Jean-Luc Godard + Jean-Pierre Gorin: Five Films on Blu-Ray

Posted on February 25, 2018 by popcornnights in DVD/BLU-RAY REVIEWS // 0 Comments

Arriving this week in a Special Edition Blu-ray set are five revolutionary films from filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard and journalist Jean-Pierre Gorin who teamed up in 1968-1971 for these politically fueled projects. Originally shot in 16mm, Arrow Video has given each film a new High-Def transfer. Included in this set are the following titles.

Un film comme les autres [A Film Like Any Other]
British Sounds, aka: See You at Mao
Vent d’est [Wind from the East]
Lotte in Italia / Luttes en Italie [Struggles in Italy]
Vladimir et Rosa [Vladimir and Rosa]

Aside from these long out-of-circulation films, the set also includes a 100-page book with English translated writing by Godard and Gorin.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:

High-definition digital transfer
High-definition Blu-ray (1080p) and standard-definition DVD presentations
Original uncompressed monaural audio
Optional English subtitles
A conversation with JLG – Interview with Jean-Luc Godard from 2010 by Dominique Maillet and Pierre-Henri Gibert
100-page full-color book containing English translations for the first time of writing by, and interviews with, Godard and Gorin, and more
More to be announced before release!

By: Marc Ferman