{"id":18065,"date":"2018-03-25T21:45:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T04:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=18065"},"modified":"2018-04-05T21:56:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T04:56:56","slug":"review-sacha-guitry-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2018\/03\/review-sacha-guitry-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacha Guitry Four Films 1936-1938 BD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Sacha Guitry Four Films<\/em><\/strong> were not exactly my forte nor did I have much interest in the subjects or the filmmaker himself, but it\u2019s hard not to appreciate his talents behind and in front of the camera.<\/p>\n

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Sacha Guitry Four Films<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama
\nArrow Academy | NR \u2013 381 min. \u2013 $69.95 | March 27, 2018<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 03\/25\/2018 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Sacha Guitry
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Sacha Guitry
\nCast: <\/strong>Jacqueline Dellubac, Paul Bernard, Gaston Dubosc, Pierre Bertin, Victor Boucher, Jean Coquelin, Louis Allbert, Jeanne Boxtel, Roger Bourdin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Select Scene Commentaries, Introductions, Video Essays, Interviews
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray, DVD
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>French (PCM 1.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Full Frame 1.37
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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ABOUT THIS RELEASE<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Sacha Guitry has been referred to as the Gallic No\u00ebl Coward \u2013 a celebrated polymath who worked as a stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and as acclaimed playwright. Four Films 1936-1938<\/em> brings together a quartet of 1930s features by Guitry, each based on his own, earlier works for the theatre.<\/p>\n

In The New Testament<\/em><\/strong> (Le Nouveau testament<\/em>), husbands and wives, lovers and gigolos, all break a sweat when Dr. Marcelin;s newly-revised last will and testament is prematurely exposed. My Father Was Right<\/em><\/strong> (Mon pere avait raison<\/em>) is a comic chamber masterpiece chronicling three generations of the men in a family and their jousting with love and happiness. Let\u2019s Make a Dream…<\/em><\/strong> (Faisons un reve…<\/em>) examines the joys and anxieties of infidelity and features several luminaries of the French stage-and-screen in cameos and tour-de-force roles. Finally, Let\u2019s Go Up the Champs-Elysees<\/em><\/strong> (Remontons les Champs-Elysees<\/em>) recounts a comic history of France through the nation\u2019s most famous street.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The four films are spread across two HD Keep Cases and housed in a sturdy cardboard outer box. Also inside is an 80-page booklet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The New Testament<\/em><\/strong>\/My Father Was Right
\n<\/em><\/strong>Introduction to Sacha Guitry by Ginette Vincendeau (12:10; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 The French film critic gives us an overview of Guitry not only as a filmmaker but as a person who apparently was a womanizer yet still honored strong female characters.<\/p>\n

Select Scene Commentaries<\/u><\/strong> are available for both films, again from Vindendeau. Given between the two it\u2019s only 10 minutes, it\u2019s not all that noteworthy.<\/p>\n

Creatures feroces (6:15; HD)<\/u><\/strong> and L\u2019Email des mots (6:59; HD)<\/u><\/strong> are a video essays by Philipe Durant on Guitry\u2019s representation of women and his way with words.<\/p>\n

Pascal Thomas on My Father Was Right<\/em> (6:54; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is an interview with the French screenwriter and director as he talks about the film.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s Make a Dream…<\/em><\/strong>\/Let\u2019s Go Up the Champs-Elysees
\n<\/em><\/strong>Select Scene Commentaries<\/u><\/strong> is once again provided by Ginette Vincendeau and as before, neither is particularly long.<\/p>\n

Mon fils avait raison (4:26; HD)<\/u><\/strong> and Ne quittez pas (4:31; HD)<\/u><\/strong> are two more video essays from Durant.<\/p>\n

Francis Veber on Let\u2019s Make a Dream…<\/em> (7:54; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Veber is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and playwright and he talks about this film and how Guitry inspired him.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Make a Dream…<\/u><\/em><\/strong> sound tests (5:24; HD)<\/u><\/strong> and the Theatrical Trailer (4:05; HD)<\/u><\/strong> rounds things out.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.0\/5, AUDIO \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Arrow Films has released a pretty good set with beautiful looking movies (for the most part), restored by Gaumont, and apparent that dust, scratches and other ailments were removed or repaired, although I did notice a few specs and Let\u2019s Make a Dream <\/em>is sometimes a little worse for wear. The black and white presentation is excellent with sharp detail as well as deep blacks, all of it presented with a 1080p high-definition transfer.<\/p>\n

All four films come with a basic but adequate PCM Mono tracks in their original French language soundtrack. This is nothing extraordinary but there at least weren\u2019t any major instances of hisses or pops.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Overall, the Sacha Guitry Four Films<\/em><\/strong> were not exactly my forte nor did I have much interest in the subjects or the filmmaker himself, but it\u2019s hard not to appreciate his talents behind and in front of the camera. This 4-film collection is shown with excellent video, fine audio and a fair amount of bonus features.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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