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Summary
At once a rousing paean to artistic creation, a delicate evocation of divine grace, and the ultimate film about food, the Oscar-winning Babette's Feast is a layered tale of a French housekeeper with a mysterious past who brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkl... Full description
Summary: |
At once a rousing paean to artistic creation, a delicate evocation of divine grace, and the ultimate film about food, the Oscar-winning Babette's Feast is a layered tale of a French housekeeper with a mysterious past who brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late nineteenth-century Denmark. |
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Item Description: |
Adapted from a story by Isak Dinesen. Originally released as a motion picture in 1987. Special features: Trailer; Gabriel Axel (new interview with the director); Stéphane Audran (new interview with the actor); Table scraps (visual essay by Michael Almereyda of book to film, narrated by Lori Singer); Karen Blixen - storyteller (a 1995 documentary about the author); An artist of the everyday (interview with sociologist Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson). Booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Mark Le Fanu and Dinesen's 1950 story. |
Physical Description: |
1 blu-ray videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (64 pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm). |
Format: |
Blu-Ray, region A, widescreen (1.66:1) aspect ratio, DTS-HD 2.0 Surround. |
Audience: |
MPAA rating: G; for mild frightening scenes, violence, usage of alcohol and smoking. |
Production Credits: |
Director of photography, Henning Kristiansen ; production designer, Sven Wichmann ; composer, Per Nørgård ; editor, Finn Henriksen ; costume design, Annelise Hauberg. |
ISBN: |
9781604657401 1604657405 |