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A Man Escaped (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
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Genre | Military & War/Drama |
Format | Blu-ray |
Contributor | Francois Leterrier, Robert Bresson |
Language | French |
Runtime | 1 hour and 41 minutes |
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Product Description
With the simplest of concepts and sparest of techniques, Robert Bresson (Au hasard Balthazar) made one of the most suspenseful jailbreak films of all time in A Man Escaped. Based on the memoirs of an imprisoned French resistance leader, this unbelievably taut and methodical marvel follows the fictional Fontaine’s single-minded pursuit of freedom, detailing the planning and carrying out of his escape with gripping precision. But Bresson’s film is not merely process-minded—it’s a work of intense spirituality and humanity.
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 4 ounces
- Item model number : CRRN2242BR
- Director : Robert Bresson
- Media Format : Blu-ray
- Run time : 1 hour and 41 minutes
- Release date : March 26, 2013
- Actors : Francois Leterrier
- Subtitles: : English, French
- Studio : Criterion Collection
- ASIN : B00AQ6J3AG
- Country of Origin : France
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #9,568 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #4,517 in Blu-ray
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The performances are very strong (Bresson was still aiming for naturalistic performances at this time) and the Christian allegory - that we want redemption but instinctively back away from it - is not overstrained: although this time round I noticed a few more references to religion than I recalled, it's there if you want to see it but never at the cost of turning the movie into a sermon.
The film has gone through various video, DVD and Blu-ray incarnations. New Yorker's source material for their deleted NTSC DVD is not especially good, but considering how bad most 35mm prints that go round the revival circuit are, it may well be a case of making the best of what material was available to them. Artificial Eye's UK Region 2 PAL DVD is a distinct improvement on New Yorker's version. Although it doesn't have the unsubtitled trailer included on the US release, it does have a good 54-minute Dutch documentary, The Road to Bresson, and superior picture quality. The French Blu-ray from Gaumont is very impressive, though the extras are unsubtitled - something rectified by Criterion's excellent edition on DVD and Region A-locked Blu-ray tha includes the trailer (subtitled this time), The Road to Bresson documentary, and documentary The Essence of Forms, episode of Cineastes du Notre Temps - Bresson Without a Trace, offering Bresson's fist on-camera interview, visual essay Functions of Film Sound and booklet.
Reading that it was an escape film, I had the wrong idea of this A Man Escaped; yet, the film was mesmerizing. Far from what I imagined, it shows in minute detail how a man uses all resources available in the small room of his prison. More outstanding is the man's desire to be free, a freedom he claims that God is willing to give him only if he helps himself. Albeit not a slow film, the spectator must have patience with the plot's development since scene after scene it shows the major character scraping wood, making tools, writing notes, whispering a few words to his peers in the prison during washing time while listening to his voice sharing his thoughts. Fontaine's story of escape is a story of hope in a time of darkness. And the film is beautifully done. It was a great experience to watch this movie.
A captured French resistance fighter in WW II awaits execution at the hands of the Nazi’s afraid, confused (this is no Hollywood hero, but a real human) he nevertheless contrives to find a way to escape before he is put to death. We watch him plan and prepare, slowly, methodically, as one would have to do, and yet with a ticking clock always bringing him closer to doom.
Beautifully and simply shot, with strong performances (Bresson’s penchant for nonprofessional actors meant that on occasion his work can be hindered by a weak performance, but that’s not the case here). More accessible than some of Bresson’s work for being less metaphorical, this might be a good place to start for someone interested in first sampling the work of this great French film-maker. I look forward to seeing it again.
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Der Film übertrifft an Präzision und Spannung meiner Meinung nach sogar noch den ebenfalls erstklassigen, französischen Ausbruchsfilm „Das Loch“ (Le Trou) und man fragt sich natürlich, wieso dieser Film aus dem Jahre 1956 v.a. in Deutschland so unbekannt geblieben ist.
Ein Film-Juwel, oder soll man sagen, ein Glücksfall - in diesem Genre wird man nichts Besseres finden. Schwarz-Weiß ist für diesen Film geradezu ideal und die Sprache (Französisch/englische Untertitel) ist okay, zumal Dialoge bei Filmen dieser Art zwangsläufig auf angenehme Weise reduziert sind.
Fontaine(Leterrier), impassive and inscrutable , has total command of the 3 by 2 metre space he inhabits, with the eyes of a vigilant bird and we get an image of his hands chipping, banging, bending,platting. Our vision is limited to what he can see-a small part of the prison yard, the outer corridor and downstairs in the yard when the men empty their pots and have a wash in the communal wash-house daily. We also only hear what he hears, the approaching foot-steps or the noises of men being taken from their cell to their execution in the yard.Bursts of machine-gun fire.Orsini, in the cell opposite escapes too early and is soon executed.The innate hope and humanity of the prisoners surfaces as they struggle for meaning beyond their captivity. This is a thrilling tale of courage and faith transcending physical limits through iron purpose and sensitivity soft as a feather and a final liberation with a moving denouement to the accompaninment of Mozart's sublime Mass in C Minor.