France 1992
Simenon wrote the novel Betty, about a woman who walks into a
Paris bar out of the rain. Drunk, unhappy, smoking one cigarette after the
next, she is picked up by a man who drives her to a seedy bar in
Versailles. The man says he is a doctor but is in fact a drug addict;
Betty is rescued by a woman in the bar, a rich widow who offers her a bed
for the night in a nearby luxury hotel.
There is no plot, but we are hooked. We do not know who Betty is, why she
is drunk, who the widow is, or why she is friendly. We learn more about
the bar than its patrons. The place is called The Hole, and it is run by a
man named Mario who collects the "twisted" - those with something that
sets them outside the ordinary. All of the patrons seem to know about each
other's twists.
Chabrol's new film "Betty" is based on the novel. We are able to
see how he begins with an actor's face instead of Simenon's blank page.
The face belongs to Marie Trintignant, whose father is a famous actor and
mother a famous director. It is a pretty face - at times seductive and
playful - but when we first see her, she is bruised, there are dark
circles under her eyes, she looks as helpless as a drowned cat. All she
wants to do is drink and smoke and sleep. If a man will buy her drinks,
she does not care what happens then.
Excerpt from Roger Ebert's revieww at the Chicago Sun Times located HERE
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Theatrical Release: February 19th, 1992
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DVD Review: MK2 - Region 2 - PAL
Big thanks to Per-Olof Strandberg for the Review!
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The Claude Chabrol Collection from MK2 includes the following five films: Betty, L'Enfer, Poulet, au vinaigre, Inspecteur Lavardin and Masques. They have all English subtitles on the main feature, but not on the extra material.
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MK2 Region 2 - PAL |
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| Runtime | 99:26 (4% PAL speedup) | |
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1:1.66 Original Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
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| Audio | French (Dolby Digital 2.0) | |
| Subtitles | English and None | |
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Release Information: Studio: MK2 Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 16 |
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Quite a reasonable DVD, even though it
seems that the tape-master is not a new one. When projected on a
screen there's a lot of visible edge enhancement during. Many parts
are photographed indoors in low light, and the DVD reproduction of it
isn't the best. Overall the film feels a little bit soft. Much of the
film focuses in close-ups of the wonderfully acting of Marie
Trintignant. The sound fells a little bit too narrow, even for a mono film. The extras are not subtitled. The Claude Chabrol Collection from MK2 includes the following five films: Betty, L'Enfer, Poulet,au vinaigre, Inspecteur Lavardin and Masques. They have all English subtitles on the main feature, but not on the extra material. They can also be bought separately. |
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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 |
Claude Chabrol (French Film Directors)
by Guy Austin |
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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