Release Date: March 26th, 2013
Purchase link: Amazon
France
1956
101 minutes
Black and White
1.33:1
French
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Purchase link: Amazon
France
1956
101 minutes
Black and White
1.33:1
French
With the simplest of concepts and sparest of techniques, Robert Bresson made one of the most suspenseful jailbreak films of all time in A Man Escaped. Based on the account 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 execution of his escape with gripping precision. But Bresson’s film is not merely about process—it’s also a work of intense spirituality and humanity.
Disc Features:
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Bresson: Without a Trace, a 1965 episode of the television program Cinéastes de notre temps in which the director gives his first on-camera interview
- The Essence of Forms, a forty-five-minute documentary from 2010 in which some of Bresson’s collaborators and admirers, including actor François Leterrier and director Bruno Dumont, share their thoughts about the director and his work
- New visual essay with text by film scholars David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Tony Pipolo
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