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( aka "The Butcher")
France 1969
| The young Chabrol introduces the viewer into the daily life of the female school teacher that becomes us : so we gently search for affection and empathy, we discover the gentleness of a mute character and beyond the horror is waiting. Or is it the gentleness that lies beyond horror? |
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Theatrical Release Date: February 27th, 1970 - France
DVD REVIEW: Pathfinder - Region 1 - NTSC
All screenshots courtesy of Ashirg. Thanks Gregory!
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Or order the complete Claude Chabrol Collection from
Pathfinder including:
Ten Days' Wonder,
The Unfaithful Wife (La Femme Infidele),
Les Biches (Bad Girls),
Innocents With Dirty Hands,
The Butcher
(Le Boucher),
This Man Must Die,
La Rupture (The Breach), and
Nada.
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Pathfinder - Region 1 - NTSC |
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| Runtime | 1:28:39 | |
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1.77:1.00
Letterboxed WideScreen Average Bitrate: 6.27 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
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NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes. |
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Pathfinder
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| Audio | French (Dolby Digital 2.0), English and Spanish DUBS | |
| Subtitles | English and none | |
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Release Information: Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details
DVD Release Date: May 20th, 2003 |
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| Comments |
The image is similar to
Les Biches (anamorphic, grainy,
with marks here and there (including cigarette burns - see the third
capture), but overall pretty clean. There were more marks on this film
than
Les Biches, but they are not
distracting. Colors are washed out. French sound is very good, much
better than English and Spanish dubs. No complaints here (at first,
there were rumors that this will be dubbed and pan-n-scanned only). The
commentary is similar to
Les Biches, but with more silences, this time
with 2 screen writers I know nothing about. Short gallery and
non-anamorphic trailer (in French) round off the disc.
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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 |
Robert Bresson (Cinematheque Ontario Monographs, No.
2) by James Quandt |
The Art of Cinema by Jean Cocteau |
French New Wave
by Jean Douchet, Robert Bonnono, Cedric Anger, Robert Bononno |
French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present by Remi Fournier Lanzoni |
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Click the logo to order from:
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Or order the complete Claude Chabrol Collection from
Pathfinder including:
Ten Days' Wonder,
The Unfaithful Wife (La Femme Infidele),
Les Biches (Bad Girls),
Innocents With Dirty Hands,
The Butcher
(Le Boucher),
This Man Must Die,
La Rupture (The Breach), and
Nada.
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| Distribution |
Pathfinder - Region 1 - NTSC |
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