Post by captainofbeef on Jan 14, 2009 11:12:10 GMT -5
Gérard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve star as members of a French theater company living under the German occupation during World War II in François Truffaut’s gripping, humanist character study. Against all odds—a Jewish theater manager in hiding; a leading man who’s in the Resistance; increasingly restrictive Nazi oversight—the troupe believes the show must go on. Equal parts romance, historical tragedy, and even comedy, The Last Metro (Le dernier métro) is Truffaut’s ultimate tribute to art overcoming adversity.
Disc Features
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer (uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* Two audio commentaries: one featuring Annette Insdorf, author of François Truffaut, and one with actor Gérard Depardieu, historian Jean-Pierre Azéma, and Truffat biographer Serge Toubiana
* Deleted scene
* French television excerpts of interviews with Truffaut, and actors Catherine Deneuve, Depardieu, and Jean Poiret
* New video interviews with actresses Andréa Ferréol, Sabine Haudepin, and Paulette Dubost, assistant director Alain Tasma, and camera assistants Florent Bazin and Tessa Racine
* A video interview with the celebrated cinematographer Nestor Almendros, detailing his collaborations with Truffaut
* Une histoire d’eau, Truffaut’s 1958 short film co-directed by Jean-Luc Godard
* Theatrical trailer
* New and improved English subtitle translation
* PLUS: A new essay by Armond White
