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The Last Metro [DVD] [1981]

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3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost
  • Directors: François Truffaut
  • Writers: François Truffaut, Jean-Claude Grumberg, Suzanne Schiffman
  • Producers: François Truffaut
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language French, German
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Palisades Tartan
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Aug 2002
  • Run Time: 127 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006BT8S
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 60,017 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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François Truffaut again tackles the elusive nature of creativity and creation in his thoughtful, sumptuous 1980 film The Last Metro. Nominated for the Best Foreign Language film Oscar, and a winner of various Césars, The Last Metro is set in occupied France during World War II. Marion Steiner (Catherine Deneuve) manages the Theatre Montmarte in the stead of her Jewish husband, director Lucas Steiner (Heinz Bennent). He has purportedly fled France but is really hiding in the basement of the theatre. The one hope to save the Montmarte is a new play starring the dashing Bernard Granger (Gérard Depardieu). The attraction between Marion and Bernard is palpable, and as usual Truffaut creates tension and drama from even the most casual of occurrences. The theme of the director locked away while his lover and his creation are appropriated by others makes for interesting Truffaut study, but first and foremost this is a well-spun romance.--Keith Simanton, Amazon.com

DVD Description
DVD Special Features:

Introduction to the film
Audio commentary by historian Jean-Pierre Azema (featuring Gerard Depardieu)
Original theatrical trailer
Francois Truffaut Collection trailers
Archival documentary material: Francois Truffaut interviewed upon the film's release (1980); Truffaut and the pleasure of reading (1980); The Cesar Awards (1981)
An unreleased scene
Aspect ratio: Anamorphic widescreen
French with English subtitles

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Truffaut at his best, 12 Jan 2003
This is one of Truffaut's best films. In his usual gentle and subtle style he tells the story of a theatre and the people working and living in it during WWII - and what an incredible cast he had. Catherine Deneuve - there is no one who had fit better the role of Marion Steiner. It's amazing how much she expresses by saying nothing. Gerard Depardieu - as the young, ambitious actor involved with the Resistance. The two have a very unique chemistry! It is a beautiful movie - and definitely a must see!!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Minor Truffaut, but still enjoyable, 18 Jun 2006
By Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews
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Although Truffaut had another two films in him, in many ways The Last Metro looks as if it was planned as his last movie, even down to filming a deleted scene (included on the Tartan PAL DVD) where a dying director tries to convince Catherine Deneuve's heroine to star in his last film. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean it sums up his life and work so much as it feels as if the somewhat half-hearted screenplay has been rushed into production without being entirely thought through. Not that its bad - indeed parts of it are quite enjoyable - more that it tends to drift by like exactly the kind of `well-made play' that he once attacked, with the romance barely developed and much of the interest coming from characters on the sidelines, such as Jean-Louis Richard's critic, collaborator and anti-Semitic propagandist. At it's best it comes over like a theatrical variation on Day For Night set against the German occupation (indeed, Richard was DFN's co-writer), without ever quite matching that film's emotional rollercoaster ride.

The transfer is good and the extras interesting - 2 contemporary interviews with Truffaut bemoaning the film's 'failure' (despite it's box-office and critical success), footage from the Cesar Awards, trailer and audio commentary by Jean-Pierre Azema and Gerard Depardieu.
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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent truffaut excells, 8 Nov 2003
This review is from: Last Metro [VHS] [1981] (VHS Tape)
The film is one of great acheivement by Truffaut, although he stray from his origins of the Nouvelle Vague and becomes slightly hollywoodised. The plot is esentailly simple, with the plight of a Jew in occupied Paris conatining the basis of the plot, although the 2 central characters Marian (Catherine Denueve) and Bernard (Gerard Depardieu) are essentially believable, it does appear that Truffaut has tried to ensure success by introducing the superstars of French cinema.

AN ecellent film, well worh seeing

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4.0 out of 5 stars A satisying movie of choices and adult feelings
This is a first-class romantic, suspensful and humane movie. The Germans have occupied Paris and there are informers everywhere. Read more
Published 22 months ago by C. O. DeRiemer

3.0 out of 5 stars Unremarkable Film
"The Last Metro" is merely a moderately watchable film about life in a small Montmartre theatre during the Nazi Occupation. Read more
Published 23 months ago by L. Davidson

2.0 out of 5 stars Big and empty
Having finally seen this film, I was surprised how disappointing it was. I did some research and discovered it was a critical failure but a commercial success on release. Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars Grace and Elegance
If films were planes, Francois Truffaut's "The Last Metro" would be a glider, cutting gently through the winds of occupied Paris, and moving gracefully through the lives of a... Read more
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