Trans-Europ Express and Successive Slidings of Pleasure Detailed
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Posted January 14, 2014 05:23 PM by Webmaster
Redemption and Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray releases of Alain Robbe-Grillet's Trans-Europ-Express (1967), starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie-France Pisier, and Nadine Verdier, and Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974), starring Anicée Alvina, Olga Georges-Picot, Michael Lonsdale, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and Michael Lonsdale. The two releases will be available for purchase on February 11th.
hese two films are part of The Cinema of Alain Robbe-Grillet, which will consist of individual releases of films directed by the acclaimed French writer, essayist, and filmmaker. Kino Lorber and Redemption plan to release additional Robbe-Grillet films, including L'immortelle, The Man Who Lies, and Eden and After (and the alternate cut, N. Throws the Dice), later in 2014.
The films are mastered in HD from original 35mm elements and include interviews with Robbe-Grillet.
Decades ahead of his time, Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922-2008) remains one of the most important figures in Modern literature, and is best known for his innovative work in the Nouveau Roman style with novels such as Le Voyeur and La Jalousie. His screenplay for Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad (1962) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Writing (Original Screenplay).
Perhaps no other filmmaker has used the medium as an expression and exploration of his dark sexual desires, evidenced by erotic and sometimes disturbing motifs that recur with regularity throughout his body of work: blindfolds, bondage, strangulation, stabbing. Through his highly stylized and confident direction, Robbe-Grillet elevates these tableaux to a level of high art, yet never denying their place in the realm of 1960s exploitation cinema.
For years, Robbe Grillet's films have been unavailable in the United States in any form. It is with great pride that Kino Lorber and Redemption Films bring these films to American viewers, in exquisite HD editions, aiding in the rediscovery of one of European cinema's most eclectic and highly original filmmakers.
Trans-Europ Express
A film director, Jean, his producer, Marc, and his assistant, Lucette, board the Trans-Europ-Express in Paris bound for Antwerp. Once in their compartment it occurs to them that the drama of life aboard the train presents possibilities for a film, and they begin to write a script about dope smuggling. Subsequently, they see actor Jean-Louis Trintignant walking through the station. As seen through the eyes of Jean, Marc, and Lucette, Trintignant becomes Elias, the chief character in the script. Elias is going to Antwerp to pick up a suitcase of cocaine for delivery to an international organization based in Paris.
Special Features:
A young woman is questioned by the police and the judges, suspected of being a modern witch. The girl who shared her apartment has been found dead, and a pair of scissors impaled through her heart, as she lay attached to the bedposts. Apparently, the girl does have powers, to make all people around her fall prey to her spell, glissing progressively into desire, lust, and the unknown.
Special Features:
hese two films are part of The Cinema of Alain Robbe-Grillet, which will consist of individual releases of films directed by the acclaimed French writer, essayist, and filmmaker. Kino Lorber and Redemption plan to release additional Robbe-Grillet films, including L'immortelle, The Man Who Lies, and Eden and After (and the alternate cut, N. Throws the Dice), later in 2014.
The films are mastered in HD from original 35mm elements and include interviews with Robbe-Grillet.
Decades ahead of his time, Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922-2008) remains one of the most important figures in Modern literature, and is best known for his innovative work in the Nouveau Roman style with novels such as Le Voyeur and La Jalousie. His screenplay for Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad (1962) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Writing (Original Screenplay).
Perhaps no other filmmaker has used the medium as an expression and exploration of his dark sexual desires, evidenced by erotic and sometimes disturbing motifs that recur with regularity throughout his body of work: blindfolds, bondage, strangulation, stabbing. Through his highly stylized and confident direction, Robbe-Grillet elevates these tableaux to a level of high art, yet never denying their place in the realm of 1960s exploitation cinema.
For years, Robbe Grillet's films have been unavailable in the United States in any form. It is with great pride that Kino Lorber and Redemption Films bring these films to American viewers, in exquisite HD editions, aiding in the rediscovery of one of European cinema's most eclectic and highly original filmmakers.
Trans-Europ Express
A film director, Jean, his producer, Marc, and his assistant, Lucette, board the Trans-Europ-Express in Paris bound for Antwerp. Once in their compartment it occurs to them that the drama of life aboard the train presents possibilities for a film, and they begin to write a script about dope smuggling. Subsequently, they see actor Jean-Louis Trintignant walking through the station. As seen through the eyes of Jean, Marc, and Lucette, Trintignant becomes Elias, the chief character in the script. Elias is going to Antwerp to pick up a suitcase of cocaine for delivery to an international organization based in Paris.
Special Features:
- Newly mastered in HD from the original 35mm elements
- In French with optional English subtitles
- Interview with Alain Robbe-Grillet (31 min.)
- Three trailers for the films of Alain Robbe-Grillet
- 2014 promo short
A young woman is questioned by the police and the judges, suspected of being a modern witch. The girl who shared her apartment has been found dead, and a pair of scissors impaled through her heart, as she lay attached to the bedposts. Apparently, the girl does have powers, to make all people around her fall prey to her spell, glissing progressively into desire, lust, and the unknown.
Special Features:
- Newly mastered in HD from the original 35mm elements
- In French with optional English subtitles
- Interview with Alain Robbe-Grillet (33 min.)
- Three trailers for the films of Alain Robbe-Grillet
- 2014 promo short