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L'Atalante (1934)
When Juliette marries Jean, she comes to live on his ship, on board of which are, besides the two of them, only a cabin boy and the strange old second mate Pere Jules. Soon bored by life on the river, she slips off to see the nightlife in Paris...Director: Jean Vigo
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:Photo gallery (~50 pictures)
"Vintage posters" gallery (10 pictures)
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with a 8-page booklet.
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Extras:DISC ONE
"A propos de Nice":
- "A Propos de Nice" short by director Jean Vigo (22:50)
- "A Propos de Nice" alternate version (7:22)
- "Marc Perrone in Concert" featurette (8:43)
- "Nice, About Jean Vigo" featurette (10:34)
- Photo gallery (5 pictures)
"La Natation par Jean Taris":
- "La Natation par Jean Taris" short by director Jean Vigo (8:49)
- 3 "Newsreels" featurettes (0:59/1:48/0:35)
- "The Last Race of Jean Taris" featurette (2:06)
"Zéro de Conduite":
- "Zéro de Conduite" short by director Jean Vigo (41:36)
- "Wih the Eyes of a Child" interviews with directors Lindsay Anderson and Bernardo Bertelucci (2:39)
- "Sound Restoration" featurette (9:49)
- "Jean Vigo journals and photos" picture gallery
"Jean Vigo - Filmmaker of Our Time":
- "Introduction by Jacques Rozier" featurette (4:52)
- "Jean Vigo by Jacques Rozier" documentary (~94min)
- "Letters" featurette (8:17)
- "Harmonics" picture slideshow (2:28)
DISC TWO
*The Movie
"History of a Film":
- "From 'L'Atalante' to 'L'Atalante'" featurette (9:33)
- "Travels of 'L'Atalante'" documentary (38:22)
"Truffaut, Langlois, Iosseliani and 'L'Atalante'":
- Interview with directors Francois Truffaut and Eric Rohmer (17:27)
- Interview with Henry Langlois (12:55)
- Interview with director Otar Iosseliani (19:00)
"Documents":
- Poster slideshow (0:33)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Digipak
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Notes:Comes with a 38-page booklet.
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Movie (Original Version)
"Introduction by Enrico Ghezzi" featurette (~15min)
"Travels of 'L'Atalante'" documentary (~38min)
"From 'L'Atalante' to 'L'Atalante'" featurette (9:40)
Italian subtitles (FORCED)
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
DISC TWO
*The Movie (Italian version - ~78min)
Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono -
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Case type:Digipak
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Movie
"A propos de Nice" short by director Jean Vigo (21:43)
"La Natation par Jean Taris" short by director Jean Vigo (9:16)
"Zéro de conduite" short by director Jean Vigo (41:59)
"A Propos de Nice" alternate version (27:49)
DISC TWO
"Jean Vigo by Jacques Rozier" documentary (94:09)
"From 'L'Atalante' to 'L'Atalante'" featurette (9:55)
"Travels of 'L'Atalante'" documentary (38:24)
"Sound Restoration" featurette (9:49)
"Newsreels" featurette (3:37)
Interview with director Otar Iosseliani (19:07)
Photo gallery (27 pictures)
Poster gallery (7 pictures)
Biography for director Jean Vigo -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by lecturer in Film at the University of Melbourne Dr. Wendy Haslem
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Extras:Shorts by director Jean Vigo:
- "A Propos de Nice" (21:43)
- "La Natation par Jean Taris" (9:16)
- "Zéro de Conduite" (41:59)
Interview with director Otar Iosseliani (19:08)
"Sound Restoration" featurette (9:50)
Bonus trailers for "Ikiru", "The Exterminating Angel", "The River" and "The Blue Angel" -
Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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OVERALL: Draw
- R2 France has the best overall extras, but isn't English friendly.
- R2 UK is the best English friendly edition, and has also an exclusive longer version of "A Propos de Nice".
Also note that R4 has an exclusive audio commentary and that R2 Italy has a shorter alternate version of "L'Atalante" and an exclusive featurette.
This has also been released in:
- US by Criterion
- China by Bo Ying
- Portugal by Atalanta Filmes
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CUTS:
- R1 America- New Yorker - No cuts - 1990 restoration (85:12 NTSC)
- R2 L'Intégrale Jean Vigo France- Gaumont - No cuts
- R2 Italy- BIM Video - No cuts - contains both the Original version (~85min) and the Italian version (~78min)
- R2 The Complete Jean Vigo United Kingdom- Artificial Eye - No cuts - 1990 restoration (85:15 PAL)
- R4 Australia- Madman Entertainment - No cuts
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Comparison added by Paul_Lewis on 10/06/08
Comparison last updated by Vincent_Bouche on 13/01/13UPDATE LOG:
13/01/13 - Comparison clean-up.
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24/08/11 - Added Australian release and noted other releases.
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