A Christmas Tale (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
by Arnaud Desplechin
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Actor: Anne Consigny, Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Melvil PoupaudDirector: Arnaud Desplechin
Brand: Image Entertainment
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Original Language)
Format: Color, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 152 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2009-12-01
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Criterion
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Blu-ray Review: Jazzy French Film
Summary: 5 Stars
This one is not for everyone. Most people will probably not only have trouble with its length, but its style, as well. Both as wild as it is imaginative, Christmas Tale is like a post-modern jazz score, mixing elements from a variety of cinematic styles that are jarring (at times), but always interesting to behold. As long as the film is, it always keeps moving and changing before our very eyes. What makes its odd stylistic combinations work is the compelling depths of its explorations into family and the bonds the unite, or divide us. Like and The Royal Tennenbaums, with a nouvelle vague twist, the film is not only full of odd combinations of image and music, but seems to jump from one film to another from scene to scene, as if each character or emotional quality (from light comedy to serious drama) were each receiving its own rendering. At times, the characters turn and speak directly to the camera. The filmmaker also intercedes by providing chapter headings and keyhole views, but, somehow, what could have become a cacophony of chaos, turns into a wonderment of cinema that any real cinephile will be amazed to behold and want to experience again....
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Description of A Christmas Tale (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
In Arnaud Desplechin?s beguiling A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël), Catherine Deneuve brings her legendary poise to the role of Junon, matriarch of the troubled Vuillard family, who come together at Christmas after she learns she needs a bone marrow transplant from a blood relative. That simple family reunion setup, however, can?t begin to describe the unpredictable, emotionally volatile experience of this film, an inventive, magical drama that?s equal parts merriment and melancholy. Unrequited childhood loves and blinding grudges, brutal outbursts and sudden slapstick, music, movies, and poetry, A Christmas Tale ties it all together in a marvelously messy package.Stills from A Christmas Tale (Click for larger image)
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