10 Years of Rialto Pictures : Criterion : 9-DVD Set : Rare OOP

Description: Includes ten films:Army of ShadowsLino Ventura, Simone Signoret, and Paul Meurisse go underground to fight the German occupation in Jean-Pierre Melville's World War II French Resistance masterpiece. Army of Shadows was not released in the United States until 2006,when it became the most acclaimed film of the year.Au hasard BalthazarA little donkey is suckled by its mother, then baptized Balthazar. It moves fromowner to owner, some kind, some cruel, some drunkenly careless. In a body of work known for its purity and transcendence, Au hasard Balthazar is perhaps the most wrenching of Robert Bresson s visions, voted ninth in the Village Voice s poll of the greatest films of the twentieth century.Band of OutsidersYoung layabouts Franz and Arthur meet the ravishing Odile (Anna Karina), with whom they plan to steal a stash of cash hidden in her aunt s mansion. In the hands of Jean-Luc Godard, a crime caper becomes pure pulp poetry. Pauline Kael called this French New Wave classic a reverie of a gangster movie . . . perhaps Godard's most delicately charming film.Billy LiarJohn Schlesinger's adaptation of the smash-hit West End play stars TomCourtenay as a feckless aspiring comedy writer whose dream life helps him momentarily escape from an endlessly nagging family and a dead-end job. Also starring Julie Christie in her enchanting film debut, the honestly hilarious Billy Liaris one of the finest films of the British New Wave. The New York Times called it one of the great movies of the 1960s. The Discreet Charm of the BourgeoisieA group of stylish, elegant friends portrayed by Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, and Jean-Pierre Cassel find their dinner plans constantly going awry: whetherthey've got the wrong day or the cops are intruding while performing a sting operation, they re never able to sit down to eat their meals. Luis Buñuel's surreal and cutting masterwork of social satire won the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film.MafiosoAlberto Sordi (The White Sheik, I vitelloni) is a Fiat factory foreman in Northern Italy who returns to his hometown in Sicily with his wife and children, only to find himself unwittinglytapped as a hit man by the local don. Alberto Lattuada s Mafioso is one of the darkest, most authentic and funniest movies about the mob, a blueprint for The Godfather insardonic, compressed, anecdotal form, wrote the Village Voice's J. Hoberman.Murderous MaidsMore than seventy years on, the case of the Papin sisters, the servants who murdered and mutilated their mistress and her daughter in pre-World War II Le Mans, remains an enigma. Jean-Pierre Denis film is the definitive screen version of the story: at oncea stunning dramatization of the events leading up to the tragedy and a compelling interrogation of the class issues that are believed to have contributed to the incident.RififiFour ex-cons plot to crack a Parisian jewelry store's safe it's one last job, but you know what they say about the best-laid plans. Blacklisted, Bronx-raised Hollywood exile JulesDassin, then living in France, turned a Spillane-esque potboiler by Auguste le Breton into an existential heist film that earned him the best director prize at the Cannes Film Festival and set the standard for screen robberies for decades to come.The Third ManIn rubble-strewn postwar Vienna, Joseph Cotten's pulp western writer Holly Martins arrives to meet up with his old friend Harry Lime, only to find that he's dead or is he? Winner of the Academy Award for best cinematography, Carol Reed's The Third Man is a triumph of atmosphere.Touchez pas au grisbiJean Gabin is aging gangster Max le Menteur, whose plans to retire following a huge heist are foiled whenhis partner Riton tells Jeanne Moreau's two-timingfemme fatale about the cash.Thanks for checking out our Good DVDs & Blu-Rays Department! Please review the "Item Specifics" section for details on format (DVD or Blu-Ray), any region codes, former rental status, and the like.We use the following general guidelines to grade the items in this department. Please let us know if you have any questions! Brand New: An item that has never been opened or removed from the manufacturer's packaging. The item is in original shrink wrap.Like New: An item that looks as if it was just taken out of shrink wrap. No visible wear, and all facets of the item are flawless and intact. Very Good: An item that is used but still in very good condition. 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