(aka 'Under the Sand')
by
François Ozon
France 2000
| The subject matter of prolific young French auteur François Ozon's fourth feature - a happily married, childless woman's traumatised denial of her husband's sudden death by drowning - may, superficially, suggest a move on the director's part to calmer, more classical, waters after the sly, shocking tactics of his more transgressive early melodramas. Indeed, in focusing so sharply on Charlotte Rampling's tautly controlled, subtly nuanced performance as the elegant, Paris-based university lecturer who painstakingly, if psychotically, maintains a pretence of continuity, Ozon's film can be appreciated as a quality star vehicle, and as a tribute to the graceful mystique, sexual potency and fractured sensibility that the now 56-year-old actress brings to the screen. The movie's emphasis, however, gradually becomes more philosophical, abstract and quietly macabre. Hence a persuasive, intimate study of grief is transformed into a more general critique of romantic self-delusion in conventional marriage, made all the more unsettling by Rampling's film persona which, ultimately, remains impenetrable. |
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| Runtime | 1:32:08 | 131:50 | 1:32:00 |
| Video | 1.78:1
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French 2.0 Surround Stereo |
French 5.1 Surround Stereo English Commentary |
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| Subtitles | English (non-removable) | (Yellow) English, Spanish, None | English and None |
| Features |
FEATURES: Theatrical Trailer ( 1:14) Interview with CR (7:43) Filmographies Interview with CR and FO (TEXT) |
Theatrical Trailer (1.85:1, 01:56 min) Interview with Charlotte Rampling ( 8:53 min ) Commentary with François Ozon Filmographies |
Trailer Gallery ( "Vidoq", "Les Gout Des Autres", "Kandahar" ) Photo Gallery ( 14 pictures ) |
| DVD Release Date:
Sept. 24th, 2001 Keep Case Chapters: 19 |
DVD Release Date:
December 11, 2001 Keep Case Chapters: 14 |
DVD Release Date:
August 2002 Keep Case Chapters: 9 | |
Recommended Reading in French Cinema (CLICK COVERS or TITLES for more information)
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The Films in My Life |
French Cinema: A Student's Guide by Philip Powrie, Keith Reader |
Agnes Varda by Alison Smith | Godard on Godard : Critical Writings by Jean-Luc Godard | Notes on the Cinematographer by Robert Bresson |
French New Wave
by Jean Douchet, Robert Bonnono, Cedric Anger, Robert Bononno |
French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present by Remi Fournier Lanzoni |
Truffaut: A Biography by Antoine do Baecque and Serge Toubiana |
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