Physical Description
2 videodiscs (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.)
Contents
Disc one the movie: Occupation
Real theater
Rules and permits
Performances
Visitors
Accepting everything
Underground
Smear campaign
Suspicions
Crazy ideas
Plans
Casting
Discoveries
Close call
Unseen influences
Fixing things
Warnings
Revelations
Disastrous evening
Missing
Opening night
Backstage
Reviews
New thoughts
Ways out
Resistance
Inspection
Stage design
Two women
Connections
Curtain call
Color bars (1980) (131 min.); Special features: Commentary [by] Annette Insdorf [optional audio feature]; Commentary [by] Gérard Depardieu and Jean-Pierre Azéma [optional audio feature].
Other Authors/Editors
Truffaut, François.
Schiffman, Suzanne.
Grumberg, Jean-Claude, 1939-
Depardieu, Gérard, 1948-
Deneuve, Catherine, 1943-
Poiret, Jean, 1926-1992
Ferréol, Andréa, 1947-
Dubost, Paulette.
Richard, Jean-Louis.
Haudepin, Sabine, 1955-
Risch, Maurice, 1943-
Bennent, Heinz.
Almendros, Nestor.
Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992.
Insdorf, Annette.
Toubiana, Serge.
White, Armond.
Janus Films.
MK2 Productions.
Films du carrosse (Firm)
S.E.D.I.F.
Société nationale télévision française 1.
Société française de production.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
ISBN
1604651202
9781604651201
Notes
Originally produced as a French motion picture in 1980.
Disc two the supplements: Deleted scene (5 min.); "Les nouveaux rendez-vous" [featurette] (11 min.); "Passez donc me voir" [featurette] (7 min.); Performing "The Last Metro" [featurette] (15 min.); Visualizing "The Last Metro" [featurette] (10 min.); Working with Truffaut: Nestor Almendros [featurette] (28 min.) "Une histoire d'eau" [featurette] (12 min.); Theatrical trailer (3 min.); booklet includes the essay "Truffaut's Changing Times" by Armond White.
Disc one the movie: Occupation -- Real theater -- Rules and permits -- Performances -- Visitors -- Accepting everything -- Underground -- Smear campaign -- Suspicions -- Crazy ideas -- Plans -- Casting -- Discoveries -- Close call -- Unseen influences -- Fixing things -- Warnings -- Revelations -- Disastrous evening -- Missing -- Opening night -- Backstage -- Reviews -- New thoughts -- Ways out -- Resistance -- Inspection -- Stage design -- Two women -- Connections -- Curtain call -- Color bars (1980) (131 min.); Special features: Commentary [by] Annette Insdorf [optional audio feature]; Commentary [by] Gérard Depardieu and Jean-Pierre Azéma [optional audio feature].
Image [cinematographer], Nestor Almendros ; montage [editor], Martine Barraqué ; musique, Georges Delerue ; décors [production design], Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko ; costumes, Lisele Roos.
Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost, Jean-Louis Richard, Sabine Haudepin, Maurice Risch, Heinz Bennent.
MPAA Rating: Rated PG.
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.66:1, enhanced for 16:9 televisions; new restored high-definition digital transfer; new and improved English subtitle translation.
In French with optional subtitles in English.
Winner, 1981 César Awards, France: Meilleur son (Best Sound): Michel Laurent; Meilleurs décors (Best Production Design): Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko; Meilleure musique (Best Music Written for a Film): Georges Delerue; Meilleur montage (Best Editing): Martine Barraqué; Meilleur scénario, original ou adaptation (Best Writing-Original or Adaptation): François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman; Meilleure photographie (Best Cinematography): Néstor Almendros; Meilleur acteur (Best Actor): Gérard Depardieu; Meilleure actrice (Best Actress): Catherine Deneuve; Meilleur réalisateur (Best Director): François Truffaut; Meilleur film (Best Film): François Truffaut.
