(aka 'Forbidden Games' or 'The Secret Game')
Directed by
René Clément
france 1952
A girl of perhaps five or six is orphaned in an air raid while fleeing a French city with her parents early in World War II. She is befriended by a pre-adolescent peasant boy after she wandered away from the other refugees, and is taken in for a few weeks by his family. The children become fast friends, and the film follows their attempt to assimilate the deaths they both face, and the religious rituals surrounding those deaths, through the construction of a cemetery for all sorts of animals. Child-like and adult activity are frequently at cross-purposes, however.
A timeless evocation of the loss of innocence, René Clément’s heartbreaking Forbidden Games tells the story of a young orphan and her friend, who are forced to fend for themselves in World War II France. A breathtaking cinematic achievement, Clément’s film features brilliant performances from its child stars and won the 1952 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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Theatrical Release: May 9th, 1952
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(click titles for DVDBeaver reviews) Criterion (without the extras) also available in The Essential Art House - 50 Years of Janus Films - a 50-disc celebration of international films collected under the auspices of the groundbreaking theatrical distributor. It contains Alexander Nevsky (1938), Ashes And Diamonds (1958), L'avventura (1960), Ballad Of A Soldier (1959), Beauty And The Beast (1946), Black Orpheus (1959), Brief Encounter (1945), The Fallen Idol (1948), Fires On The Plain (1959), Fists In The Pocket (1965), Floating Weeds (1959), Forbidden Games (1952), The 400 Blows (1959), Grand Illusion (1937), Häxan (1922), Ikiru (1952), The Importance Of Being Earnest (1952), Ivan The Terrible, Part II (1958), Le Jour Se Lève (1939), Jules And Jim (1962), Kind Hearts And Coronets (1949), Knife In The Water (1962), The Lady Vanishes (1938), The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943), Loves Of A Blonde (1965), M (1931), M. Hulot's Holiday (1953), Miss Julie (1951), Pandora's Box (1929), Pépé Le Moko (1937), Il Posto (1961), Pygmalion (1938), Rashomon (1950), Richard III (1955), The Rules Of The Game (1939), Seven Samurai (1954), The Seventh Seal (1957), The Spirit Of The Beehive (1973), La Strada (1954), Summertime (1955), The Third Man (1949), The 39 Steps (1935), Ugetsu (1953), Umberto D. (1952), The Virgin Spring (1960), Viridiana (1961), The Wages Of Fear (1953), The White Sheik (1952), Wild Strawberries (1957), Three Documentaries By Saul J. Turell plus the hardcover, full color 240-page book. |
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| Runtime | 1:26:00 | |
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| Audio | French (Dolby Digital 1.0), DUB: English (Dolby Digital 1.0) | |
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Release Information: Edition Details: • Collection
of new and archival interviews with director René Clément and actress
Brigitte Fossey |
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I have a couple of questions about this release. Firstly, it looks marvelous, but I am scratching my head as to why it is window-boxed with a thick black border around the entire frame. Why in the world would they author a DVD in this fashion... totally limiting the full resolution? I can only remember Criterion doing this to Flaherty's 1922 Nanook of the North. Although perhaps not as much of a question but an observation - Criterion have uncharacteristically added an optional English DUB. They haven't done so in a foreign language release for some time. I suspect that it is to allow children to watch the film. The image looks very good with solid contrast and excellent shadow detail. Progressive, fairly bright - great subtitles and I enjoyed the three interview extra features. The alternate opening/ending may have some relevant interest to those very keen on the film, which doesn't need my rubber stamp of 'masterpiece'. As usual the liner notes are very professional and in my mind this is a must-have DVD for your collection. Fans have anticipated this film coming to a complete DVD presentation for a long while. NOTE: There are both French and Korean releases of this film on DVD (see two captures below).
Pepsi says: "If these Korean DVD is an
official release, they sure have make it to look like an "bootleg".
There's not even a
distributor
name on the package.
There's not much to compare here: Even tough the Korean DVD claims that
it's based on Studio Canal's restoration, something is totally wrong
here. The picture is very soft, it's taken from a PAL source (visible
Combing and ghosting in motion), and someone has decided to stretch the
image to new proportions, making everything look wider. I have two DVD's
of this issue: the first one doesn't function after the layer change.
The extra material mentioned on the menu pages doesn't exist, except
from some text pages in Korean." |
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