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( aka "The Beast Must Die" or "Killer!" or "This Man Must Die" or "Ucciderò un uomo" )

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France 1969

"'Que la bete meure' seems to diverge from Chabrol's characteristic methods in some ways. it begins with a death, as well as inexorably leading up to one. It does not directly concern the murderousness of bourgeois marriage, although it deals with that too. Most radically, we gain access to the main character's emotions and motivations, revealed through diary entries - usually Chabrol's characters reveal themselves through action or reaction, and then, motives are often obscure."


Theatrical Release Date: October 27th, 1969 - Sweden

Reviews

 

DVD REVIEW: Pathfinder -  Region 1 - NTSC 

All screenshots courtesy of Ashirg. Thanks Gregory!

DVD Box Cover

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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.

          

Distribution

Pathfinder - Region 1 - NTSC
Runtime 1:46:56
Video 1.71:1.00 Letterboxed WideScreen
Average Bitrate: 5.22 mb/s
NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s
 

NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
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Pathfinder

 

Audio French (Dolby Digital 2.0), English and Spanish DUBS
Subtitles English and none
Features

Release Information:
 Distributor: Pathfinder Home Entertainment

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen - 1.71:1

Edition Details

  • Biographies

  • Photo Gallery

  • Non-anamorphic Trailer (in English)

DVD Release Date: May 20th, 2003
Keep Case
Chapters: 18

 

Comments
For a non-anamorphic transfer it got pretty good transfer.  I think it was transferred from PAL source because the image sometimes is blurred.  All the extras are the same as Nada disc - filmographies from IMDB, short gallery and French trailer.

  Gregory Meshman

 

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Recommended Reading in French Cinema (CLICK COVERS or TITLES for more information)

The Films in My Life
by Francois Truffaut, Leonard Mayhew

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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DVD Box Cover

Click the logo to order from:

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.

          

Distribution

Pathfinder - Region 1 - NTSC

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