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La bête = The beast / Les Films du Bélier ; My New Picture ; Sons of Manual ; Arte France Cinéma ; AMI Paris ; screenplay by Bertrand Bonello, Benjamin Charbit, Guillaume Bréaud ; written and directed by Bertrand Bonello.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 037 600 DVD + insert
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Janus contemporaries
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- James, Henry, 1843-1916--Film adaptations.
- James, Henry.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Love--Drama.
- Love.
- Dystopias--Drama.
- Dystopias.
- Artificial intelligence--Drama.
- Artificial intelligence.
- Reincarnation--Drama.
- Reincarnation.
- Emotions--Drama.
- Emotions.
- Future, The--Drama.
- Future, The.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Science fiction films.
- Fiction films.
- Film adaptations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + insert (1 folded leaf : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
- 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Beast
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2024]
- Language Note:
- French dialogue; optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- digital
- optical
- surround
- DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "By the year 2044, artificial intelligence reigns, and human emotions are a liability that must be surgically removed to produce a more pliant workforce. But this procedure triggers Gabrielle to experience haunting memories of her past lives, as she encounters different incarnations of her paramour, Louis, first in belle epoque Paris and then in 2014 Los Angeles. As she once more undergoes the pains and pleasures of romance and rediscovers what it means to be truly alive, Gabrielle awaits the erasure of her humanity with growing fascination and dread. In his most ambitious film yet, visionary director Bertrand Bonello freely adapts Henry James's novella The Beast in the Jungle into a visually stunning science-fiction labyrinth that is as metaphysically mysterious as it is emotionally powerful. Powered by Seydoux's heartrending performance, The Beast poignantly imagines the consequences of humankind becoming too afraid to risk the inherent vulnerability of love."--Container.
- Participant:
- Lea Seydoux, George MacKay, Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Josée Deshaies; editor, Anita Roth; music, Bertrand and Anna Bonello.
- Notes:
- "Freely adapted from 'The beast in the jungle' by Henry James."
- Special features: featurette; theatrical trailer.
- ISBN:
- 9798886072259
- OCLC:
- 1460757114
- Publisher Number:
- 715515306911
- JF030DVD The Criterion Collection
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