The Swindle / The Color of Lies / Nightcap / The Flower of Evil
Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Thomas Chabrol, Sandrine Bonnaire, Nathalie Baye, Jacques Dutronc, Jacques Gamblin
Director: Claude Chabrol
Language: French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French: LPCM 2.0
Subtitles: English
Region: Untested
Aspect Ratio: 1.67:1, 1.66:1
Number of Discs: 4
Rating: Not Rated
Orig. Release Date: 1997-2003
Studio: Arrow
Release Date: 4/26/2022
Run Time: 422 Min.
- NEW 4K RESTORATIONS of The Swindle (Rien Ne Va Plus), Nightcap (Merci Pour Le Chocolat) and The Flower of Evil (La Fleur Du Mal)
- Original lossless PCM French stereo audio on all films plus DTS-HD 5.1 on Nightcap (Merci Pour Le Chocolat) and The Flower of Evil (La Fleur Du Mal)
- Optional English subtitles
- 80-page collector's booklet of new writing by Sean Hogan, Brad Stevens, Catherine Dousteyessier-Khoze, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, and Pamela Hutchinson
- Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
DISC ONE - THE SWINDLE (RIEN NE VA PLUS)- Audio Commentary by Barry Forshaw & Sean Hogan
- Chabrol's 'Soap Bubble' (HD; 14:36) features film scholar Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze, who looks at some of the perceived "games" Chabrol plays with this film. In fairly heavily accented English.
- Film as a Family Affair (HD; 38:11) features Chabrol's stepdaughter Cecile Maistre-Chabrol and was conducted online because of Covid 19. This has some great anecdotes.
- Introduction by film scholar Joël Magny (HD; 2:28) feature Magny narrating as scenes from the movie play, and is in French with English subtitles.
- Scene Commentaries by Claude Chabrol (HD; 24:20) include scenes of Chabrol actually recording the commentaries. In French with English subtitles.
- Behind the Scenes (HD; 8:22)
- A Conversation with Isabelle Huppert (HD; 25:38) is in French with English subtitles.
- Theatrical Trailer (HD; 1:45)
- Stills Gallery (HD)
DISC TWO - THE COLOR OF LIES (AU COEUR DU MENSONGE)- Audio Commentary by Barry Forshaw & Sean Hogan
- Nothing is Sacred (HD; 13:57) is a visual essay by film critic Scout Tafoya and looks into how concepts of art and legacy play into the film.
- Introduction by film scholar Joël Magny (HD; 2:33) feature Magny narrating as scenes from the movie play, and is in French with English subtitles.
- Scene Commentaries by Claude Chabrol (HD; 20:08) include scenes of Chabrol actually recording the commentaries. In French with English subtitles.
- Behind the Scenes (HD; 25:47)
- Theatrical Trailer (HD; 1:14)
- Image Gallery (HD)
DISC THREE - NIGHTCAP (MERCI POUR LE CHOCOLAT)- Audio Commentary by Justine Smith
- When I Pervert Good. . . (HD; 11:15) is a visual essay by film critic Scout Tafoya and uses Nightcap as the jumping off point for an analysis of Chabrol's later career.
- Introduction by film scholar Joël Magny (HD; 3:11) feature Magny narrating as scenes from the movie play, and is in French with English subtitles.
- Scene Commentaries by Claude Chabrol (HD; 43:48) include scenes of Chabrol actually recording the commentaries. In French with English subtitles.
- Isabelle Huppert, "Heroine Chabrolienne" (HD; 7:06) is an archival interview with Isabelle Huppert and looks at what characterizes a "Chabrol heroine". In French with English subtitles.
- Interview with Jacques Dutronc (HD; 32:02) features the singer and songwriter discussing acting for Chabrol. In French with English subtitles.
- Behind the Scenes (HD; 26:05)
- Screen test for Anna Mouglalis (HD; 10:33) is in French with English subtitles.
- Theatrical Trailer (HD; 1:39)
- Image Gallery (HD)
DISC FOUR - THE FLOWER OF EVIL (LA FLEUR DU MAL)- Audio Commentary by Farran Smith Nehme
- Behind the Masks (HD; 14:30) is a visual essay by Agnes C. Poirier, who talks about her personal memories of Chabrol and his place in French cinema.
- Introduction by film scholar Joël Magny (HD; 3:31) feature Magny narrating as scenes from the movie play, and is in French with English subtitles.
- Scene Commentaries by Claude Chabrol (HD; 49:29) include scenes of Chabrol actually recording the commentaries. In French with English subtitles.
- Behind the Scenes (HD; 25:36)
- Interview with screenwriter Catherine Eliacheff (HD; 24:47) is in French with English subtitles.
- Theatrical Trailer (HD; 2:14)
- Image Gallery (HD)
For five decades Claude Chabrol navigated the unpredictable waters of Cinema, leaving in his wake more than fifty feature films that remain among the most quietly devastating genre movies ever made. Sardonic, provocative, unsettling, Chabrol's films cut to the quick with a clarity and honesty honed to razor sharpness.
The Swindle (Rien Ne Va Plus) sees Chabrol at perhaps his most playful as a pair of scam artists, Isabelle Huppert and Michel Serrault, get in over their heads. But who is scamming who and who do you trust in a life built on so many lies? The murder of a 10 year old girl sparks rumours and gossip in The Color of Lies (Au Coeur Du Mensonge), as suspicion falls on René (Jacques Gamblin) the dour once famous painter, now art teacher, who was the last person to see her alive. Enigmatic, perverse, seductive, Isabelle Huppert encapsulates everything that makes Nightcap (Merci Pour Le Chocolat) a film John Waters calls "Cinematic Perfection" in this tale of suppressed family secrets. Finally, in The Flower of Evil (La Fleur Du Mal), incest, old money and intergenerational guilt come under the scalpel as an outwardly perfect bourgeois family begins to unravel when the wife involves herself in politics.
Though influenced by Fritz Lang, Alfred Hitchcock and Jean Renoir, Chabrol's voice was entirely and assuredly his own, influencing in turn filmmakers like Bong Joon-ho, James Gray and Dominik Moll. His amused, unblinkered view of life and refusal to judge his characters makes his films timelessly relevant and accessible to all. Arrow Video is proud to present this second collection of films by Claude Chabrol with a wealth of new and archival extras.
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