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Subversive Italian satirist Marco Ferreri directed and co-wrote (with Rafael Azcona) this grotesquely amusing French Black Comedy, about four men who grow sick of life, and so meet at a remote villa with the goal of literally eating themselves to death. The quartet comes from various walks of life; a pilot (Marcello Mastroianni), a chef (Ugo Tognazzi), a television host (Michel Piccoli), and a judge (Philippe Noiret) but all are successful men with excessive appetites for life's pleasures (food is used as mere metaphor here, as graphic as that metaphor becomes).
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
Product Details
Actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret
Directors: Marco Ferreri
Format: Blu-ray, NTSC
Language: French
Number of discs: 2
Rated: Unrated
Studio: Arrow Video
DVD Release Date: August 18, 2015
Run Time: 130 minutes
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
Brand new 2K restoration of the original camera negative
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation
Original French audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
Newly translated English subtitles
The Farcical Movie A French television profile of Marco Ferreri from 1975 in which the director discusses, among other things, the influence of Tex Avery, Luis Buñuel and Tod Browning s Freaks
Behind-the-scenes footage of the making of La Grande bouffe, containing interviews with Ferrari and actors Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Ugo Tognazzi and Philippe Noiret
Extracts from the television series Couleurs autour d'un festival featuring interviews with the cast and crew recorded during the Cannes Film Festival
A visual essay on the film with by Italian film scholar Pasquale Iannone
Select scene audio commentary by Iannone
News report from the Cannes Film Festival where La Grande bouffe caused a controversial stir, including Ferreri at the press conference
Original Trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx
Booklet featuring new writing on the film by Johnny Mains, illustrated with original archive stills and posters
Cast & Crew
Michel Piccoli Michel
Marcello Mastroianni Marcello
Ugo Tognazzi Ugo
Philippe Noiret Philippe
Andréa Ferréol Andrea
Monique Chaumette Madeleine
Florence Giorgetti Anne
Technical Credits
Marco Ferreri Director,Screenwriter
Rafael Azcona Screenwriter
Francis Blanche Screenwriter
Michel de Broin Art Director,Production Designer
Giuseppe Maffioli Consultant/advisor
Gitt Magrini Costumes/Costume Designer
Vincent Malle Associate Producer
Claudine Merlin Editor
Gina Pignier Editor
Pasquale Rachini Cinematographer
Jean-Pierre Rassam Producer
Philippe Sarde Score Composer
Mario Vulpiani Cinematographer
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