Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno [Blu-ray]

Director: Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea Serge Bromberg

Overview

In the 1950s and '60s, Henri-Georges Clouzot was one of France's most acclaimed and successful filmmakers, a director who enjoyed massive international success with Le Salaire de la Peur (aka The Wages of Fear) and Les Diaboliques, and his gift for generating tension and suspense onscreen earned him the nickname "the French Hitchcock." In 1963, Clouzot began work on a project called "L'Enfer" (aka "The Inferno"), a tale of jealousy that leads to madness, and the filmmaker was promised all the time and resources he needed for the picture. However, while the director was meticulously prepared when shooting began, after only three weeks the production was halted and never resumed; Clouzot would complete only two more films before his death in 1977. Filmmakers Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea try to answer the question of what happened to a project so full of promise in L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot (aka Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno), a documentary which looks into the shadowy history of this lost film. Including interviews with members of the cast and crew (among them production assistant Costa-Gavras, who went on to a distinguished career of his own) and excerpts from the surviving footage (seen by the public for the first time here), the film tells the tale of how a great director ran afoul of his own demons while making a movie about a troubled man. Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno received its world premiere at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/06/2018
UPC:	0760137098683
Original Release:	2009
Rating:	NR
Source:	Arrow Video
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:40:00

Special Features

High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation; Orginal 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio; Optional English Subtitles ; Lucy Mazdon on Henri-Georges Clouzot and Inferno, the French cinema expert and academic talks at length about the films of Clouzot and the troubled production of Inferno ; They Saw Inferno, a featurette including unseen material, providing further insight into the production of Inferno ; Filmed introduction by Serge Bromberg; Interview with Serge Bromberg; Stills Gallery; Original Trailer; Reversible Sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Twins of Evil

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Romy Schneider	Odette (archive footage)
Bérénice Bejo	Odette
Serge Reggiani	Marcel (archive footage)
Jacques Gamblin	Marcel
Dany Carrel	Marylou (archive footage)
Bruno Alexlu	Composer

Technical Credits

Serge Bromberg

Serge Bromberg	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Ruxandra Medrea	Director
Marianne Lère	Executive Producer
Jean Gargonne	Sound/Sound Designer,Sound Editor
Jean-Guy Véran	Sound Mixer