May 09 2010
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“Passion of Joan of Arc” was graceful. I save it on my list of well-known DVDs after viewing the last share of it on Turner Classic Movies.
Other reviews have said that “Passion” was the best of the films of Joan of Arc, and after viewing this masterpiece directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer (cq), it’s hard to judge that something better could be out there.
Five stars across the board for the presentation, quality (sound and video) and for the film itself, which is one that demands the most caring team to accomplish sure that a DVD presentation is of the best quality. This comes from the Criterion Collection, and originate no mistake about it, they did what this archive in cinematic achievement demanded.
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The DVD contains a digitally restored, sunless and white transfer from an recent negative which was discovered in 1981 in a Norwegian mental institution (perhaps the person who hid this gem was not crazy, after all) . Originally a restful movie, the film is accompanied by a digital stereo composition performed by Anonymous 4 with soloist Susan Narucki and the Radio Netherlands Philharmonic and Choir. The audio, which is optional to the viewing of “Passion” is Resplendent. The music alone is worth the effect of admission.
Included with the DVD is a “Voices of Light” libretto booklet. Kudos to composer Richard Einhorn. If you’re reading this, I’d esteem your autograph. This work is a “must have” in a serious collector of cinematic (and orchestral) genius, so if you’re both, extinguish both birds with the same stone.
For the movie, I was shy at the cinematic near to filming “Passion.” This is why I am sure that no one has arrive to within the region border of being conclude to the depth of passion that pours out of EVERY frame. From the opening scene to the bitter destroy, this DVD keeps you interested. By the slay, you may be in tears, as I was. Lead actress Renee Falconetti (imdb database has her listed as Maria Falconetti) is flawless in her role as Joan of Arc, and it’s simply a pity that her nature kept her away from acting. She only made two films (according to the imdb database, “La Comtesse de Somerive” [1917] was her first) and “Passion” was her second. It seemed as though she became Joan from the initiate, and as she presented her role, she seemed to almost be consumed by the spirit of Joan’s demise herself. I wonder if Falconetti was all but traumatized by the structure in which she had to act the fragment? A website said that she fled her country during World War II for Buenos Aires, where she lived until 1946.
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For those fervent in filmmaking, this movie MUST BE SEEN. Relate that sentence, which bears repeating. To this day, you will not survey the wonderfully filmed and lit scenes, credited by Rudolph Mate, director of photography. The filming doesn’t go by the book, because in 1928, no book was even written on filmmaking. Today, I wish more directors and DP’s would go more by the books of Dreyer and Mate.
Technical details: This is ONLY for the Criterion Collection version: Transfer of an unusual print, via digital restoration; 82 minutes, B&W (no colorization) at its current veil aspect ratio of 1.33:1 (which is now TV format ratio) ; French intertitles and optional English subtitles; optional silent- viewing or the digital stereo 5.1 surround of “Voices of Light,” which was written for “Passion”; optional audio commentary by Univ. of Copenhagen Dreyer scholar Casper Tybjerg; audio interview with Falconetti’s daughter; details on the film’s restoration (with video comparisons) ; video essay on “Voices of Light”; 3- page dual- sided pamphlet which includes a microscopic passage that Th. Dreyer wrote; 25- page “Voices of Light” libretto booklet; plus a Criterion catalog.
There’s nothing to add to the chorus of high praise this masterpiece has already received, so I won’t try. Fair one point: the restored version features a novel gather, VOICES OF LIGHT. I’m not the biggest fan of grafting unusual music to vintage films - too often it’s ill-fitting, adding nothing but a showy distraction to the memoir . Here it’s a marriage made in Heaven. Absolutely the most interesting and mesmerizing film pick up I’ve ever heard, greatly enhancing an already astronomical movie. Viewers in 1928 were probably thunderstruck by Dreyer’s vision and imagery, but Einhorn’s pick up gives train to Joan’s inner devotion and faith, transforming this film of sexist persecution and religious hypocrisy into a lawful passion play of martyrdom. As for historical inaccuracies, remember that this is not a movie about Joan of Arc but about the Trial of Joan of Arc. It’s not History but History refracted through dead glass for the purposes of Art.
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