(aka "Boudu Saved from Drowning" )

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France 1932

The 30s was an especially strong period for Howard Hawks (represented by two films here), for Ernest Lubitsch (also represented by two films), for Leo McCarey (ditto), and, most of all, for Jean Renoir (represented by three), who turned out 13 features during that decade, the second, third, and thirteenth of which are cited here. Boudu (1932), the third, stars the great Michel Simon (see L’Atalante, above) as a mangy and unapologetic tramp saved from drowning by a middle-class Parisian bookseller who’s determined to reform and “civilize” him. A ruthless and often hilarious tweaking of liberal delusions that scandalized Bosley Crowther, lead film reviewer of the New York Times, so thoroughly when it opened in the U.S. for the first time (in 1967!) that he walked out before the end, it continues to charm and provoke. (By contrast, Paul Mazursky’s toothless 1986 remake, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, offends only those who care about the original.) Renoir’s light-hearted comedy is also a kind of irreverent celebration of Boudu’s sloth, diffidence, and instinctually animalistic behavior. Renoir’s off-the-cuff manner of shooting remains as carefree and as fresh as the lead character.

Excerpt from Jonathan Rosenbaum's article "30 Great Movies on DVD" located HERE

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Theatrical Release: 11 November 1932 (Paris)

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Criterion Collection - Spine # 305

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Runtime 1:25:00 1:20:51 (4% PAL speedup)
Video 1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio
Average Bitrate: 6.93 mb/s
NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s

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Average Bitrate: 5.53 mb/s
PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s

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Audio French Dolby Digital 2.0 French Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles English, none English, none
Features Release Information:
Studio: Criterion

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen - 1.33:1

Edition Details:
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Archival introduction by Jean Renoir
• Excerpt from a Cinastes de notre temps program, featuring Renoir and Michel Simon
• New video interview with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin
• Archival interview with Eric Rohmer
• Interactive map of 1930s Paris, featuring locations from the film
• Liner notes essay by Renoir scholar Christopher Faulkner
 

DVD Release Date: August 23rd, 2005
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Release Information:
Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen - 1.33:1

Edition Details:
• Stills gallery
• Film information
• Trailers for Wages of Fear, Breathless, He Loves Me He Loves Me Not

DVD Release Date: January 27, 2003
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Comments As expected the Criterion appears sharper than the Optimum, has superior contrast, better subtitles and better extras. It does however still show the same damage marks as the Optimum but they mostly less visible. The Criterion also has some minor cropping on the top and occasionally the right edge. The Criterion has some amazing archival extras with stuff from Rohmer et all. We encourage you to buy the Criterion to view Renoir's masterful film.

 - Gary Tooze





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Extras: Criterion
Menu: Criterion

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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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