The soft skin La peau douce

DVD - 2015

A celebrated literary scholar, seemingly happily married, embarks on an affair with a gorgeous stewardess, who is captivated by his charm and reputation. As their romance gets serious, the film grows anxious, leading to a wallop of a conclusion.

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Subjects
Genres
Romance films
Feature films
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : the Criterion Collection [2015]
Language
French
English
Corporate Authors
Films du carrosse (Firm), S.E.D.I.F, Simar Films
Corporate Authors
Films du carrosse (Firm) (production company), S.E.D.I.F, Simar Films
Other Authors
François Truffaut (screenwriter), Jean-Louis Richard (actor), Jean Desailly, Françoise Dorléac, Nelly Benedetti, Daniel Ceccaldi, 1927-2003, Laurence Badie, Philippe Dumat, Paule Emanuele, 1927-, Maurice Garrel, Sabine Haudepin, 1955-, Dominique Lacarrière, Jean Lanier, 1913-1999, Pierre Risch
Edition
DVD special edition ; DVD edition
Item Description
DVD release of the 1964 motion picture.
Special features: Commentary (features screenwriter Jean-Louis Richard and Truffaut scholar Serge Toubiana); The complexity of influence (video essay by filmmaker and critic Kent Jones details how director Alfred Hitchcock influenced Truffaut's filmmaking); Monsieur Truffaut meets Mr. Hitchcock (made by film historian Robert Fischer in 1999, 30-min. documentary tells the story behind director Truffaut's famous interview book Hitchcock, from Truffaut's presentation of the idea to filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock in 1962 to the book's publication four years later); Truffaut on The soft skin (excerpt from a December 1965 episode of the French television program Cinéastes de notre temps, Truffaut talks about the origin of the film, shooting its love scenes, and choreographing its finale); new English subtitles translation.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Raoul Coutard ; music, Georges Delerue ; editor, Claudine Bouché.
ISBN
9781604659634
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

A scholar & a stewardess take flight. (c) Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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