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LE TEMPS RETROUVE, D'APRES L'OEUVRE DE MARCEL PROUST (1999) / 
MARCEL PROUST'S TIME REGAINED (1999)


DVD Studio: Artificial Eye

DVD Release Date: June 12, 2000


Director: Raoul Ruiz

Principal Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Beart and Vincent Perez


Description
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Translating Marcel Proust's vast 12-volume novel A la recherche du temps perdu (Rembrance of Things Past) to the screen was never going to be a pushover, and several distinguished film-makers have tried and failed. It fell to the veteran Chilean-born director Ral Ruiz to bring it off better than anyone had a right to expect. Ruiz adopts the strategy of taking as his framework Proust's final volume, in which all the strands of the towering masterpiece are pulled together. Into this autumnal narrative the film weaves intricate flashbacks to events from the earlier volumes, revealing the workings of time itself. Rich and complex, Time Regained presents a sweeping panorama of early 20th century French high society, portrayed with all Proust's ambivalent mixture of mockery and snobbish fascination, while the elegant pans and slow tracking shots mirror his serpentine prose. A matchless cast of actors (Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Beart, John Malkovich) give utterly stylish performances. The film is superbly mounted and visually ravishing, though those not familiar with the original may occasionally feel a little confused.


Format: PAL

DVD Size: 6.03 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 152 minutes

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 | Non-Anamorphic

Sound (main feature): French DD1.0

Subtitles: English hardcoded



DISC FEATURES:

# Theatrical trailer.
# Director and cast filmographies.
# Marcel Proust boigraphical chronology.



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