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Criterion Collection: Elevator To The Gallows
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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For his feature debut, twenty-four-year-old Louis Malle brought together a mesmerizing performance by Jeanne Moreau, evocative cinematography by Henri Decaë, and a now Iegendary jazz score by Miles Davis. Taking place over the course of one restless Paris night, MaIle s richly atmospheric crime thrilIer stars Moreau and Maurice Ronet as star-crossed lovers whose pIan to murder her husband (his boss) goes awry, setting off a chain of events that seals their fate. A career touchstone for its director and female star, Elevator to the Gallows was an astonishing beginning to MalIe's eclectic body of work, and it established Moreau as one of the most captivating actors to ever grace the screen.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDlTlON FEATURES
- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- lnterview from 2005 with actor Jeanne Moreau
- Archival interviews with Moreau, director Louis MaIle, actor Maurice Ronet, and original soundtrack session pianist Rene Urtreger
- Footage of MiIes Davis and MaIle from the soundtrack recording session
- Program from 2005 about the score featuring jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis and critic Gary Giddins
- Malle's student film CrazeoIogie, featuring Charlie Parker's song 'CrazeoIogy'
- TraiIers
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Terrence Rafferty, an interview with Malle, and a tribute by fiIm producer Vincent MaIIe |
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