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A Day in the Country [HD Remastered Edition]

Movie

3800yen
(4180yen Tax incl. in Japan)
US$ 24.08
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Release Date March 16, 2016
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Catalog No.PCBE-54731
JAN/ISBN 4988013512184
Product Type DVD
TV Standard NTSC
Number of Discs 1
Color Mono
Running Time 55minutes
Original Release Year 1936
Layers single-sided/single-layered
Aspect Ratio(s) 4:3
Region 2
Subtitles Japanese
Audio Track French Dolby Digital 2.0ch Monaural

Description

[Machine Translation] Beautiful images that look as if they were impressionist paintings in motion. A blissful film, a masterpiece of the century, now restored in HD remastering! Picnic" directed by Jean Renoir, the son of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, is a miraculous film filled with beauty that surpasses that of Impressionist paintings. Although the film is in black and white, the colors of the trees, the brightness of the water surface, and even the gradation of light are vividly visible, as if the paintings left behind by his father had come to life. The richly colored images, which are different from the vivid colors of digital images, spread through our brains. This is the essence of Renoir's films, filled with lyricism and sensuality. Encounters and partings. Joy and sorrow. Harmony and disintegration. Human beings open up in nature. Not only does the film beautifully show this simple happiness, but it also highlights the joys and sorrows of life through the drama of a man and a woman who achieve a momentary spark of love but are never united. The print of the film, shot in 1936, was destroyed by the occupying Germans when the war broke out before it could be completed. However, the original negatives were rescued by Henri Langlois, founder of the Cinematheque Francaise. Through the persistence of producer Pierre Brombergier, the film was edited with the approval of director Jean Renoir, who was in exile in the United States at the time, and was finally completed for release in Paris in 1946. Picnic" was thus a film that transcended the horrors of the war with luck and passion. The film's assistant directors included photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson (who also did the still photography), Jacques Becquerel, and Luchino Visconti. The heroine was played by Sylvia Bataille, then Madame Georges Bataille. The film was shot in the suburbs of Paris, a favorite haunt of Impressionist painters, and Bataille even jumped in to take part in the production, which would be unthinkable today. This is a revival of a masterpiece by Jean Renoir, who was revered as the father of cinema by directors such as Truffaut, Godard, Rossellini, Altman, Aldrich, and many others. Commentary leaflet enclosed.
Special Feature / Bonus Track: rehearsal footage, trailer
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Description in Japanese

ピクニック [HDリマスター版] / 洋画

まるで印象派の絵が動きだしたかのような美しい映像。至福の映画、世紀の名作がHDリマスターで甦る! 画家ピエール=オーギュスト・ルノワールの息子であるジャン・ルノワール監督の『ピクニック』は、印象派絵画を越える美しさにあふれた奇跡の映画。白黒でありながら父が残した絵画が動き出したかのように、樹木の色や水面の輝き、そして光の諧調までも鮮明に見えてくる。デジタルの鮮明なカラーとは違う豊かな色彩のイメージが脳内に広がっていく、抒情と官能に満ちたルノワール映画の真髄。出会いと別れ。喜びと悲しみ。調和と崩壊。人間が自然の中で開かれていく。そのシンプルな幸せを美しく見せるだけでなく、一瞬の愛のきらめきを得ながらも結ばれることのない男女のドラマから、人生の歓びや切なさが浮き彫りになっていく。祝福に包まれたかけがえのない一日が、川に浮かぶ泡沫のように消えていくラストには胸が熱くなる。1936年に撮影された映画のプリントは、完成を待つ前に大戦が勃発したため、占領したドイツ軍によって破棄されてしまう。ところが、オリジナルネガはシネマテーク・フランセーズの創設者アンリ・ラングロワによって救出されていた。そしてプロデューサーのピエール・ブロンベルジェの執念により、当時アメリカへ亡命していたジャン・ルノワール監督の了承を得て、編集作業が進められついに完成、1946年にパリで公開となる。こうして戦争の惨禍を超える幸運と情熱を得た『ピクニック』。助監督には、写真家アンリ・カルティエ=ブレッソン (スチール写真も担当)、ジャック・ベッケル、ルキノ・ヴィスコンティらそうそうたる名前が並ぶ。ヒロインを演じたのは、当時ジョルジュ・バタイユ夫人であったシルヴィア・バタイユ。撮影は印象派の画家たちが愛したパリ郊外で行われ、バタイユも飛び入りで参加するなど今では考えられないような豪華な製作現場だったという。トリュフォー、ゴダール、ロッセリーニ、アルトマン、アルドリッチ、世界の監督たちから映画の父として敬愛された名匠ジャン・ルノワールによる珠玉の名作が甦る。 解説リーフレット封入。
映像特典: 『ピクニック』のリハーサル、劇場公開予告編

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