73 Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble
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73 Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble
Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble
Rare is the film in movie-history that can announce the entire movement of its 'plot' with its title alone. But Pialat's second feature, Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble (We Won't Grow Old Together) does exactly that, encapsulating all the turmoil, and the final end-point, of a couple who among themselves once made a commitment—and in living together will come to make another one yet. Jean (Jean Yanne, of Godard's Weekend) and Catherine (Marlène Jobert, of Godard's Masculin féminin) are the couple whose every move charts an advancement deeper into an emotional warzone. Theirs is the classic and the tragic case of an emotional abuse centered around a perplexing, but powerful, interdependency. At last the point arrives that determines the relationship, with all its weekend holidays, its apologies and submissions, can go no further—and, in a final shot of genius, Pialat discloses all the ways in which the future might be at once liberated, and enslaved, by the past. Based on a novel by Pialat himself, and on the trauma of his own personal life in the years leading up to the film, Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble was a smash-hit at the time of its release—and yet is arguably one of the most upsetting films ever made. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Pialat's second feature masterpiece, accompanied with an array of supplements, for the first time on DVD in the UK.
- La Camargue (1966) - A short 6-minute essay-documentary by Maurice Pialat on the region in which much of the action of Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble unfolds.
- A 19-minute 2003 video interview with star Marlène Jobert about the film, conducted by Serge Toubiana (former editor-in-chief of Cahiers du cinéma and director of the Cinémathèque Française).
- A 5-minute excerpt from the 1972 Pour le cinéma: Spécial Cannes, featuring interviews with Jean Yanne and Maurice Pialat, both at Cannes, and two scenes deleted from the final film.
- An 8-minute excerpt from the 1972 program Vive le cinéma, featuring François Truffaut in conversation about both Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble and Pialat's earlier L'Enfance-nue, and including two unedited printed takes from the main feature.
- A 12-minute excerpt from another 1972 installment of Vive le cinéma, featuring Maurice Pialat in conversation about the film.
- Original trailer for the film, and trailers for the six other Maurice Pialat features available from The Masters of Cinema Series.
- A lengthy booklet with a new essay by critic, publisher, and former Cahiers du cinéma editor-in-chief Emmanual Burdeau, and newly translated interviews with Maurice Pialat.
Rare is the film in movie-history that can announce the entire movement of its 'plot' with its title alone. But Pialat's second feature, Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble (We Won't Grow Old Together) does exactly that, encapsulating all the turmoil, and the final end-point, of a couple who among themselves once made a commitment—and in living together will come to make another one yet. Jean (Jean Yanne, of Godard's Weekend) and Catherine (Marlène Jobert, of Godard's Masculin féminin) are the couple whose every move charts an advancement deeper into an emotional warzone. Theirs is the classic and the tragic case of an emotional abuse centered around a perplexing, but powerful, interdependency. At last the point arrives that determines the relationship, with all its weekend holidays, its apologies and submissions, can go no further—and, in a final shot of genius, Pialat discloses all the ways in which the future might be at once liberated, and enslaved, by the past. Based on a novel by Pialat himself, and on the trauma of his own personal life in the years leading up to the film, Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble was a smash-hit at the time of its release—and yet is arguably one of the most upsetting films ever made. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Pialat's second feature masterpiece, accompanied with an array of supplements, for the first time on DVD in the UK.
- La Camargue (1966) - A short 6-minute essay-documentary by Maurice Pialat on the region in which much of the action of Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble unfolds.
- A 19-minute 2003 video interview with star Marlène Jobert about the film, conducted by Serge Toubiana (former editor-in-chief of Cahiers du cinéma and director of the Cinémathèque Française).
- A 5-minute excerpt from the 1972 Pour le cinéma: Spécial Cannes, featuring interviews with Jean Yanne and Maurice Pialat, both at Cannes, and two scenes deleted from the final film.
- An 8-minute excerpt from the 1972 program Vive le cinéma, featuring François Truffaut in conversation about both Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble and Pialat's earlier L'Enfance-nue, and including two unedited printed takes from the main feature.
- A 12-minute excerpt from another 1972 installment of Vive le cinéma, featuring Maurice Pialat in conversation about the film.
- Original trailer for the film, and trailers for the six other Maurice Pialat features available from The Masters of Cinema Series.
- A lengthy booklet with a new essay by critic, publisher, and former Cahiers du cinéma editor-in-chief Emmanual Burdeau, and newly translated interviews with Maurice Pialat.
- sidehacker
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You got my money, Nick.
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Re: 73 Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble
This has been on my top 3 wish list for a looooong time. Any sense of a street date for this disc?
- arsonfilms
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It's slated for October, according to Eureka's site.mikebowes wrote:This has been on my top 3 wish list for a looooong time. Any sense of a street date for this disc?
- Oedipax
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Pialat, eh? Consider it bought Although October is too damn far away!
MoC is doing great work.
MoC is doing great work.
- Jean-Luc Garbo
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Hopefully the US dollar will fare better re the pound by October. I'm looking forward to getting it!Oedipax wrote:Although October is too damn far away
- Cinetwist
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Hopefully not, or we wont have a pound for your dollar to fare against! You are aware that it's already down more than 60p from a year and a half ago?Jean-Luc Garbo wrote:Hopefully the US dollar will fare better re the pound by October. I'm looking forward to getting it!Oedipax wrote:Although October is too damn far away
- Jean-Luc Garbo
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My bad. I'm just a cheap bastard sometimes. Whatever the exchange rate, I will buy this. I need some more Pialat!
