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Special Features
- Trailer
- Photo gallery
- Biography – Rene Clair
- Short film - Entr’acte (1924)
- Interview – Mme B. Clair
- Colour booklet
- Scene selection
DVD Technical Information:
- Aspect Ratio (feature) - 1.33:1
- Running time: 95 mins approx.
- Language: French
- Subtitles: English
- Disc Format: PAL DVD 9
- Region Code: 2
From the Back Cover
When Louis (Raymond Cordy) and Emile (Henri Marchand), two prison inmates, attempt to escape, Louis is caught and returned to his cell, while Emile succeeds and becomes a successful businessman. On Louis’ release he goes to work for Emile but finds the industrial world no better than the prison regime. When Emile is recognized as an escaped convict, he and Louis decide to escape the confines of the factory by taking to the road as tramps.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Clair,
By mn (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Nous La Liberte (Freedom For Us) [DVD] (DVD)
This classic Rene Clair masterpiece is beautifully packaged using original poster artwork. It looks great. The content, considering it's age (1930's) is superb, an added joy is a short film from 1924 Entr'acte which is amazing. The film follows the fortunes of two convicts who take different paths in life but end up as worker and boss in a factory that resembles their incarceration so they run off to live as tramps.Nice booklet inside, excellent photo gallery and a biographies. Value for money. Wonderful
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Dated, but highly influential,
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This review is from: A Nous La Liberte (Freedom For Us) [DVD] (DVD)
Two convicts plot escape while they labour like Trojans in the prison workshop, mechanistically assembling wooden horses. Only one will manage to scale the walls, but he will go on to found a commercial empire, establishing himself as a major gramophone manufacturer. Years later, the second convict again crosses his path - he does so after having been coerced into becoming an employee, labouring in the factory, slavishly following the pace of the conveyor belt as he makes his small contribution to the assembly of gramophones. But he's not the only one to uncover the industrialist's past.Rene Clair uses music, satire, and slapstick comedy to hammer home his commentary on the dehumanising effects of industrialisation. Released in 1931, it pays lavish tribute to Chaplin, Keaton, the Keystone Cops, and the comedy of the recently passed silent era. A big hit in its day, Clair's film would prove inspirational - Chaplin's 1936 "Modern Times" is based upon it. The DVD provides an excellent black and white transfer and good sound quality - if a little quiet in places. Though dated in its style and simplistic in its political analysis, this remains a significant classic of European cinema which continues to entertain and amuse.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Dated, but highly influential,
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This review is from: Criterion Collection: Nous La Liberte [DVD] [1931] [US Import] (DVD)
Two convicts plot escape while they labour like Trojans in the prison workshop, mechanistically assembling wooden horses. Only one will manage to scale the walls, but he will go on to found a commercial empire, establishing himself as a major gramophone manufacturer. Years later, the second convict again crosses his path - he does so after having been coerced into becoming an employee, labouring in the factory, slavishly following the pace of the conveyor belt as he makes his small contribution to the assembly of gramophones. But he's not the only one to uncover the industrialist's past.Rene Clair uses music, satire, and slapstick comedy to hammer home his commentary on the dehumanising effects of industrialisation. Released in 1931, it pays lavish tribute to Chaplin, Keaton, the Keystone Cops, and the comedy of the recently passed silent era. A big hit in its day, Clair's film would prove inspirational - Chaplin's 1936 "Modern Times" is based upon it. The DVD provides an excellent black and white transfer and good sound quality - if a little quiet in places. Though dated in its style and simplistic in its political analysis, this remains a significant classic of European cinema which continues to entertain and amuse.
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