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(aka "And Hope to Die")
Directed by René Clément
France / Italy / Canada 1972
From René Clément, the iconic director of Forbidden Games, Purple Noon, Joy House, Rider on the Rain and The Deadly Trap, comes this action-packed crime film starring Jean-Louis Trintignant (Les Biches, The Conformist), Robert Ryan (Day of the Outlaw, The Wild Bunch) and Aldo Ray (God’s Little Acre, Nightfall). Antoine “Froggy” Cardot (Trintignant), a French criminal on the run, heads to Canada where he joins a gang of criminals, Charley (Ryan), Mattone (Ray) and Rizzio (Jean Gaven, The Story of O), who are plotting a complicated robbery. Their foolproof plan blows up in their faces when they end up kidnapping a crime lord’s daughter and accidently killing her. Sébastien Japrisot (A Very Long Engagement, Farewell, Friend) wrote the screenplay for this suspenseful thriller, based on a bestselling novel by David Goodis (Dark Passage, Shoot the Piano Player). Music by legendary composer Francis Lai (Love Story). ***
One of a handful of titles enjoying a re-release to celebrate the centenary of
director René Clément's birth, And Hope To Die is a mind-bender of a film
that loops its characters' past into their present or, if you choose to read it
another way, loops their future into their present. Excerpt from EyeForFilm located HERE |
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Theatrical Release: September 15th, 1972
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Review: Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
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Distribution | Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray | |
Runtime | 2:21:31.858 | |
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1. 66:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 45,502,627,630 bytesFeature: 30,857,963,520 bytesVideo Bitrate: 37.94 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master
Audio French 1555 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1555 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48
kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit) Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps |
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Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Kino
1. 66:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 45,502,627,630 bytesFeature: 30,857,963,520 bytesVideo Bitrate: 37.94 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details:
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger, Steve
Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson
Standard Blu-ray Case Chapters 9 |
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NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
captures were taken directly from the
Blu-ray
disc.
NOTE: We have added 64 more large
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On their
Blu-ray,
Kino use a DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel track (16-bit) in the original
French language. There are some more aggressive effects near the
conclusions and the rendering handles them with ease. We get a score by Francis Lai (Rider
on the Rain,
Love Story,
A Man and a Woman), sounding
rich and supportive. Kino offer optional English
subtitles on their Region 'A'
Blu-ray.
The Kino
Blu-ray
And Hope to
Die
can seem wildly off-the-rails but I suspect that inherent confusion was
intentional and if you stop trying to figure out the film and just revel
in René Clément's abundant style - you can be duly rewarded. The
commentary helped substantially and the Alice in Wonderland
references make the film kinda fun. Plus - what a cast! I'm loving these
French crime films with American actors
(Rider
on the Rain).
This is a film I am so glad to have seen in this long-version -
especially via the high resolution of
Blu-ray.
Absolutely recommended!
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