A Day in the Country[HD Remastered Edition]
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[Machine Translation] Beautiful images that look as if they were impressionist paintings in motion. A blissful film, a masterpiece of the century, now restored in HD remastering! Picnic" directed by Jean Renoir, the son of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, is a miraculous film filled with beauty that surpasses that of Impressionist paintings. Although the film is in black and white, the colors of the trees, the brightness of the water surface, and even the gradation of light are vividly visible, as if the paintings left behind by his father had come to life. The richly colored images, which are different from the vivid colors of digital images, spread through our brains. This is the essence of Renoir's films, filled with lyricism and sensuality. Encounters and partings. Joy and sorrow. Harmony and disintegration. Human beings open up in nature. Not only does the film beautifully show this simple happiness, but it also highlights the joys and sorrows of life through the drama of a man and a woman who achieve a momentary spark of love but are never united. The print of the film, shot in 1936, was destroyed by the occupying Germans when the war broke out before it could be completed. However, the original negatives were rescued by Henri Langlois, founder of the Cinematheque Francaise. Through the persistence of producer Pierre Brombergier, the film was edited with the approval of director Jean Renoir, who was in exile in the United States at the time, and was finally completed for release in Paris in 1946. Picnic" was thus a film that transcended the horrors of the war with luck and passion. The film's assistant directors included photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson (who also did the still photography), Jacques Becquerel, and Luchino Visconti. The heroine was played by Sylvia Bataille, then Madame Georges Bataille. The film was shot in the suburbs of Paris, a favorite haunt of Impressionist painters, and Bataille even jumped in to take part in the production, which would be unthinkable today. This is a revival of a masterpiece by Jean Renoir, who was revered as the father of cinema by directors such as Truffaut, Godard, Rossellini, Altman, Aldrich, and many others. Commentary leaflet enclosed.
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Original Release Year: 1936
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