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I'm afraid I see no reason not to hope for the decimation of another country's economy just to make my import DVDs a little bit more affordable. Currently, I'm praying for the collapse of the yen.
Joke told at a corporate meeting by the stereotypically rich, arrogant douche in charge of my currenty employer:
Q: What's the difference between Iceland and England?
A: Three and a half months.
Bwaaaah!
Anyway, consider me enthused about this particular MOC selection as well.
Joke told at a corporate meeting by the stereotypically rich, arrogant douche in charge of my currenty employer:
Q: What's the difference between Iceland and England?
A: Three and a half months.
Bwaaaah!
Anyway, consider me enthused about this particular MOC selection as well.
- What A Disgrace
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Re: 73 Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble
Specs and release date for both this and Passe ton Bac d'Abord. August 24.
- La Camargue (1966) - A short 6-minute essay-documentary by Maurice Pialat on the region in which much of the action of Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble unfolds.
- A 19-minute 2003 video interview with star Marlène Jobert about the film, conducted by Serge Toubiana (former editor-in-chief of Cahiers du cinéma and director of the Cinémathèque Française).
- A 5-minute excerpt from the 1972 "Pour le cinéma: Spécial Cannes", featuring interviews with Jean Yanne and Maurice Pialat, both at Cannes, and two scenes deleted from the final film.
- An 8-minute excerpt from the 1972 program "Vive le cinéma", featuring François Truffaut in conversation about both Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble and Pialat's earlier L'Enfance-nue, and including two unedited printed takes from the main feature.
- A 12-minute excerpt from another 1972 installment of "Vive le cinéma", featuring Maurice Pialat in conversation about the film.
- Original trailer for the film, and trailers for the six other Maurice Pialat features available from The Masters of Cinema Series.
- A lengthy booklet with a new essay by critic, publisher, and former Cahiers du cinéma editor-in-chief Emmanual Burdeau, and newly translated interviews with Maurice Pialat.
- La Camargue (1966) - A short 6-minute essay-documentary by Maurice Pialat on the region in which much of the action of Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble unfolds.
- A 19-minute 2003 video interview with star Marlène Jobert about the film, conducted by Serge Toubiana (former editor-in-chief of Cahiers du cinéma and director of the Cinémathèque Française).
- A 5-minute excerpt from the 1972 "Pour le cinéma: Spécial Cannes", featuring interviews with Jean Yanne and Maurice Pialat, both at Cannes, and two scenes deleted from the final film.
- An 8-minute excerpt from the 1972 program "Vive le cinéma", featuring François Truffaut in conversation about both Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble and Pialat's earlier L'Enfance-nue, and including two unedited printed takes from the main feature.
- A 12-minute excerpt from another 1972 installment of "Vive le cinéma", featuring Maurice Pialat in conversation about the film.
- Original trailer for the film, and trailers for the six other Maurice Pialat features available from The Masters of Cinema Series.
- A lengthy booklet with a new essay by critic, publisher, and former Cahiers du cinéma editor-in-chief Emmanual Burdeau, and newly translated interviews with Maurice Pialat.
- domino harvey
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Re: 73 Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble
So, this one's a single-disc then?
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- not perpee
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Both August Pialat releases are ramjammed 1-disc editions.
- Jean-Luc Garbo
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Those extras look great and this is a film I'm quite excited to see. This is a must-buy despite my earlier quibbles. Thanks for releasing this, peerpee!
- jbeall
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Hehheh... he said "ramjammed." Hehheh.peerpee wrote:Both August Pialat releases are ramjammed 1-disc editions.
- sidehacker
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DVDBeaver review. I don't think I've ever been more excited for any film than I am for these two from Pialat.
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- not perpee
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Finished copies in our hands - along with PASSE TON BAC D'ABORD. Both looking really sweet. They're well on track to be in distributor's channels for release date on August 24th.
- MichaelB
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...and my Sight & Sound review of this and Passe ton bac d'abord has just appeared in print. I'm guessing you won't be entirely displeased with it, what with it being a frothing rave.
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- not perpee
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We're members of a veritable backslapping club!
- MichaelB
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Fortunately, I don't think anyone's seriously going to disagree with what I wrote*! And I didn't even get to see the booklet, so that's something to look forward to.
*Unless they hate the film, but I can't help that.
*Unless they hate the film, but I can't help that.
- GringoTex
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This is a very good film. The segment added on to the film at the end gives it a haunting quality, elevating it to another level. This will probably end up as my choice for DVD of the year. To the gang at the Mo', I'd like to say: good job!
- GringoTex
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Amazing film. These are the original scenes from a marriage. Jean Yanne is a god. I think this Pialat series is MoC's greatest achievement.
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Watched this again over the weekend and still enjoyed it very much. It's a very well-made film. Would love to see it getting a Blu-ray release.
- Ozu Teapot
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A great film. I thought it was interesting and a nice touch to see the small walk-on cameo by Micheline Pialat, the real Mrs Pialat played in the film by Macha Meril.
- RobertB
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Just watched the french Blu ray of this film. It gets full marks on blu-ray.com, but if I had checked all the screenshots first I would have known what I was getting. It's been completely tealified. Anybody who is the least unhappy about making old films teal and orange should stick with the MoC DVD.