Five Freshly Remastered Films from the French Hitchcock
Too often overlooked and undervalued, Claude Chabrol was the first of the Cahiers du Cinema critics to release a feature film and would be among the most prolific. The sneaky anarchist of the French New Wave, he embraced genre as a means off lifting the lid on human nature. Nothing is sacred and nothing is certain in the films of Claude Chabrol. Anything can be corrupted, and usually will be. Arrow Video is proud to present Lies & deceit: Five Films by Claude Chabrol. Featuring Cop Au Vin (Poulet au vinaigre), Inspector Lavardin, Madame Bovary, Betty and Torment (L'enfer), this inaugural collection of Claude Chabrol on Blu-ray brings together a wealth of passionate contributors and archival extras to shed fresh light on the films and the filmmaker. Dark, witty, ruthless, mischievous: if you've never seen Chabrol before, you're in for a treat. If you have, they've never looked better.
Bonus Materials
LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
High definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all five films
New 4K restorations of Madame Bovary, Betty, and Torment
Original lossless French PCM mono audio on Cop Au Vin, Inspector Lavardin, Madame Bovary and Betty
Original lossless French PCM stereo audio on Torment
Optional English Subtitles
Archive introductions to all films by film scholar Joël Magny
Select scene commentaries for all films by Claude Chabrol
Theatrical trailers and image galleries for all films
80-page collector’s booklet of new writing by film critics Martyn Conterio, Kat Ellinger, Philip Kemp and Sam Wigley, and archive material
Limited edition packaging with newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
DISC 1: COP AU VIN
New commentary by critic Ben Sachs
New interview with film historian Ian Christie
Claude Chabrol at the BFI, Chabrol on stage with film historian Ian Christie in 1994
Claude Chabrol, Jean Poiret & Stephane Audran in conversation, archive Swiss TV episode with director and cast discussing Cop Au Vin
DISC 2: INSPECTOR LAVARDIN
New commentary by critic Ben Sachs
Why Chabrol?, new interview with film critic Sam Wigley on why Chabrol remains essential viewing
DISC 3: MADAME BOVARY
New commentary by critic Kat Ellinger
Imagining Emma: Madame Bovary on screen, new visual essay by film historian Pamela Hutchinson
DISC 4: BETTY
New commentary by critic Kat Ellinger
Betty, from Simenon to Chabrol, new visual essay by French Cinema historian Ginette Vincendeau
New interview with Ros Schwartz, the English translator of the Georges Simenon novel on which the film is based
DISC 5: TORMENT
New commentary by critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
On Henri Georges Clouzot, archival interview with Chabrol about, Clouzot’s abandoned attempt to make L’enfer
Interview with Marin Karmitz, archive interview with Chabrol’s most frequent producer from 1985 onward
