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Le Corbeau (The Raven) - Criterion Collection
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780027862
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0780027868
Label: Criterion
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: Criterion
MPN: 040
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 17, 2004
Running Time: 91 minutes
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: 1943
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Rating:  - Sensible insensibilities
Nah ... !! WAY,way overrated.
Different - because it's quite ancient & thus intriguing - but simply an ordinary sort of ' who dun it '.
I won't say it's no good, but will say it's one of those films I know I won't bother to watch twice !
Rating:  - WONDERFUL FILM
one of his best next to diabolique, must pick up fast it just went out-of-print on the criterion website.
Rating:  - The ink that made blood flow
I have become quite an admirer of Clouzot's work. He has been dubbed the "Hitchcock of France", and deservedly so. I ordered Le Corbeau(The Raven)expecting some sort of Edgar Allen Poe tale. My mistake. But still this is an important movie which raised all sorts of controversy back in its day.
It was filmed in France back in 1943, during Nazi occupation. It was sorely misinterpreted by countless critics as a bitter portrayal of the community, the church, and the political system. This ... Read More
Rating: - Early thriller by the Alfred Hitchcock of France
Lots of bitter, black bile and mechanical plot thrills from the Alfred Hitchcock of France. I guess if that's what you're looking for, this movie is for you. Some of the exterior shots are nice and sinister, and the funeral in the middle of the film is so creepy, it might qualify this film as a Halloween rental, but the rest of the movie feels like one of those Agatha Christie novels where we're continually made to think that one person or another is the killer, until in the end we're told it's ... Read More
Rating: - Le Corbeau
Filmed during the Nazi occupation of France, Clouzot's brilliant, edgy psychological thriller captures the petty enmities and virulent paranoia that, letter by letter, rips a tight-knit community apart. Framed by the moral dilemma of Fresnay's Germain, a serious, stone-faced man haunted by "two ghosts" from the past, "Corbeau" adds one Hitchcockian twist after another, while immersing us in an ominous atmosphere of suspicion. Adding to the intrigue are radiant social worker Laura (Francey), elderly ... Read More
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