Features

New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the original, uncensored version; Introduction to the film by Jean Renoir; New interview with director Peter Bogdanovich; Archival footage of Renoir directing actress Simone Simon, and interviews with Renoir, Émile Zola scholar Henri Mitterand, and others on adapting Zola to the screen; Gallery of on-set photographs and theatrical posters; Theatrical trailer; New and improved English subtitle translation; A booklet featuring critic Geoffrey O'Brien, film historian Ginette Vincendeau, and production designer Eugène Lourié

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- La Bête Humaine
1. Opening Credits [2:34]
2. Full Steam Ahead [4:23]
3. Arrival in Le Havre [2:18]
4. Roubaud's Séverine [2:38]
5. Workers' Routine [4:10]
6. Day Trip [2:23]
7. Human Animal [5:15]
8. Meeting With Grandmorin [8:38]
9. The 6:20 for Le Havre [5:11]
10. Hiding the Truth [5:14]
11. "Please Believe Me" [2:01]
12. Suspects [4:17]
13. At Home With the Roubauds [4:08]
14. "Not Looking for a Lover" [2:57]
15. Hot and Cold [2:50]
16. Weathering the Storm [3:32]
17. Lifelong Bond [2:14]
18. "What Was It Like" [5:21]
19. For Séverine [3:54]
20. Lison [1:14]
21. Railway Dance [8:01]
22. Séverine's Little Heart [9:18]
23. Peace of Mind [8:12]
1. An Unusual Renoir [4:56]
2. Realism and Poetry [2:17]
3. Director and Actor [2:05]
4. Human Nature [2:00]
1. Jean Renoir [5:51]
2. Modernizing La Bête Humaine [2:42]
3. Zola's Influences [4:54]
4. Fritz Lang's Human Desire [4:42]
5. Zola's "Screen Play" [3:33]
6. Aristic License [2:16]