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A French restaurant is the setting for murder, sex and revenge. The vicious Thief is Albert – Georgina is the long suffering doormat of a Wife – Michael, a fellow diner is the Lover – and the Cook is Chef Richard whose only care is his restaurant.
MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions : 0.59 x 7.48 x 5.32 inches; 2.56 ounces
Director : Peter Greenaway
Media Format : NTSC, Import
Run time : 116 minutes
Release date : August 5, 2016
Actors : Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Tim Roth
Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Studio : La Entertainment
ASIN : B01JUMV6WE
Number of discs : 1
Vincent Poirier –
Grotesque but also gorgeous – and wait for a better DVD
If you have not seen this movie already, think twice before buying this DVD. Instead, wait for a showing at a good art theater, or wait for a better DVD version. Greenaway’s movie affects viewers by contrasting beauty and horror, but for the effect to work, the images must be crisp and perfectly rendered. This DVD does not preserve movie quality resolution and so the effect is lost. Apart from that, the movie itself is the most memorable I have ever seen. I first saw it in 1990 and remembered almost all of it before viewing it a second time last night.The production is flawless. Each cast member is matched perfectly to each part: a wry, clever, wise Cook (Bohringer), a violent, unpleasant, loud Thief (Gambon), a suffering quiet Wife (Mirren) and a discrete Lover (Howard). Look also for a young Tim Roth playing his usual delinquent role. The photography is carefully planned, right down to the red water melons with green rinds split open on the cutting table. All the kitchen shots look like masterful 19th century still life paintings. There are interesting visual tricks: the costumes change color as the characters move from the dining room (red) to the kitchen (green).But be warned, this is not a pleasant movie. The film begins and ends with two unmentionable scenes. The thief insults his wife throughout the movie and it’s soon difficult not to cringe at the sight of him. There is spitting and graphic vomiting. Make sure you’ve eaten some time before seeing this. And don’t plan a dinner aftewards; you’ll be too dizzy.
R. Donahue –
Greenaway is fantastic.
Wonderful surrealistic film – Helen Mirren is great as always
dojo –
Kinky!
You either get it or you don’t. I saw it when it came out and then had the VHS version.Feminists (which I am not) should love the ending.
Gee Gee –
Excellent film
The reason I gave 4 stars only is because this Blu-Ray has no subtitles at all or any special features.
Maxine E. Bush –
Deeply Disturbing, Transcendent, Brilliant…
I did not think I would make it all the way through this film, the start was so unsettling.But, as I trust Helen Mirren’s (and that of her agent) judgement, I pressed “pause” for a moment to change my perspective, and plunged back in.Omg, it is so good.Michael Gambon is a huge, domineering talent, and that spills forth in this film, soaking everyone and everything in his Thief’s boorishly gluttonous and capitalistic narcissism.Helen Mirren is…oh god, there are no words for what she is. Her range is simply unbelievable, and her Georgina (the Thief’s wife) grows and develops and unfurls into facets of Woman we seek, and so seldom find, within ourselves.This is a film fueled by, consumed by, about, and for Rage.It is difficult to watch.But so, SO worth it.As I write this, the tears are still wet on my face.I hated this movie-at the beginning, I felt betrayed…but I consciously altered my p.o.v. to see it as art, and then-I hated it again.Because it ended.And I wanted-needed-it to go on.I will be thinking about this film for days, perhaps for the rest of my life.
Mare –
MOVIE IS LOCKED WITH A CODE
Needs code to play. No instructions that I could find here on Amazon or Google on how to get “Codec”.If it has to do with content ,there is Fargo and fried Green Tomatoes…there is no code requirement .Also,I don’t believe it could be language ,sexual ,smoking alcohol as I have SEEN much MORE in PG-13… movies that hits my cringe nerve.I was able to return.Also,Amazon has this movie in their Prime listing however it can not be shown in this area (Florida)( go figure).Just saying
IBALON 35 –
WEIRD CLASSIC
Among my favorite weird classic films, shocking and funny.
Steven Adam Renkovish –
Peter Greenaway’s classic film comes to Blu-ray…
We all know that this film is excellent, a modern day masterpiece, etc, etc…and in that case, I’ll go ahead and give a short review of this highly anticipated Blu-ray release instead of the film itself.First of all, this is a region-free Blu-ray.This disc has one little odd quirk. In order to play the main feature, one must hit the “enter” button on the Blu-ray remote while the pop up menu is up. It will abruptly skip over to the film. Took me a few minutes to figure this out – very frustrating at first, but I was relieved when I solved this little issue. Spanish subtitles are optional, and can be turned off during the film.Picture: 3.5/5: Not a picture perfect transfer, but the best print that I have seen as of yet. Not bad at all.Sound: 3/5: A 2.0 Dolby Digital track. Good enough for me. Sometimes, the track sounds a bit cluttered, and I wish that this disc had English subtitles, as some the accents are a bit thick in some places.All in all, this Blu-ray is recommended. Hopefully, Criterion will give us a proper region A release at some point, but for now, this should do just fine for serious fans of the film!
Connie Dietze –
Got it second hand and in great condition
TINLIZZIE –
Dvd good quality
Pocholo –
Uma pelicula interesante y recomendable. No para todos los publicos , eso si. Puede resultar algo bizarra para los no iniciados. Una buena ocasion para redescubrir a una grande como es HELEN MIRREN.
Alfonso chacon –
Genial
Bruno Bossi –
Per amanti di film commedia stile inglese. A me è piaciuto tantissimo.