Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | Balthazar Title on container: Robert Bresson's Au hasard Balthazar
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Other authors / contributors: | Bodard, Mag, 1916-
Bresson, Robert.
Wiazemsky, Anne.
Lafarge, François.
Asselin, Philippe.
Wiéner, Jean.
Argos Films.
Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
Image Entertainment (Firm)
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ISBN: | 0780030079
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Notes: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1966. Special features: New restored high-definition digital transfer; video interview with film scholar Donald Richie; "Un metteur en ordre : Robert Bresson", a 1966 French TV program about the film featuring Bresson, Jean-Luc Godard, Louis Malle, and members of Au hasard Balthazar's cast and crew; original theatrical trailer; a new essay by Bresson scholar James Quandt. Cinematographer, Ghislain Cloquet ; editor, Raymond Lamy ; music, Jean Wiener. Anne Wiazemsky, François Lafarge, Philippe Asselin, Nathalie Joyaut, Walter Green. DVD, 1.66:1 aspect ratio. French dialogue with optional English subtitles.
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Summary: | Robert Bresson's masterpiece follows a much-abused donkey, Balthazar, whose life strangely parallels that of his owner, Marie. A beast of burden suffering the sins of man, Balthazar nevertheless nobly accepts his fate.
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Standard no.: | 037429207420
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Publisher's no.: | HAS010 Criterion Collection
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