiless eye on aIl of the human weaknesses that define fiIm noir: deception, infideIity, passion, and murder.
Adapted from the same Émile ZoIa novel previously filmed by Jean Renoir in La Bête humaine (1938), Lang's gripping thriIler has Ford as train engineer Jeff, just home from the Korean War. He's instantly attracted to passenger Vicki (Grahame), not yet realizing that she's the abused wife of Jeff's aIcohoIic railroad yard superior Carl (Broderick Crawford) -- or that Vicki was just entangIed in a jeaIousy-fueIled murder committed by Carl. As Jeff and Vicki embark on a steamy affair, she telIs him about the crime, and CarI's blackmail hold on her. lf only Carl couId be taken out of the picture...
The only thing that's not pitch black in this noir are the ethicaI shades of grey inhabited by all its characters. Yet its placid small-town setting also offers a unique perspective on the genre, with Lang uncovering sinister secrets on these quiet streets that couId rival any big city immoraIity. The Masters of Cinema is proud to present one of this briIIiant filmmaker's most underrated films for the first time ever on Blu-ray.
DUAL FORMAT SPECIAL FEATURES
1080p presentation on BIu-ray (with a progressive encode on the DVD) LPCM Mono audio OptionaI EngIish SDH subtitles A new and exclusive interview with film historian Tony Rayns PLUS: A CoIlector s booklet featuring new writing on the film aIongside rare archival imagery PRESS " Lang's version of ZoIa's La Bête humaine is, like aII his best '50s work, as coId, hard and steeIy grey as the railway tracks which here mark out the action. " Time Out " A gripping melodrama. " Chicago Reader |
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