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    The Immortal Story [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

    The Immortal Story [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

    Director: Orson Welles Cast: Orson Welles

    Orson Welles
    , Jeanne Moreau
    Jeanne Moreau
    , Roger Coggio
    Roger Coggio
    , Norman Eshley
    Norman Eshley
    , Fernando Rey
    Fernando Rey

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    (Special Edition / Wide Screen / Restored)

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    • Release Date: 08/30/2016
    • UPC: 0715515184618
    • Original Release: 1968
    • Rating: NR
    • Region Code: 1
    • Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
    • Language: English
    • Runtime: 3480
    • Sales rank: 65,469

    Special Features

    New, restored 4k digital transfer of the English-language version of the film; Alternate French-language version of the film; Audio Commentary from 2009 featuring film scholar Adrian Martin; Portrait: Orson Welles, a 1968 documentary Directed by Fran?ois Reichenbach and Frederic Rossif; New interview with actor Norman Eshley; Interview from 2004 with Cinematographer Willy Kurant; New interview with Welles scholar Fran?ois Thomas; Plus: An essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum

    Cast & Crew

    Performance Credits
    Orson Welles Mr. Charles Clay
    Jeanne Moreau Virginie Ducrot
    Roger Coggio Elishama Levinsky
    Norman Eshley Paul
    Fernando Rey Merchant

    Technical Credits
    Orson Welles Screenwriter
    Louise De Vilmorin Screenwriter
    Micheline Rozan Producer

    Scene Index

    Disc #1 -- The Immortal Story
    1. Opening Credits [1:15]
    2. Mr. Clay [1:57]
    3. "I Hate Prophecies" [2:53]
    4. A Sailor's Story [2:55]
    5. "I Want It To Happen In Real Life" [1:55]
    6. The Clerk's Passion [1:16]
    7. Virginie [5:15]
    8. "Poupquoi Pas?" [6:21]
    9. The Sailor [2:18]
    10. Dinner with the Sailor [6:32]
    11. "The Story Is Making Headway" [3:32]
    12. The Bedroom [13:10]
    13. "Prophecies..." [4:48]
    14. "To Whom Would I Tell It?" [2:38]
    15. End Credits [1:04]
    1. Color Bars
    1. Introduction [1:15]
    2. Welles's European Phase/Karen Blixen [1:57]
    3. "Chamber Cinema" [2:53]
    4. A Melancholic Film [2:55]
    5. Welles's Improvisation On Set [1:55]
    6. Blixen's Tale [1:16]
    7. A Tissue Of Tales [5:15]
    8. Central Themes of the Film [6:21]
    9. The Dreamers [2:18]
    10. The Style of the Film [6:32]
    11. Unafraid of Artificiality [3:32]
    12. The Structure of the Film [13:10]
    13. The Banality of the Immortal Story [4:48]
    14. The Fiction Set Free [2:38]
    15. Welles Gets the Last Word [1:04]
    1. Color Bars
    1. Opening Credits [1:15]
    2. M. Clay [1:57]
    3. "I Hate Prophecies" [2:47]
    4. A Sailor's Story [2:47]
    5. "I Want It To Happen In Real Life" [1:45]
    6. The Clerk's Passion [1:26]
    7. Virginie [5:12]
    8. The Ducrot Family Motto [5:59]
    9. The Sailor [1:58]
    10. Dinner with the Sailor [3:48]
    11. "The Story Is Making Headway" [3:29]
    12. The Bedroom [10:52]
    13. "Prophecies..." [3:49]
    14. "To Whom I Would Tell It?" [2:38]
    15. End Credits [1:05]
    1. Color Bars
    Disc #2 -- The Immortal Story
    1. Chapter 1 [42:50]
    1. Chapter 1 [13:50]
    2. Chapter 2 [:26]
    1. Chapter 1 [14:33]
    2. Chapter 2 [:25]
    1. Chapter 1 [24:46]
    2. Chapter 2 [:25]
    Disc #1 -- The Immortal Story
    English-language Version
    Play The Movie
    Chapters
    Commentary
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    Commentary: On
    Commentary: Off
    Index
    French-language Version
    Play The Movie
    Chapters
    Subtitles
    Subtitles: On/Off
    Subtitles: On
    Subtitles: Off
    Disc #2 -- The Immortal Story
    Orson Welles
    Play
    Chapters
    Norman Eshley
    Play
    Chapters
    Willy Kurant
    Play
    Chapters
    Fran?ois Thomas
    Play
    Chapters
    Subtitles
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    Subtitles: On
    Subtitles: Off

    .

    Immortal Story was directed by Orson Welles, who also stars as a fabulously wealthy, but bitter and dictatorial, European merchant. Soured on life, Mr. Clay (Welles) decides to play games with the lives of others. He decides to make the "immortal" legend of a sailor seducing a rich man's wife come true and even picks the sailor (Roger Coggio) himself. Through Mr. Clay's machinations, the sailor beds a beautiful younger woman (Jeanne Moreau) whom Clay pays to pose as his own wife. There's little more to the story than that, but Welles weaves his short tale with an economy and expertise which proves he hadn't lost his touch by 1969. Based on a story by Isaak Dinesen, The Immortal Story was originally made for French television; it was also the only Orson Welles-directed film to be released in color.

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