Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
La Française et l'Amour
Comedy, Romance, Drama • 2h 23m
Overview
The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a witty way: 1 - Childhood, 2 - Adolescence, 3 - Virginity, 4 - Marriage, 5 - Adultery, 6 - Divorce, 7 - The Single Woman.
Directors: René Clair & Jean Delannoy & Henri Verneuil & Michel Boisrond & Christian-Jaque & Jean-Paul Le Chanois & Henri Decoin
Cast: Jacqueline Porel, Darry Cowl, Micheline Dax, Paulette Dubost, Jacques Duby, Pierre-Jean Vaillard, Noël Roquevert, Marline Lambert, Bibi Morat, Pierre Paulet, Pierre Mondy, Sophie Desmarets, Roger Pierre, Jean Desailly, Annie Sinigalia, Simone Paris, François Nocher, Pierre-Louis, Valérie Lagrange, Pierre Michaël, Nicole Chollet, Marie-Thérèse Orain, Paul Bonifas, Pascal Mazzotti, Joëlle Latour, Charles Bouillaud, Marie-José Nat, Claude Rich, Yves Robert, Jacques Marin, Albert Michel, Alain Bouvette, Paul Meurisse, Dany Robin, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claude Piéplu, Alice Kessler, Ellen Kessler, François Périer, Annie Girardot, Francis Blanche, Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault, Denise Grey, Georges Chamarat, Alfred Adam, Martine Carol, Robert Lamoureux, Silvia Monfort, Suzanne Nivette, Simone Renant, Paul Villé, Robert Rollis, Jacques Bernard, Brigitte Barbier, Jacques Fabbri
VCI US or Filmjuwelen Blu-ray
VCI US or Filmjuwelen Blu-ray are both MP2 encoded, most likely from the same master. Judging from the size and the caps from DVDBeaver or BR for VCI or caps-a-holic for Filmjuwelen, they are probably very similar.
VCI US or Filmjuwelen Blu-ray
VCI US or Filmjuwelen Blu-ray are both MP2 encoded, most likely from the same master. Judging from the size and the caps from DVDBeaver or BR for VCI or caps-a-holic for Filmjuwelen, they are probably very similar.
Director: René Clair
Included as extras in Pathé Paris qui dort + Entr'acte Blu-ray
Included as extras in Pathé Paris qui dort + Entr'acte Blu-ray
Director: René Clair
Included as extras in Pathé Paris qui dort + Entr'acte Blu-ray
Included as extras in Pathé Paris qui dort + Entr'acte Blu-ray
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
The latest and best restoration from official screencaps are from Shout! Factory Silent Film Festival + Cinémathèque Française https://silentfilm.org/preservation/the-italian-straw-hat/ which is from Original Camera Negative and original France title negative. Janus seems to have acquired the rights https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2259 The Grapevine Blu-ray (including their updated 2K transfer) or the Flicker Alley DVD might be the ones referred in the above Shout! Factory Silent Film Festival as "US viewers have had to be satisfied with either the alternate version that was released in the United States in 1931, or hybrids that supplement the US version with additional footage"
Director: René Clair
The latest and best restoration from official screencaps are from Shout! Factory Silent Film Festival + Cinémathèque Française https://silentfilm.org/preservation/the-italian-straw-hat/ which is from Original Camera Negative and original France title negative. Janus seems to have acquired the rights https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2259 The Grapevine Blu-ray (including their updated 2K transfer) or the Flicker Alley DVD might be the ones referred in the above Shout! Factory Silent Film Festival as "US viewers have had to be satisfied with either the alternate version that was released in the United States in 1931, or hybrids that supplement the US version with additional footage"
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
No home release, BFI has 35mm print
Director: René Clair
No home release, BFI has 35mm print
Director: René Clair
Director: René Clair
Directors: Neil Nightingale & Barry Cook
Fox 3D Blu-ray has both the theatrical cut and the "Cretaceous Cut"
Fox 3D Blu-ray has both the theatrical cut and the "Cretaceous Cut" which removes the dialogue and the framing device, essentially serving as a director's cut of the film. The "Cretaceous Cut" is not available on the 2D Blu-ray or on digital streaming.
Directors: Neil Nightingale & Barry Cook
Fox 3D Blu-ray has both the theatrical cut and the "Cretaceous Cut"
Fox 3D Blu-ray has both the theatrical cut and the "Cretaceous Cut" which removes the dialogue and the framing device, essentially serving as a director's cut of the film. The "Cretaceous Cut" is not available on the 2D Blu-ray or on digital streaming.
