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French Cancan

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Extras
BFI box art
BFI BD-B/UK 2011
Gaumont box art
Gaumont BD-ALL/FR 2010
Criterion box art
Criterion DVD-1/US/OOP 2004
Introduction by Peter Bogdanovich (10:59) has extra
Renoir(s) en suivant les fils de l’eau (In French, 2005, 50:56) has extra
The Show Must Go On! The Joys of Life by Jean Renoir [Gaumont] (In French, 56:50) has extra
The Show Must Go On! The Joys of Life by Jean Renoir (56:55) has extra
“French Cancan” Restored (5:42) has extra
“French Cancan” Restored [Gaumont] (In French, 5:38) has extra
Interview with Set Designer Max Douy (6:41) has extra
Jean Renoir Parle de Son Art [Part 2] (15:37) has extra
Stills Gallery has extra
Trailer (3:55) has extra
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Notes

  • BFI’s Blu-ray includes an 18-page booklet with writing by David Thompson (“Paris by Night”), an article by Ginette Billard (“French Cancan”, 1955), and a Jean Renoir biography by Philip Kemp.
  • Criterion’s DVD is included in the “Stage & Spectacle: Three Films by Jean Renoir” box set with The Golden Coach (1952) and Elena and Her Men (1956). It includes a booklet with writing by Jonathan Rosenbaum and Andrew Sarris.