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A Christmas Tale (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
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NR (Not Rated) :: Criterion ::
Released:
2009-12-01
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A Christmas Tale
Although many people have raved out this film, I still think director Arnaud Desplechin's best film is Kings & Queen. I may say that only Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Devos, and Mathieu Amalric wowed me out of the large cast. I usually li...
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5/5
Jazzy French Film
by Eric M. Eiserloh (San Rafael, California)
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....
A Christmas Tale (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] Summary
CHRISTMAS TALE, A BLU-RAY EDITION (BLU-RAY DISC)
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.
Christmas Tale [Criterion Collection]... Blu-Ray DVD Techincal Details
Cast:
Director:
Arnaud Desplechin
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Rated:
NR (Not Rated)
Running Time:
152 mins
UPC:
715515049016
Binding:
Blu-ray
Studio:
Criterion
Release Date:
2009-12-01
Region Code:
Specs:
Color, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language & Subtitles
French (Original Language), English (Subtitled),
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