Was there ever a stranger friend? A more designing, insolent lover? A story more diabolique?
Film Synopsis
Purple Noon (1960) depicts a clever young man who travels to Italy to convince a wealthy expatriate to return to his family, only to become captivated by his glamorous lifestyle. As envy, deception, and increasingly dangerous choices blur the boundaries between truth and identity, his pursuit of a life beyond his own draws him ever deeper into peril. This French-Italian psychological crime thriller blends elegant suspense with atmospheric European settings, exploring identity, obsession, envy, and the seductive allure of wealth.
Purple Noon Blu-ray & DVD editions
See which disc extras are included across selected editions.
| Disc Extras | Criterion BD-A/US 2012 | Studio Canal BD-B/UK 2013 | Miramax DVD-1/US/OOP 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|
| René Clément au coeur de la (Nouvelle) Vague… | |||
| Plein Soleil: The Restoration | |||
| Archival Interview with Actor Alain Delon | |||
| Archival Interview with Author Patricia Highsmith | |||
| Interview with Actor Alain Delon | |||
| Interview with Denitza Bantcheva on René Clément | |||
| English Theatrical Trailer |
Edition and Packaging Notes
- Criterion’s Blu-ray includes a 40-page booklet with writing by Geoffrey O’Brien (“In Broad Sunlight”) and an interview excerpt with director René Clément (“The Kind of Film You Make Passionately”, L’avant-scène: Cinema, 1981).
- Miramax’s DVD contains no extras. Trailers included: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956), Belle de jour (1967) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967).
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