Felix and Lola / Love Street: Two Films Directed by Patrice Leconte Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		2.0
Overall		3.5

Felix and Lola / Love Street: Two Films Directed by Patrice Leconte Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman November 2, 2022

The synchronicity gods who seemingly have nothing better to do than to provide what less metaphysical types might term "coincidences" in a nonstop fashion are evidently on a Patrice Leconte tear for some reason. Leconte's own Monsieur Hire was very recently on my review queue courtesy of a Blu-ray release by Cohen, a disc which offered a rather spry Leconte in an interview included as a supplement recounting some kind of fun anecdotes about that particular film. Now he's not just in this latest Cohen release as director if not interview subject, but he's also back, if not quite like The Terminator, then at least in a somewhat more threatening context as (rather incredibly) an interview subject on a supplement for Severin's new(ish) The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee Collection 2. Now, this frankly may simply be the universe (or whomever is in "charge") trying to get me, and thereby any readers of my reviews, to pay attention to a director whom commentator Wade Major makes the case may be underappreciated on this side of the pond. That may be especially true for both of the films Cohen has aggregated for this release, since neither ever really saw the light of day for United States theatrical exhibition.

For reviews of the two films on this disc, please click on the following links:

Felix and Lola Blu-ray review

Love Street Blu-ray review

Felix and Lola / Love Street: Two Films Directed by Patrice Leconte Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Video quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Felix and Lola / Love Street: Two Films Directed by Patrice Leconte Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Audio quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Felix and Lola / Love Street: Two Films Directed by Patrice Leconte Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Both films are packaged on one disc with a kind of "bifurcated" main menu (see screenshot 7 of this review).

• Audio Commentaries for Felix and Lola and Love Street by Wade Major, producer/host of the DigiGods podcast, film critic for CineGods and KPCC Film Week can be accessed under the Audio menu.


• Trailers

  Felix and Lola Re-release Trailer (HD; 1:46)

  
  

  Felix and Lola Original Trailer 1 (HD; 00:39)

  
  

  Felix and Lola Original Trailer 2 (HD; 00:42)

  
  

  Felix and Lola Original Trailer 3 (HD; 00:35)

  
  

  Love Street Re-release Trailer (HD; 1:36)

  
  

  Love Street Original Trailer (HD; 1:34)

Felix and Lola / Love Street: Two Films Directed by Patrice Leconte Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Both of these films tend to be dismissed as "lesser Leconte", that is if they're even addressed at all, which, as Wade Major gets into in his interesting commentaries, has actually been the issue since neither of these films has been especially widely viewed in the United States. I can easily see how some would actually prefer Love Street, since it's arguably easier to follow and perhaps has a more secure emotional story to tell, but I found Felix and Lola's presentational flourishes so interesting that I actually preferred it, despite some bumpiness in the actual storytelling. Technical merits are solid despite the films sharing a disc, and the Major commentaries are well done. With caveats noted in the individual reviews, Recommended.