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Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an...
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Jean-Pierre Melville’s riveting account of underground resistance fighters - the award-winning Army of Shadows (L’ARMÉE DES OMBRES), ...
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The most personal film by the underworld poet Jean-Pierre Melville, who had participated in the French Resistance himself, this tragic masterpiece, based on a novel by Joseph Kessel, recounts the struggles and sacrifices of those who fought in the Resistance. Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and the incomparable Simone Signoret star...
Criterion has regained the rights to Jean-Pierre Melville’s Army of Shadowsand reissues the film on Blu-ray. The film is again presented in the aspect ratio of 1.85:1 on a dual-layer disc. The 1080p/24hz high-definition presentation comes from the same restoration that Criterion used for their previous DVD and Blu-ray editions, which in turn was so...
Yet again Criterion includes two French audio tracks: a PCM 1.0 monaural presented and a 2.0 DTS-HD MA presentation. The 2.0 track is still the better option in that fidelity is a little better and the spread of the audio is fine, while the 1.0 track is flatter and weaker overall. Neither show any signs of heavy damage or distortion either.
Though no new material has been added, Criterion’s special edition for Army of Shadowshas always been a strong one and they have ported everything over. The same audio commentary featuring film historian Ginette Vincendeau—recorded in 2006 for BFI—starts things off yet again. It’s a decent scholarly commentary, filled with some interesting comments...
Outside of some superficial modifications around artwork, the booklet, and opening logos for the film, this edition is the same as Criterion’s previous Blu-ray. It looks and sounds the same, and offers the same (excellent) supplementary material. Worth picking up if you missed out on the original Blu-ray edition before it went out-of-print. BUY AT:
From the first sight of German soldiers goose-stepping past the Arc de Triomphe to a postscript that spells out the fate of characters whose moral confusion is all too real, Army of Shadows...
Jun 3, 2024 · A true masterpiece of French cinema, Army Of Shadows is Jean Pierre Melville's most important film, and essential viewing.
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Army of Shadows (French: L'Armée des ombres; Italian: L'armata degli eroi) is a 1969 Franco-Italian World War II suspense-drama film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, and starring Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and Simone Signoret.
