Hiroshima mon amour [videorecording] = Hiroshima, my love. / Argos Films, Como Films, Daiei Motion Picture et Pathe Overseas Productions ; réalisation, Alain Resnais ; scenario et dialogues, Marguerite Duras ; directeurs de production, Sacha Kamenka, Shirakawa Takeo ; producteur délégué, Samy Halfon.
Resnais, Alain, 1922-2014.; Kamenka, Sacha, 1910-1970.; Shirakawa, Takeo.; Halfon, Samy.; Duras, Marguerite.; Riva, Emmanuèle.; Okada, Eiji, 1920-1995.; Dassas, Stella.; Barbaud, Pierre.; Fresson, Bernard, 1931-2002.; Takahashi, Michio.; Vierny, Sacha, 1919-2001.; Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992.; Fusco, Giovanni, 1906-1968.; Argos Films.; Como Films.; Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha.; Pathe Overseas Productions.; Home Vision Entertainment (Firm); Criterion Collection (Firm)
2003
PN1997 .H577 2003
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Title
Hiroshima mon amour [videorecording] = Hiroshima, my love. / Argos Films, Como Films, Daiei Motion Picture et Pathe Overseas Productions ; réalisation, Alain Resnais ; scenario et dialogues, Marguerite Duras ; directeurs de production, Sacha Kamenka, Shirakawa Takeo ; producteur délégué, Samy Halfon.
Edition
Dual-layer ed.
ISBN
0780026934
9780780026933
9780780026933
Publication Details
[Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision Entertainment ; [United States] : Criterion Collection, 2003.
Language
French
Language Note
French dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Description
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (29 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) inserted in container.
Item Number
037429180723
Call Number
PN1997 .H577 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.43/72
Distributor No.
HIR050 Home Vision Entertainment
Summary
A Japanese architect and a French actress engage in a brief intense affair in Hiroshima in 1959. Both deal with their personal memories of World War II--he by articulating his firsthand experience with nuclear disaster, she by remembering her traumatic affair with a German soldier.
Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
Special features: audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie ; vintage interviews with director Alain Resnais and actress Emmanuelle Riva ; new video interview with Emmanuelle Riva ; excerpts from Marguerite Duras' screenplay annotations, narrated over clips from the film ; isolated music and effects track ; illustrated booklet, featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones, excerpts from a 1959 "Cahiers du Cinéma" round-table discussion about the film, an essay on composer Giovanni Fusco by Russell Lack, and character portraits by Duras.
Special features: audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie ; vintage interviews with director Alain Resnais and actress Emmanuelle Riva ; new video interview with Emmanuelle Riva ; excerpts from Marguerite Duras' screenplay annotations, narrated over clips from the film ; isolated music and effects track ; illustrated booklet, featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones, excerpts from a 1959 "Cahiers du Cinéma" round-table discussion about the film, an essay on composer Giovanni Fusco by Russell Lack, and character portraits by Duras.
Credits
Directors of photography, Takahashi Michio, Sacha Vierny ; editors, Henri Colpi, Jasmine Chasney, Anne Sarraute ; music, Georges Delerue, Giovanni Fusco ; costume designer, Gerard Collery.
Performer
Emmanuele Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson.
Cast
Emmanuele Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note
DVD, Region 1 encoding, aspect ratio 1.33:1, Dolby digital mono.
Awards
Cannes Film Festival, 1959
Added Author
Resnais, Alain, 1922-2014.
Kamenka, Sacha, 1910-1970.
Shirakawa, Takeo.
Halfon, Samy.
Duras, Marguerite.
Riva, Emmanuèle.
Okada, Eiji, 1920-1995.
Dassas, Stella.
Barbaud, Pierre.
Fresson, Bernard, 1931-2002.
Takahashi, Michio.
Vierny, Sacha, 1919-2001.
Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992.
Fusco, Giovanni, 1906-1968.
Kamenka, Sacha, 1910-1970.
Shirakawa, Takeo.
Halfon, Samy.
Duras, Marguerite.
Riva, Emmanuèle.
Okada, Eiji, 1920-1995.
Dassas, Stella.
Barbaud, Pierre.
Fresson, Bernard, 1931-2002.
Takahashi, Michio.
Vierny, Sacha, 1919-2001.
Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992.
Fusco, Giovanni, 1906-1968.
Added Corporate Author
Argos Films.
Como Films.
Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha.
Pathe Overseas Productions.
Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Como Films.
Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha.
Pathe Overseas Productions.
Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Series
Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 196.
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 196.
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