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The Elephant Man ( Meridian Collection )

The Elephant Man ( Meridian Collection ) |
Release date: 
2009-11-03

You could only see his eyes behind the layers of makeup, but those expressive orbs earned John Hurt a well-deserved Oscar nomination for his moving portrayal of John Merrick, the grotesquely deformed Victorian-era man better known as The Elephant Man.

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L année derniere à Marienbad ( Meridian Collection )

L année derniere à Marienbad ( Meridian Collection ) |
Release date: 
2009-11-03

In Alain Resnais's masterwork, L'ANNEE DERNIERE A MARIENBAD, each fantasy laden, heavily dramatised, aesthetically perfected scene is dictated by the memories of a man (Giorgio Albertazzi), who is one of many elegant, aristocratic guests vacationing at the enchanting resort, Marienbad. Because the story consists of foggy memories that may or may not be accurate, the film unrolls like a repetitious dream.

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Belle de Jour ( Meridian Collection )

Belle de Jour ( Meridian Collection ) |
Release date: 
2009-11-03

A young Paris housewife, Séverine, grows bored with her stable husband. When she learns of the presence of a high-class brothel in her neighborhood, she quietly goes to work there--but only during the day, until five o'clock in the afternoon. This sublime 1967 film is one of the latter-day masterpieces of the Spanish-born director Luis Buñuel, whose career forms one of the greatest and boldest arcs in cinema

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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum ( Meridian Collection )

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum ( Meridian Collection ) |
Release date: 
2009-11-03

A striking examination of the power of the police and excesses of the media, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum grows more pertinent every day. When the police burst into Katharina Blum's apartment, they fail to find the suspected terrorist they've been tracking and arrest Blum for harboring a fugitive.

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Le Mepris ( Meridian Collection )

Le Mepris ( Meridian Collection ) |
Release date: 
2009-11-03

Widely acknowledged as a classic, LE MEPRIS is the story of Paul, a writer, and Camille, a couple in a tempestuous marriage. When Paul accepts a job to review a big screen version of Homer's Odyssey, the arguments over how the script should turn out mirror the arguments in Paul's relationship.

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Ran ( Meridian Collection )

Ran ( Meridian Collection ) |
Release date: 
2009-11-03

In this version of the Shakespeare tragedy, the king is a 16th-century warlord (Tatsuya Nakadai as Lord Hidetora) who decides to retire and divide his kingdom evenly among his three sons. When one son defiantly objects out of loyalty to his father and warns of inevitable sibling rivalry, he is banished and the kingdom is awarded to his compliant siblings.