Hiroshima, my love = Hiroshima mon amour.
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
[Chicago, Ill.] : [United States] : Home Vision Entertainment ; Criterion Collection, 2003.
Format
DVD
Edition
Dual-layer ed.
Status
Sequim - Digital Video Disc
DVD HIROSHI
1 available
DVD HIROSHI
1 available
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Actresses -- France -- Drama.
Architects -- Japan -- Drama.
Feature films -- France.
Feature films.
Foreign films
Foreign films -- France.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- Drama.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Drama.
Love -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war -- Drama.
Architects -- Japan -- Drama.
Feature films -- France.
Feature films.
Foreign films
Foreign films -- France.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- Drama.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Drama.
Love -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war -- Drama.
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Published
[Chicago, Ill.] : [United States] : Home Vision Entertainment ; Criterion Collection, 2003.
Edition
Dual-layer ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (29 pages : ill. ; 19 cm.) inserted in container.
Language
fre
UPC
037429180723
Notes
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
General Note
Special features: audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie ; vintage interviews with director Alain Resnais and actress Emmanuelle Riva ; new video interview with Emmanuelle Riva ; excerpts from Marguerite Duras' screenplay annotations, narrated over clips from the film ; isolated music and effects track ; illustrated booklet, featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones, excerpts from a 1959 "Cahiers du Cinéma" round-table discussion about the film, an essay on composer Giovanni Fusco by Russell Lack, and character portraits by Duras.
Creation/Production Credits
Directors of photography, Takahashi Michio, Sacha Vierny ; editors, Henri Colpi, Jasmine Chasney, Anne Sarraute ; music, Georges Delerue, Giovanni Fusco ; costume designer, Gerard Collery.
Participants/Performers
Emmanuele Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson.
Description
A Japanese architect and a French actress engage in a brief intense affair in Hiroshima in 1959. Both deal with their personal memories of World War II--he by articulating his firsthand experience with nuclear disaster, she by remembering her traumatic affair with a German soldier.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD, Region 1 encoding, aspect ratio 1.33:1, Dolby digital mono.
Language
French dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Awards
Cannes Film Festival, 1959