Claude Chabrol Collection

Claude Chabrol is a very interesting and entertaining director. I am glad that I bought this collection of his films. I have not seen all of them yet, so Ican't say anything about their quality.

Claude Chabrol was one of the most admirable icons of that reminded effusion of irreverent attitude and profound transformation of the narrative structure that meant the New Wave.In spite of the fact Chabrol starred the movement with "The cousins" , his aesthetical concerns emigrated toward the demolishing process of decadence nestled in a good portion of the Industrial society.Inheritor f the great tradition of the Noir genre, he became via Hitchcock the epitome of the suspense and the tragedy but enrooted into the Greek tradition. His fascination with the demons of the contemporary man led to legate us masterworks such as The unfaithful woman (1969), The butcher (1970), This man must die (to my mind his major achievement ever (1970), Innocents with dirty hands, his notable films based on the famous Lavardin Inspector and Le enfer.His inimitable style was forging itself through the years. Once he abandoned the Hitchcockian influence to get into the core of the ambivalent universe of the human beings, its affective miseries and hopelessly existence.His recent death on last September 12th leaves a void impossible to fill. This is an excellent opportunity for the new generations of performing arts to revise and revisit his vast cinematography.Farewell to a Giant of the Cinema. Au revoir!!

I bought this collection after I watched his flick called "Alice or last escapade" which is outstanding in any aspects, especially imagination and I figured I take chances--well, I was mistaken. Eight movies and all of them boring, mainstream and very limited in any aspect. His invented reality do not touch outside world which is not possible, no real problems discussed and on top of insult the rating of NC 17 has no basis. For some reason I remember contrasting movie "Marge" where everything in opposition to his ideas.

Pour ceux et celles qui aiment le cinéma Français à son meilleur: le coffret Claude Chabrol collection est indispensable.Si vous voulez revoir Stéphane Audran dans des rôles qui lui collent bien à la peau, sentir l`atmosphère feutré et laisser la musique quelques fois dérangeante de ces films d`époque, vous devez voir ces oeuvres qui datent des années 60-70. Un pur délice.La qualité de l`image est ahurissante, le son est impeccable....Il faut par contre aimer le cinéma au rythme lent, aux longs plans de caméra....Vive le cinéma Français....

These DVDs were transfered and distributed by a low-rent production house in LA and seem like a total rush job. The subtitles are poorly translated and the video is sloppy. Maybe one day, these masterworks will fall into more professional and capable hands. Til then, rent don't buy.