Exclusive Trailer for Fritz Lang's Human Desire and Blu-ray
Posted January 4, 2019 04:55 PM by Webmaster
British label Eureka Entertainment has provided us with an exclusive trailer for its upcoming Blu-ray release of Fritz Lang's film Human Desire (1954), starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan, and Peggy Maley. The release will be available for purchase on February 11.
A startlingly dark, late film noir masterwork by director Fritz Lang, HUMAN DESIRE reunites Lang with his hero Glenn Ford and femme fatale Gloria Grahame from the previous year's THE BIG HEAT and the screenwriter of Lang's 1952 noir CLASH BY NIGHT, ALFRED HAYES. Like those two classics, HUMAN DESIRE finds Lang casting a pitiless eye on all of the human weaknesses that define film noir: deception, infidelity, passion, and murder.
Adapted from the same Émile Zola novel previously filmed by Jean Renoir in LA BĘTE HUMAINE (1938), Lang's gripping thriller has Ford as train engineer Jeff, just home from the Korean War. He's instantly attracted to passenger Vicki (Grahame), not yet realizing that she's the abused wife of Jeff's alcoholic railroad yard superior Carl (Broderick Crawford) -- or that Vicki was just entangled in a jealousy-fuelled murder committed by Carl. As Jeff and Vicki embark on a steamy affair, she tells him about the crime, and Carl's blackmail hold on her. If only Carl could be taken out of the picture…
The only thing that's not pitch black in this noir are the ethical shades of grey inhabited by all its characters. Yet its placid small town setting also offers a unique perspective on the genre, with Lang uncovering sinister secrets on these quiet streets that could rival any big city immorality.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
1080p presentation on Blu-ray
LPCM Mono audio
Optional English SDH subtitles
A new and exclusive interview with film historian Tony Rayns
PLUS: A Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film alongside rare archival imagery