Lies And Deceit Limited Edition

Too often overlooked and undervalued, Claude Chabrol was the first of the Cahiers du Cinema critics to release a feature film and would be among the most prolific. The sneaky anarchist of the French New Wave, he embraced genre as a means of lifting the lid on human nature. Nothing is sacred and nothing is certain in the films of Claude Chabrol: anything can be corrupted, and usually will be.The hidden meaness of provincial life is at the heart of Cop Au Vin (Poulet au vinaigre), as deaths and disappearances intersect around the attempt by a corrupt syndicate of property developers to force a disabled woman and her son from their home. Actor Jean Poiret would prove so compelling as the laconic Detective Inspector Lavardin good cop/bad cop all in one that the sequel would be titled after him. Inspector Lavardin sees the titular detective investigating the murder of a wealthy and respected catholic author, renowned for his outspoken views against indecency, whose body is found naked and dead on the beach. In Madame Bovary, Chabrol directs one of his greatest collaborators, actress Isabelle Huppert, in perhaps the definitive depiction of Flaubert's classic heroine. Meanwhile Betty, adapted from the novel of the same name by Maigret author Georges Simenon, is a scathing attack on the uppermiddle classes, featuring an extraordinary performance by Marie Trintignant as a woman spiraling into alcoholism, but fighting to redefine herself. Finally, in Torment (L'enfer) Chabrol picks up a project abandoned by Henri Georges Clouzot, in which a husband's jealousy and suspicion of his wife drive him to appalling extremes. Francois Cluzet and Emmanuelle Beart give career best performances as the husband and wife tearing each other apart.With brand new digital restorations, this inaugural Arrow Video collection of Claude Chabrol on Bluray brings together a wealth of passionate contributors and archival extras to shed fresh light on the films and the filmmaker. Dark, witty, ruthless, mischievous: if you've never seen Chabrol before, you're in for a treat. If you have, they've never looked better.Limited Edition Contents:High definition (1080p) Bluray presentations of all five filmsNew 4K restorations of Madame Bovary, Betty, and Torment (L'enfer)Original lossless French PCM mono audio on Cop Au Vin (Poulet au vinaigre), Inspector Lavardin, Madame Bovary, and BettyOriginal lossless French PCM stereo audio on Torment (L'enfer)Optional English SubtitlesFully illustrated 80page collector's booklet of new writing on the films by film critics Martyn Conterio, Kat Ellinger, Philip Kemp, and Sam Wigley plus select archival materialLimited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Tony StellaDisc One:Brand new commentary by film critic Ben SachsAn Interview with Ian Christie, a brand new interview with film historian Ian Christie about the cinema of Claude ChabrolClaude Chabrol at the BFI, Chabrol discusses his career in this hour long archival interview conducted onstage at the National Film Theatre in 1994Claude Chabrol, Jean Poiret & Stephane Audran in conversation, an archival Swiss TV episode in which the director and cast discuss Cop Au Vin (Poulet au vinaigre)Archive introduction by film scholar Joël MagnySelect scene commentaries by Claude ChabrolTheatrical TrailerImage GalleryDisc Two:Brand new commentary by film critic Ben SachsWhy Chabrol?, a brand new interview with film critic Sam Wigley about why the films of Claude Chabrol remain essential viewingArchive introduction by film scholar Joël MagnySelect scene commentaries by Claude ChabrolTheatrical TrailerImage GalleryDisc Three: Brand new commentary by film critic Kat EllingerImagining Emma: Madame Bovary on screen, a brand new visual essay by film historian Pamela HutchinsonArchive introduction by film scholar Joël MagnySelect scene commentaries by Claude ChabrolTheatrical TrailerImage GalleryDisc Four:Brand new commentary by film critic Kat EllingerBetty, from Simenon to Chabrol, a brand new visual essay by French Cinema historian Ginette VincendeauAn Interview with Ros Schwartz, a brand new interview with the English translator of the Georges Simenon novel on which the film is basedArchive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by Claude ChabrolTheatrical TrailerImage GalleryDisc Five:Brand new commentary by film critics Alexandra HellerNicholas and Josh NelsonOn Henri Georges Clouzot, an archival interview with Claude Chabrol in which he talks about fellow director Henri Georges Clouzot (Les diaboliques), whose original attempt to make L'enfer was abandoned, and how the project came to ChabrolAn Interview with Marin Karmitz, an archival interview with Marin Karmitz, Chabrol's most frequent producerArchive introduction by film scholar Joël MagnySelect scene commentaries by Claude ChabrolTheatrical TrailerImage Gallery