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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r |
( aka "The Nada Gang" or "Sterminate gruppo Zero" )
France 1974
| "As a sophisticated analysis of pressing contemporary events, the whole thing seems rather silly, until you start spotting Chabrol's wicked, misanthropic irony, and you wonder if the old boy hasn't done it after all. Never take Chabrol's glittering surfaces at face value. The massacre scene is deeply cynical, shocking, brilliant cinema." |
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Theatrical Release Date: June 21st, 1974 - West Germany
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 | 1:46:56 | |
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1.63:1.00
Letterboxed WideScreen 16X9 Enhanced Average Bitrate: 5.22 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 |
This is anamorphic transfer and pretty good one. Probably the best
transfer in the collection. Good colors - not as washed out as the
previous anamorphic transfers. Good sound (French as well as English and
Spanish dubs and English subtitles). Non-anamorphic trailer in
English, filmographies copied from IMDB and a short still gallery are
the extras on the disc.
Gregory
Meshman
* NOTE:
What are the little black spots on the
film? ( see capture #2 - upper right corner ) These marks are call "cigarette burns"
or "Cue Blips".
They tell you when one reel is about to end. The first mark appears
seven seconds before the film is about to end and again one second
before that reel finishes. In the middle of the film, when on reel is
about to end and time to start the next reel going, the projectionist
sits and waits for the burns to appear. When they do so, the
projectionist has approximately seven seconds to start the next reel
going on the second projector without people noticing.
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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 |
Check out more in "The Library"
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Screen Captures
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| DVD Box Cover |
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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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