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 Verfasst am: 19 Jun 2008 13:01 Titel: #443: 'La ronde' [Max Ophüls] |
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#443: "Der Reigen / La ronde" [F 1950, Max Ophüls]
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Simone Signoret, Anton Walbrook, and Simone Simon lead a roundelay of French stars in Max Ophuls's delightful, acerbic adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's controversial turn-of-the-century play La ronde. Soldiers, chambermaids, poets, and aristocrats, all are on equal footing in this multicharacter merry-go-round of love and infidelity, directed with a sweeping gaiety as knowingly frivolous as it is enchanting, and shot with Ophuls's trademark intricate cinematography.
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary featuring film scholar Susan White, author of The Cinema of Max Ophuls
- An interview with Academy Award–winning filmmaker Marcel Ophuls, discussing his father’s work
- Interview with actor Daniel Gélin (Napoléon, Testament of Orpheus)
- Interview with film scholar Alan Williams
- Selected correspondence between Sir Laurence Olivier and Heinrich Schnitzler (the playwright's son), illustrating the controversy surrounding the source play
- New and improved subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty
Film Info
1950
97 minutes
Black and White
1.33:1
Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Not Anamorphic
French
Single Disc
SRP: $39.95
About the Transfer
La ronde is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.33:1. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. The picture has been slightly window-boxed to ensure that the maximum image is visible on all monitors. This new high-definition digital transfer was created on a Spirit Datacine from an original 35 mm duplicate negative and a new 35 mm duplicate negative made from the original 35 mm fine-grain master positive. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, and scratches were removed using the MTI Digital Restoration System. To maintain optimal image quality through the compression process, the picture on this dual-layer DVD-9 was encoded at the highest-possible bit rate for the quantity of material included.
The soundtrack was mastered at 24-bit from multiple 35 mm optical track prints, and audio restoration tools were used to reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and crackle. The Dolby Digital 1.0 signal will be directed to the center channel on surround sound systems, but some viewers may prefer to switch to two-channel playback for a wider dispersal of the mono sound. |
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