Director: William A. Wellman
Director: William A. Wellman
Director: Boots Riley
Director: Boots Riley
Director: Danny Boyle
Sony 4K Blu-ray see caps
Recovers quite a bit of highlight detail, looks less harsh and clipped in the video footage than the old BD.
Dolby Atmos Remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Original 5.1 mix: old OOP Fox Blu-ray
5.1 on the 4K is a downmix of the Atmos remix.
Director: Danny Boyle
Sony 4K Blu-ray see caps
Recovers quite a bit of highlight detail, looks less harsh and clipped in the video footage than the old BD.
Dolby Atmos Remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Original 5.1 mix: old OOP Fox Blu-ray
5.1 on the 4K is a downmix of the Atmos remix.
Director: Peter Faiman
Australia Cut: Australia Fox DVD
International Cut: Paramount Blu-ray
Encore Cut: Germany Winkler Film 4K Blu-ray
US Paramount 4K Blu-ray, unsure whether it's the International cut released by Paramount or the Encore Cut
Australia Cut: Australia Fox DVD
International Cut: Paramount Blu-ray
Encore Cut: Germany Winkler Film 4K Blu-ray
Australia Cut: Laserdisc
The film exists in three versions:
- the original Australian cut (~104 minutes at 24fps/~100 minutes at 25fps);
- the American/international version (~98 minutes at 24fps/~94 minutes at 25fps) trimming some exposition in the Outback first half of the film and some shorter extensions of a few seconds in the New York section, altering some of the dialogue – including censoring a "fuck" to "screw" – but featuring one additional dialogue extension not in the Australian version (a comparison of the two cuts can be found at Movie Censorship);
- the Australian Encore Cut (~95 minutes at 24fps/~91 minutes at 25fps) which uses the international version source so it already has those alterations but also removes approximately three minutes consisting of parts of two scenes featuring Mick grabbing the crotch of a cross-dressing prostitute and a later sequence when he does the same thing at a party to a woman with a deep voice (a comparison of the international version and the Encore Cut can be found at Movie Censorship).
Director: Peter Faiman
Australia Cut: Australia Fox DVD
International Cut: Paramount Blu-ray
Encore Cut: Germany Winkler Film 4K Blu-ray
US Paramount 4K Blu-ray, unsure whether it's the International cut released by Paramount or the Encore Cut
Australia Cut: Australia Fox DVD
International Cut: Paramount Blu-ray
Encore Cut: Germany Winkler Film 4K Blu-ray
Australia Cut: Laserdisc
The film exists in three versions:
- the original Australian cut (~104 minutes at 24fps/~100 minutes at 25fps);
- the American/international version (~98 minutes at 24fps/~94 minutes at 25fps) trimming some exposition in the Outback first half of the film and some shorter extensions of a few seconds in the New York section, altering some of the dialogue – including censoring a "fuck" to "screw" – but featuring one additional dialogue extension not in the Australian version (a comparison of the two cuts can be found at Movie Censorship);
- the Australian Encore Cut (~95 minutes at 24fps/~91 minutes at 25fps) which uses the international version source so it already has those alterations but also removes approximately three minutes consisting of parts of two scenes featuring Mick grabbing the crotch of a cross-dressing prostitute and a later sequence when he does the same thing at a party to a woman with a deep voice (a comparison of the international version and the Encore Cut can be found at Movie Censorship).
3D: 2011 Fox 3D Blu-ray (exclusive with Sony 3D TV bundles in the US)
3D: 2011 Fox 3D Blu-ray
All home video releases are open matte 16:9. No home release in the theatrical scope presentation.
The original theatrical 7.1 mix has not been given a home release.
3D: 2011 Fox 3D Blu-ray (exclusive with Sony 3D TV bundles in the US)
3D: 2011 Fox 3D Blu-ray
All home video releases are open matte 16:9. No home release in the theatrical scope presentation.
The original theatrical 7.1 mix has not been given a home release.
Director: Tim Burton
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Fox/Disney 4K Blu-ray, the compression is poor, but it still beats the previous Blu-ray. (Luminance plot)
The 4K Blu-ray only has Atmos which is possibly the original mix, but the previous Blu-ray’s 4.0 sounds good too.
Director: Tim Burton
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Fox/Disney 4K Blu-ray, the compression is poor, but it still beats the previous Blu-ray. (Luminance plot)
The 4K Blu-ray only has Atmos which is possibly the original mix, but the previous Blu-ray’s 4.0 sounds good too.
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Director: Griffin Dunne
Director: Griffin Dunne
Director: Will Gluck
Director: Will Gluck
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: Stanley Donen
Director: Stanley Donen
Director: Lou Breslow
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
Director: Lou Breslow
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
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