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8½ Essential Art House DVD

Federico Fellini

1963

138 minutes

1.85:1

Italian

One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellini’s (Otto e mezzo) turns one man’s artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema.

13 Apr 2010

Essential Art House

DVD

1 Disc

SRP: $19.95

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$15.96

144

Loves of a Blonde Essential Art House DVD

Loves of a Blonde

Milos Forman

1965

82 minutes

Black and White

1.33:1

Czech

A tender and humorous look at a young woman’s journey from the first pangs of romance to its inevitable disappointments, Loves of a Blonde immediately became a classic of the Czech New Wave and earned Milos Forman the first of his Academy Award nominations.

13 Apr 2010

Essential Art House

DVD

1 Disc

SRP: $19.95

Criterion Store Price

$15.96

76

Brief Encounter Essential Art House DVD

Brief Encounter

David Lean

1945

86 minutes

Black and White

1.33:1

English

From Noël Coward’s play Still Life, legendary filmmaker David Lean deftly explores the thrill, pain, and tenderness of an illicit romance in the dour, gray Britain of 1945.

13 Apr 2010

Essential Art House

DVD

1 Disc

SRP: $19.95

Criterion Store Price

$15.96

281

Jules and Jim Essential Art House DVD

Jules and Jim

François Truffaut

1962

104 minutes

Black and White

2.35:1

French

Hailed as one of the finest films ever made, legendary director François Truffaut’s early masterpiece Jules and Jim charts the relationship between two friends and the object of their mutual obsession over the course of twenty-five years.

13 Apr 2010

Essential Art House

DVD

1 Disc

SRP: $19.95

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$15.96

Floating Weeds Essential Art House DVD

Floating Weeds

Yasujiro Ozu

1959

119 minutes

Color

1.33:1

Japanese

An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all, in Yasujiro Ozu’s color collaboration with the celebrated cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa.

13 Apr 2010

Essential Art House

DVD

1 Disc

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$15.96

Kapò Essential Art House DVD

Kapò

Gillo Pontecorvo

1959

112 minutes

Black and White

1.33:1

Before he left his mark on cinema forever with the revolutionary The Battle of Algiers, Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo directed this uncompromising World War II drama about a young Jewish woman (Susan Strasberg) in a Nazi concentration camp.

13 Apr 2010

Essential Art House

DVD

1 Disc

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$15.96

Essential Art House: Volume Five Essential Art House DVD

These elegant, movie-only DVD editions of the true classics of art house feature lower cost and sturdy packaging and are a practical alternative to the more elaborate Criterion Collection special editions.

13 Apr 2010

Essential Art House

DVD

6 Discs

SRP: $99.95

Criterion Store Price

$79.96