{"id":28345,"date":"2022-05-06T18:59:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T01:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=28345"},"modified":"2022-05-06T18:59:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T01:59:40","slug":"review-twisting-the-knife-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2022\/05\/review-twisting-the-knife-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Twisting the Knife: Four Films by Claude Chabrol Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Twisting the Knife <\/i><\/b>is the next collection of films from filmmaker Claude Chabrol and includes\u00a0The Swindle<\/em>,\u00a0The Color of Lies<\/em>,\u00a0Nightcap<\/em> and\u00a0The Flower of Evil<\/em> and has a plethora of bonus features for each film.<\/p>\n

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Twisting the Knight: Four Films by Claude Chabrol
\n<\/span>(The Swerve\/The Color of Lies\/Nightcap\/The Flower of Evil)<\/span>
\n(1997-2003)
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Various<\/span>
\nArrow Video| NR \u2013 419 min. \u2013 $99.95 | April 26, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 05\/06\/2022 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Director: <\/strong>Claude Chabrol
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Various
\nCast: <\/strong>Nathalie Baye, Sandrine Bonnaire, Fran\u00e7ois Cluzet, Antoine De Caunes, Jacques Dutronc, Suzanne Flon, Jacques Gamblin, Isabelle Huppert, Bernard Le Coq, Beno\u00eet Magimel, Anna Mouglalis, Rodolphe Pauly, Michel Serrault, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi<\/span><\/p>\n

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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Audio Commentaries, Interviews, Trailers, Galleries
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>No
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>4<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio: <\/strong>French (PCM 2.0), French (DTS-HD MA 5.1) (Nightcap<\/em> and Flower of Evil<\/em> only)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.66
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English
\n<\/span>Codecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/span><\/p>\n
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Arrow Video provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIES<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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THE SWINDLE<\/em><\/strong> (1997)<\/strong> \u2014 Small-time crooks Victor (MICHELE SERRAULT) and Betty (ISABELLE HUPPERT) live their lives on the road, conning money out of businessmen but staying under the radar by taking no more than their victims can afford. Until the day when Betty hooks a big fish (FRANCOIS CLUZET) linked to international money trafficking, and they find themselves in over their heads. Who is scamming who and who do you trust in a life built on so many lies?<\/p>\n

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THE COLOR OF LIES<\/em><\/strong> (1999)<\/strong> \u2014 In the small coastal town of St. Malo, Brittany, the body of a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. Suspicion falls on the dour Rene Sterne (JACQUES GAMBLIN) a once famous painter, now art treacher, who was the last person to see her alive. His marriage to the buoyant Vivianne (SANDRINE BONNAIRE), already under strain beneath the weight of gossip and rumour, is further tested when shallow but successful novelist, journalist, and TV host German-Roland Desmot (ANTOINE DE CAUNES) arrives, a flamboyant ladies\u2019 man with a vacation home in St. Malo and an interest in Vivianne.<\/p>\n

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NIGHTCAP <\/em><\/strong>(2000)<\/strong> \u2014 The spider at the center of a murderous web of deception, Huppert stars as Mika, wife of virtuoso pianist Andr\u00e9 Polonski (JACQUES DUTRONIC) and stepmother to his son, Guillaume, whose mother died in a car wreck on his sixth birthday. When a young pianist, Jeanne (ANNA MOUGLALIST), learns that she and Guillaume were almost exchanged at birth, she takes the opportunity to introduce herself, believing she might in fact be Andre’s daughter. Welcomed into the Polonski home, Andr\u00e9 makes her his pupil. But behind the facade of perfection, something is not quite right. Jeanne becomes suspicious of the seemingly benevolent Mika and the hot chocolate that she prepares each night for the whole family.<\/p>\n

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THE FLOWER OF EVIL<\/em> (2003)<\/strong> \u2014 Anne Charpin-Vasseur (ANTHALIE BAYE), matriarch of an outwardly perfect upper-class family in Bordeaux decides to run for Mayor. But in the midst of her campaign a leaflet appears, accusing her family of collaboration with the Nazis, profiteering, adultery, and more. One by one skeletons begin to emerge from the closet, sowing discord and distrust as the family begins to unravel.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4\u00bd\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This four-disc set, each movie is in its own cardboard case which side-slides into a sturdy outercase. Included is a nice bound-perfect book containing essays on Chabrol.<\/p>\n

THE SWINDLE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n