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Criterion Collection: Last Metro
a.k.a. Le Dernier Métro, The Last Metro Director: François Truffaut Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Heinz Bennent

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  • DVD Release Date: 03/24/2009
  • Original Release: 1980
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 6,321

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Disc One:; ; New Audio Commentary by Annette Insdorf, Author of François Truffaut; Audio Commentary by Actor Gérard Depardieu, Historian Jean-Pierre Azéma, and Truffaut Biographer Serge Toubiana; ; New and improved English Subtitle Translation; ; Disc Two:; ; Deleted Scenes; French television excerpts featuring interviews with Truffaut and Actors Catherine Deneuve, Depardieu, and Jean Poiret; New Video Interviews with Actors Andréa Ferréol, Sabine Haudepin, and Paulette Dubost, Second Assistant Director Alain Tasma, and Camera Assistants Florent Bazin and Tessa Racine, in which they discuss The Last Metros' ensemble performances and visual style; A Video interview with the celebrated cinematographer Nestor Almendros, detailing his collaborations with Truffaut; Une Histoire d'eau, a 1958 short film codirected by Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard; Theatrical Trailer; ; Plus: A Booklet featuring a new essay by Critic Armond White

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Disc #1 -- The Last Metro
1. Occupation [3:08]
2. A Real Theater [4:55]
3. Rules And Permits [6:23]
4. Performances [5:58]
5. Vistitors [2:45]
6. Accepting Everything [2:04]
7. Underground [5:43]
8. Smear Campaign [1:29]
9. Suspicions [4:19]
10. Crazy Ideas [3:10]
11. Plans [3:49]
12. Casting [1:51]
13. Discoveries [5:12]
14. Close Call [3:12]
15. Unseen Influences [5:45]
16. Fixing Things [3:05]
17. Warnings [3:47]
18. Revelations [3:09]
19. A Disastrous [3:39]
20. Missing [6:22]
21. Opening Night [2:37]
22. Backstage [9:28]
23. Reviews [4:42]
24. New Thoughts [2:28]
25. Ways Out [4:56]
26. Resistance [5:20]
27. Inspection [3:45]
28. Stage Design [3:07]
29. Two Women [3:07]
30. Connections [4:04]
31. Curtain Call [2:43]
1. A Film About Collaboration [3:08]
2. Creating Cinematic Unity [4:55]
3. Theme of Displacement [6:23]
4. Going Behind the Scenes [5:58]
5. Outward Calm [2:45]
6. Chilling Statistics [2:04]
7. The Heart of the Story [5:43]
8. Ring-Wing Press [1:29]
9. A Duplicitous Character [4:19]
10. Allusions To Reality [3:10]
11. Truffaut's Personal Discovery [3:49]
12. Working With Children [1:51]
13. Deneuve's Lack of Experience [5:12]
14. Truffaut's Tolerant Vision [3:12]
15. Indirect Direction [5:45]
16. Learning From Hitchcock [3:05]
17. Production Problems [3:47]
18. A Sense Of Family [3:09]
19. A Song's Paradox [3:39]
20. Real Details of Life [6:22]
21. Truffaut's Anxieties [2:37]
22. Evoking Lubitsch [9:28]
23. A More Traditional Work [4:42]
24. Jean Marais Mirrored [2:28]
25. An Important Collaborator [4:56]
26. Truffaut's Ease With Deletions [5:20]
27. The John Travolta Connection [3:45]
28. A Consummate Actor [3:07]
29. Skeletons In The Closet [3:07]
30. A Literary Sensibility [4:04]
31. From Shadow Into Light [2:43]
1. Problems [3:08]
2. Period Specifics [4:55]
3. Women With Authority [6:23]
4. Critical Inspiration [5:58]
5. Class Distinctions [2:45]
6. Difficult Relationships [2:04]
7. Revolving Around Deneuve [5:43]
8. 1942 [1:29]
9. Ambilavence [4:19]
10. German Ordinance [3:10]
11. Underground Networks [3:49]
12. Authentic Roles [1:51]
13. Entertainment Trilogy [5:12]
14. Allusions [3:12]
15. Dreamers [5:45]
16. Subterfuge [3:05]
17. An Important Clue [3:47]
18. Blackouts [3:09]
19. Popular Cabarets [3:39]
20. Irregular Situation [6:22]
21. Interpretation And Re-Creation [2:37]
22. Return To Inspirations [9:28]
23. Commonplace Terms [4:42]
24. A Famous Scene [2:28]
25. Establishing Policies [4:56]
26. Cornered [5:20]
27. Reasons For The Raid [3:45]
28. A Flimsy Shelter [3:07]
29. Capturing The Spirit [3:07]
30. Truth [4:04]
31. Typical Truffaut [2:43]
1. Color Bars [5:40]

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Editorial Reviews

The Last Metro is set virtually in its entirety in a crumbling French theatre. During the Nazi occupation, Jewish director Lucas Steiner (Heinz Bennent) hides in the basement of the theatre, while his wife Marion (Catherine Deneuve) stars in its latest production. Marion is enamored of leading man Bernard Granger (Gerard Depardieu), and he with her, but they resist temptation out of respect to her husband. When she is given a choice between loyalty to her husband and to her countrymen, her dilemma offers two logical solutions--both of which are acted out on stage during the play. This Pirandellian ending aside, The Last Metro is one of the few films to accurately capture the feeling of what it was like to live in Paris under the thumb of the Nazis. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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