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(aka "Eva, the Devil's Woman")
Directed by Joseph Losey
Italy /
France 1962
Jeanne Moreau (Jules et Jim) and Stanley Baker (Yesterday's Enemy) star as two lovers caught in a deadly affair, in Joseph Losey's 1962 adaptation of the James Hadley Chase novel. A highly personal film that was blighted by producer interference, and heavily cut for general release, we are delighted to present the longest-known version of the film in a definitive, world premiere Blu-ray edition. *** Best-selling author Tyvian Jones has a life of leisure in Venice, Italy, until he has a chance encounter with sultry Frenchwoman Eva Olivier. He falls for her instantly, despite already having wedding plans with Francesca Ferrara. Winning Eva's affection proves elusive; she's more interested in money than in love. But Tyvian remain steadfast in his obsession, going after Eva with a fervor that threatens to destroy his life. |
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Theatrical Release: October 3rd, 1962
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Review: Indicator - Region 'B' - Blu-ray
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Distribution | Indicator - Region 'B' - Blu-ray | |
Runtime | 2:06:32.668 | |
Video |
Eye Restorations: 1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayEuropean theatrical release and alternative The Devil's Woman version - 1.66:1 Disc Size: 49,395,968,758 bytesFeature: 28,007,633,280 bytes Video Bitrate: 26.71 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master
Audio English 1073 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1073 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 1.0 /
48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit) Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps |
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Subtitles | English (SDH) (entire film or standard English for just the Italian), None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Indicator
Eye Restorations: 1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayEuropean theatrical release and alternative The Devil's Woman version - 1.66:1 Disc Size: 49,395,968,758 bytesFeature: 28,007,633,280 bytes Video Bitrate: 26.71 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details:
• Archival Interview with Joseph Losey (1967): The acclaimed director
discusses Eve in this extract from the French television programme
Cinéma (8:28)
Transparent Blu-ray Case Chapters 13 |
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NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
captures were taken directly from the
Blu-ray
disc.
NOTES: "Losey's original cut, which he submitted to the Venice Film Festival, ran 155 minutes. This version was never shown in public, and no longer exists. The film's producers, Robert and Raymond Hakim, cancelled the Venice screenings, citing possible adverse effects on their French distribution deal. After an unsuccessful private preview of the 155-minute cut in Paris, Jeanne Moreau urged a reluctant Losey to shorten the film. The resulting 135-minute version is the last one that Losey personally approved. However, the Hakims then made more extensive cuts, this time to the original. negative. The version that premiered in Paris ran 116 minutes, and was a critical disaster. Despite this, the versions released commercially as Eva (Europe, 1963) and The Devil's Woman (US, 1964), were even more drastically shortened, with further changes on top. In terms of structure, the 109-minute Eva and the 108-minute The Devil's Woman are broadly similar. This restoration of EVE, by the Nederlands Filmmuseum, reconstructs the original version of the film as intended by director Joseph Losey. This reconstruction contains sequences missing from prior versions and is now the most complete version known to exist. Unfortunately, additional sequences described by Losey are still missing and Finnish and Swedish subtitles could not be removed from two of the newly added scenes ( see two samples below.) The restoration was based on acetate prints held at the National Film and Television Archive (London), the Cineteca Nazionale (Roma) and the Svenska Filminstitutet (Stockholm). The laboratory work, including digital image and sound restoration, was conducted at Haghefilm (Amsterdam) in 2005. The Nederlands Filmmuseum thanks the collaborating archives for their support." Obviously, in the many versions and restoration reconstruction - there are inconsistencies in the 1080P image quality between and within versions. It, generally, looks very thick - we have the, unavoidable, but brief, burned-in Finnish / Swedish subtitles (see samples below) and some damage (samples below.) The image can be very bright but overall I liked the 1080P presentations. You can't help but appreciate that you are seeing something that has not been in circulation, and that the restoration has done the best job possible, and for that we can forgive much. These are groundbreaking HD presentations for Joseph Losey's Eve (aka "Eva" or "The Devil's Woman".)
NOTE: We have added 70 more large
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On their
Blu-ray,
Indicator use a DTS-HD Master 1.0 channel mono tracks (24-bit) in the
original English language (with some Italian.) Like the video there are
a few imperfections but dialogue is reasonably consistent and
discernable. The score is by
Michel Legrand (Cleo
From 5 to 7,
Castle
Keep, La
Piscine,
The
Umbrellas of Cherbourg,
The Young Girls of Rochefort,
America as Seen By a Frenchman,
A Woman is a Woman,
Ice Station Zebra.)
NOTE: in The Devil's Woman, and Losey's own cut, there is a far more
dramatic use of Legrand's score as per the filmmaker's original intent.
The audio transfers reflect this. The audio is authentically flat, but
clear and clean in the 24-bit lossless. Indicator offer optional English
(SDH) subtitles
for the entire film, the option for just the Italian or none at all on
their Region 'B'-locked
Blu-ray.
The Indicator
Blu-ray
Described as a "film maudit" |
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