A Woman Of Paris - Criterion Collection Blu-Ray

Charlie Chaplin's long-overlooked silent masterpiece A Woman of Paris is a revelation, remarkable for its psychological nuance and its boldly modern perspective on an independent woman's search for fulfillment.Chaplin confused audiences in 1923 with this unexpected foray into serious drama and by handing over the limelight to his long-time film partner Edna Purviance. She is captivating as the vivacious Marie St Clair, a "woman of passion" who leaves her narrow-minded village for the glamour of Paris, where she finds herself at the center of the Jazz Age's whirlwind of champagne parties, luxurious entertainment, romance, and tragedy. Chaplin's second feature film showed that he was not only a comic genius but also an artist with enormous sensitivity and human understanding.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION INCLUDESOR

• New 4K digital restoration of the 1976 reissue, with uncompressed monaural audio track featuring music composed by director Charlie Chaplin

   

• Alternative soundtrack from 2005 created by conductor Timothy Brock, based on music by Chaplin, presented in uncompressed stereo

   

• Introduction by Chaplin scholar David Robinson

   

• New video essay by Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance

   

• Chaplin today: "A Woman of Paris," featuring interviews with actress Liv Ullmann and filmmaker Michael Powell

   

• Comments from the archives: About "A Woman of Paris," a documentary by Arnold Lozano, CEO of Roy Export S.A.S.

   

• Excerpt from an audio interview with Chaplin Studios cinematographer Roland Totheroh

   

• Deleted scenes from the original 1923 film

   

• Film footage from the archive

   

• Trailers

   

• PLUS: An essay by critic Pamela Hutchinson and notes by Brock on the film music from 2005

   

• New cover by Thomas Pittides

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