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(aka "The Third Lover" or "The Eye of Evil")

 

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/direct-chair/chabrol.htm
 France 1962

 

From Claude Chabrol, the legendary director of Les Bonnes Femmes, Line of Demarcation, Les Biches, Le Boucher and L’Enfer, comes this suspenseful drama starring the great Stéphane Audran (The Twist, Babette’s Feast), Jacques Charrier (The Seven Deadly Sins, The Oldest Profession) and Walther Reyer (Tiger of Bengal, Journey to the Lost City). Albin Mercier (Charrier), a failed and disillusioned journalist, is sent to Germany to cover an event. There, he meets a successful writer (Reyer) who’s happily married to a Frenchwoman named Hélène (Audran). Bitterly jealous, yet besotted with the beautiful Hélène, he decides to ruin the couple’s lives. This cunning critique of the bourgeoisie was beautifully shot by the great Jean Rabier (Purple Noon, Elevator to the Gallows).

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André Mercier, a journalist known as Albin Mercier, is a failed, embittered writer. Sent to cover an event in Germany, he gets to know Andreas Hartmann, another writer who, for his part, has not... failed. The successful Andreas is married to Hélène, a beautiful Frenchwoman. Both attracted to her and jealous of the couple's happiness, Mercier decides to shatter it. Taking advantage of the absence of Andreas, off on a business trip, he tries to seduce Hélène and to become her lover. But things do not go according to plan...

Excerpt from IMDb located HERE

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Theatrical Release: May 4th, 1962

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Review: Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray

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Distribution Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
Runtime 1:20:00.712        
Video

1.66:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 27,789,704,560 bytes

Feature: 25,057,536,000 bytes

Video Bitrate: 37.90 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
Bitrate Blu-ray:

Audio

DTS-HD Master Audio French 1554 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1554 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Commentary:

Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Subtitles English, None
Features Release Information:
Studio: Kino

 

1.66:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 27,789,704,560 bytes

Feature: 25,057,536,000 bytes

Video Bitrate: 37.90 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

 

Edition Details:

• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Kat Ellinger
• Trailers


 Blu-ray Release Date: February 25th, 2020
 Standard Blu-ray Case

Chapters 9

 

 

Comments:

NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.

ADDITION: Kino Blu-ray (February 2020): Kino have transferred Claude Chabrol's L'oeil du malin (The Third Lover) to Blu-ray. It is from a "Brand New 4K Restoration". The 1.66:1 video presentation is very strong. Contrast may leans a bit sepia but the 1080P produces consistent visuals with beautiful film textures, modest depth and some film-like heaviness. It looks excellent in-motion on a dual-layered disc with a max'ed out bitrate. I loved my viewing!

On their Blu-ray, Kino use a DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel mono track (16-bit) in the original French language. There aren't many aggressive effects but a pleasingly moody score by Pierre Jansen (Claude Chabrol's Ophelia, Ten Days Wonder, Le Boucher, La femme infidèle and Les Biches to name a few), sounding mysterious , atmospheric and impacting via the lossless. Kino offer optional English subtitles on their Region 'A' Blu-ray.

The Kino Blu-ray includes a new audio commentary by Kat Ellinger who discusses the many instances of voyeurism in the narrative, she spends a fair amount of time on the career of Chabrol, his box-office slump, how, after The Third Lover, he would eventually marry the Stéphane Audran (for 16-years), how landscapes play a key part in the director's earlier films and how Chabrol admired simplicity in narrative, not making his plots overly convoluted. She is excellent and we are appreciative to be able to tap into her intelligent insights. Great stuff, Kat! There are also trailers.

Claude Chabrol may be our most reviewed director here at DVDBeaver. Yet we hadn't covered L'oeil du malin (The Third Lover) as it is quite rare. There are artistic touches in the film that also reminded me of Purple Noon or The Talented Mr. Ripley. - a jealous, unsatisfied, protagonist desiring more from his lifestyle... with tragic results. The 4K restored Kino Blu-ray is a fantastic package - a less-exposed Chabrol effort - with HD a/v and a rewarding Ellinger commentary! Strongly recommended!

Gary Tooze

 

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