Lies and Deceit: Five Films by Claude Chabrol Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		5.0
Overall		4.0

Lies and Deceit: Five Films by Claude Chabrol Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman February 20, 2022

Claude Chabrol has been decently served by the high definition era, with several of the French master's outings having been released on Blu-ray, including several by Cohen Media Group and/or their Cohen Film Collection imprint. I've personally reviewed a bunch of Cohen releases of Chabrol films, including Merci pour le Chocolat and The Color of Lies. More saliently in terms of this new release from Arrow, however, are two previous Cohen releases, The Inspector Lavardin Collection, which Cohen put out in 2014, and 3 Classic Films by Claude Chabrol, which followed in 2017. Those two releases together feature four of the five films that Arrow has aggregated in this set, and I'll be referring to my earlier reviews for things like plot recaps, as well as more technical aspects in terms of how video and audio quality stack up between the two. As tends to be the case, the Arrow release is stuffed to the gills with supplements, which is one element in the Blu-ray world where Cohen tends not to offer much.

For reviews of the five films in this set, please click on the following links:

Cop au Vin Blu-ray review

Inspector Lavardin Blu-ray review

Madame Bovary Blu-ray review

Betty Blu-ray review

Torment Blu-ray review

Lies and Deceit: Five Films by Claude Chabrol Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

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

Lies and Deceit: Five Films by Claude Chabrol Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

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

Lies and Deceit: Five Films by Claude Chabrol Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Supplements included on each disc are detailed in the above linked reviews. Additionally, this is another exceptionally handsomely packaged release from Arrow, with each disc afforded its own Digipack with key art. The slipcase also houses a really well done 80 page collecto'rs booklet with some great essays and archival material.

Lies and Deceit: Five Films by Claude Chabrol Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Arrow terms Chabrol "the sneaky anarchist of the French New Wave" on the back cover of this release, and the five films aggregated in this set offer abundant evidence in support of that thesis. Four of these films have received previous releases from Cohen, and there are some substantial differences in color timing that interested videophiles may want to peruse via screenshots, but this release offers generally secure technical merits and some outstanding supplements. Recommended.