Amazon.com
Carl Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc is as truly mythic as any film ever shot, its artistic achievement rivaled by its turbulent history. The focal point of controversy when released in 1928, the original film was lost for a half-century until an intact copy of Dreyer's original version was recovered in the early '80s.
Seeing Joan of Arc today remains a cinematic revelation, its approach to storytelling, set design, editing, and especially cinematography (by Rudolph Mat, who also shot Dreyer's visionary Vampyr) radical then, and still strikingly modern many decades later. Influenced by both German expressionist film and the French avant-garde, Dreyer's huge set was designed with asymmetrical doors, windows, and arches, through which Mat's camera moves along equally off-centered, even vertiginous, but fluid trajectories. Although the story is epic in its implications, the film is composed primarily of extreme close-ups, especially of Joan and her principal interrogator, Bishop Cauchon, and medium shots of small groups, often shot from low angles. Dreyer and Mat shot their cast in bright light, without makeup, giving each wrinkle, blemish, or tuft of hair sculptural detail.
For all its visual invention, however, Dreyer's film is most devastating in its central performance by Falconetti (ne Renee Falconetti), a French stage actress who made her only screen appearance here--one critic Pauline Kael has suggested "may be the finest performance ever recorded on film." Through Falconetti, Joan's spiritual devotion, simple dignity, and suffering become utterly real; even without a dialogue track and only sparse inter-titles, the film achieves a fevered eloquence.
This meticulous restoration also includes composer Richard Einhorn's beautiful oratorio, Voices of Light, inspired by Dreyer's film and set to texts by women mystics from medieval and early-Renaissance Europe. A luminous work on its own, Einhorn's oratorio matches both the dramatic arcs and tremulous emotions of Dreyer's film, while its juxtaposition of choral and solo voices (with early-music vocal quartet Anonymous 4 evoking Joan herself) echoes the martyr's confrontation with the court. --Sam Sutherland
You can Download or Watch The Passion of Joan of Arc (The Criterion Collection) Movie Streaming free in High Definition Now. of satisfied members who became tired of waiting for DVDs in the mail, and now watch the hottest NEW RELEASES and CLASSICS on our site.
Watch The Passion of Joan of Arc (The Criterion Collection) Movie in HD
Secure scanned, no virus detected.
Passion of Joan of Arc - Criterion Collection (DVD) Overstock.com Buy Passion of Joan of Arc - Criterion Collection (DVD) at an everyday discount price on Overstock.com! Get everyday free shipping over $50*. Read some product ... DVD Verdict Review - The Passion Of Joan Of Arc: Criterion Collection Case Number 00177: The Passion Of Joan Of Arc: Criterion Collection. Criterion // 1928 // 82 Minutes // Not Rated Reviewed by Chief Justice Sean McGinnis (Retired ... The Passion of Joan of Arc [Criterion Collection] DVD Free ... The Passion of Joan of Arc [Criterion Collection] DVD. Free Shipping. Guaranteed Lowest Total Price. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc) is widely ... Sight & Sound Poll 2012: The Passion of Joan of Arc - From the ... The Criterion Collection. Films/ Explore/ Current/ Shop . 10 Things I Learned: Medium Cool By Abbey Lustgarten. ... intensely focused 1928 The Passion of Joan of Arc. Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: The Passion of Joan of Arc (The ... 5 stars. "Worth the purchase price (details and specs below)" "Passion of Joan of Arc" was beautiful. I put it on my list of essential DVDs after viewing the last ... Amazon.com: The Passion of Joan of Arc (The Criterion Collection ... Carl Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc is as truly mythic as any film ever shot, its artistic achievement rivaled by its turbulent history. The focal point of ... The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) - The Criterion Collection Dreyers _The Passion of Joan of Arc_, in which Rene Falconetti gives one of the greatest performances ever recorded on film, convinced the world that movies ... The Passion of Joan of Arc DVD, 1999, Criterion Collection eBay eBay: Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer's dramatization of the trial and martyrdom of Joan of Arc remains one of the most striking and original films ever made.
No comments:
Post a Comment