Au hasard Balthazar

Au hasard Balthazar

DVD - 2018

A profound masterpiece from one of the most revered filmmakers in the history of cinema, follows the donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations outside of his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly.

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Subjects
Donkeys > France > Drama.
Animal welfare > France > Drama.
Domestic ass owners > France > Drama.
Abused women > France > Drama.
Human-animal relationships > Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection [2018]
Language
French
English
Corporate Author
Argos Films
Corporate Author
Argos Films (production company)
Other Authors
Robert Bresson (film director), François Lafarge (actor), Anne Wiazemsky
Edition
DVD special edition ;' DVD edition ; widescreen
Item Description
Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.
Widescreen (1.66:1 aspect ratio)
Special features: New 2K digital restoration; Interview; "Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson"; Original theatrical trailer; Plus, an essay by film scholar.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD; Widescreen (1.66:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Monaural.
Audience
Rating: Not rated.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Ghislain Cloquet ; editor, Raymond Lamy ; music, Jean Wiener, Franz Schubert.
ISBN
9781681434490
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

A donkey passes through a series of owners-some kind, some abusive-before succumbing to its foreseeable fate in Balthazar (1966), Bresson's (Pickpocket) affecting tale about way more than a beast of burden. Malle made an auspicious feature-film debut with the noir-ish Elevator (1958), a thriller about a guy who murders his boss to carry on an affair with the man's eye--catching wife (Jeanne Moreau). Schrader (American Gigolo) stylistically chronicles Japanese novelist (Yukio) Mishima (1985) through re-creating his works to a driving Philip Glass score. Bergman's Virgin (1960) tells a medieval revenge story whereby the rapist-killers of an innocent farm girl unwittingly seek refuge with the victim's father (Max von Sydow). VERDICT This quartet of esteemed Criterion catalog titles benefit from recent Blu-ray upgrades superior to their decade-plus-old DVDs, making the case for inclusion in appropriate collections.-Jeff T. Dick, Davenport, IA © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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