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DVD006178

Cat People

Tourneur, Jacques

Criterion Collection, 2016

Description:

BluRay - Zone B.   viewing copy.   1 videodisc of 1.
b/w.   fullscreen.   sound - Dolby digital monaural.  

Notes:

Supplementary features include: audio commentary with film historian Gregory Mank; audio interview with Simone Simon; archival interview with Tourneur and cinematographer John Bailey; theatrical trailer; essay by Geoffrey O’Brien.

Titles

+ Cat People

Alternate Title:

La Feline

Director:

Tourneur, Jacques

Production Co:

RKO Radio Pictures

Running Time:

Feature.   73 minutes

Sound:

sound - Dolby digital monaural

Color:

b/w

Country:

USA

Year:

1942

Language:

English with optional English subtitles

Genre:

Drama, Horror

Notes:

2k digital restoration. A Serbian émigré believes that, due to an ancient curse, physical intimacy will turn her into a panther. Supplementary features include: audio commentary with film historian Gregory Mank; audio interview with Simone Simon; archival interview with Tourneur and cinematographer John Bailey; “Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows,” a TCM documentary about the producer (76 min.); theatrical trailer; essay by Geoffrey O’Brien.

Link to:

FII catalog |

+ Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows

Director:

Jones, Kent

Production Co:

Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

Running Time:

Feature.   76 minutes

Sound:

sound - stereo

Color:

color

Country:

USA

Year:

2007

Language:

English language
Closed Captioned

Genre:

Documentary

Notes:

Martin Scorsese narrates this tribute to Val Lewton, the producer of a series of memorable low-budget horror films for RKO Studios. Raised by his mother and his aunt, his films often included strong female characters who find themselves in difficult situations and who have to grow up quickly. He is best remembered for the horror films he made at RKO starting in 1940. Starting with only a title - his first was The Cat People - he would meticulously oversee every aspect of the film's completion. Although categorized as horror films, his films never showed a monster, leaving it all to the viewers imagination, assisted by music, mood and lighting.