Beau Travail
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020],c1999
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Edition: Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Description: 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet.
With her ravishingly sensual take on Herman Melville's Billy Budd, Sailor, Claire Denis firmly established herself as one of the great visual tone poets of the time. Amid the azure waters and sunbaked desert landscapes of Djibouti, a French Foreign Legion sergeant sows the seeds of his ruin as his obsession with a striking young recruit plays out to the thunderous, operatic strains of Benjamin Britten.
Series: Criterion collection ; 1042.
Other Authors:
Denis, Claire, 1948- film director, screenwriter.
Fargeau, Jean-Pol, screenwriter.
Minet, Jérôme, film producer.
Grandperret, Patrick, 1946-2019, film producer.
Lavant, Denis, 1961- actor.
Subor, Michel, 1935-2022 actor.
Colin, Grégoire, actor.
Courcet, Richard, actor.
Duvauchelle, Nicolas, actor.
Godard, Agnès, director of photography.
Quettier, Nelly, editor of moving image work.
Tzur, Eran. composer (expression)
Shrewsbury, Judy, costume designer.
Moléron, Arnaud de, production designer.
Shambu, Girish, 1963- essayist.
Mayne, Judith, video essayist.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd.
Sept/Arte (Firm), production company.
Tanaïs Com (Firm) production company.
SM Films (Firm), production company.
Centre national de la cinématographie (France), production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Denis, Claire, 1948- film director, screenwriter.
Fargeau, Jean-Pol, screenwriter.
Minet, Jérôme, film producer.
Grandperret, Patrick, 1946-2019, film producer.
Lavant, Denis, 1961- actor.
Subor, Michel, 1935-2022 actor.
Colin, Grégoire, actor.
Courcet, Richard, actor.
Duvauchelle, Nicolas, actor.
Godard, Agnès, director of photography.
Quettier, Nelly, editor of moving image work.
Tzur, Eran. composer (expression)
Shrewsbury, Judy, costume designer.
Moléron, Arnaud de, production designer.
Shambu, Girish, 1963- essayist.
Mayne, Judith, video essayist.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd.
Sept/Arte (Firm), production company.
Tanaïs Com (Firm) production company.
SM Films (Firm), production company.
Centre national de la cinématographie (France), production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Subjects:
France. Armée. Légion étrangère -- Drama.
Soldiers -- France -- Drama.
Soldiers -- Djibouti -- Drama.
Garrisons -- Djibouti -- History -- Drama.
France -- Armed Forces -- Djibouti -- Drama.
France. Armée. Légion étrangère -- Drama.
Soldiers -- France -- Drama.
Soldiers -- Djibouti -- Drama.
Garrisons -- Djibouti -- History -- Drama.
France -- Armed Forces -- Djibouti -- Drama.
Target Audience: Not rated.
ISBN:
9781681437552
UPC: 715515251013
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BD FOREIGN Beau | Main (Downtown) | First Level, Blu-ray Disc | In |
Title from title frame.
Loosely based on Herman Melville's "Billy Budd, Sailor."
Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.
Wide screen (1.66:1).
Special features: new 4K digital restoration, supervised by director of photography Agnès Godard and approved by director Claire Denis, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack; new conversation between Denis and filmmaker Barry Jenkins; new selected-scene commentary with Agnès Godard; new interviews with actors Denis Lavant and Grégoire Colin; new video essay "Beau travail and the dance floor" by film scholar, Judith Mayne; new English subtitle translation; plus, an essay by critic Girish Shambu, "A cinema of sensation."
Cinematography, Agnès Godard ; film editing, Nelly Quettier ; music, Eran Tzur ; costumes, Judy Shrewsbury ; set design, Arnaud de Moleron.
Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Richard Courcet, Nicolas Duvauchelle.
Blu-ray; region A; 16:9 widescreen presentation (1.66:1); LPCM stereo; requires Blu-ray player.
In French with optional English subtitles.
Loosely based on Herman Melville's "Billy Budd, Sailor."
Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.
Wide screen (1.66:1).
Special features: new 4K digital restoration, supervised by director of photography Agnès Godard and approved by director Claire Denis, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack; new conversation between Denis and filmmaker Barry Jenkins; new selected-scene commentary with Agnès Godard; new interviews with actors Denis Lavant and Grégoire Colin; new video essay "Beau travail and the dance floor" by film scholar, Judith Mayne; new English subtitle translation; plus, an essay by critic Girish Shambu, "A cinema of sensation."
Cinematography, Agnès Godard ; film editing, Nelly Quettier ; music, Eran Tzur ; costumes, Judy Shrewsbury ; set design, Arnaud de Moleron.
Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Richard Courcet, Nicolas Duvauchelle.
Blu-ray; region A; 16:9 widescreen presentation (1.66:1); LPCM stereo; requires Blu-ray player.
In French with optional English subtitles.