Week end

Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930-2022 (Added Author). Yanne, Jean. (Added Author). Darc, Mireille, 1938-2017 (Added Author). Coutard, Raoul. (Added Author). Guillemot, Agnès, 1931- (Added Author). Duhamel, Antoine. (Added Author). Miller, Claude. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Jean Yanne, Mireille Darc, Jean-Pierre Kalfon. (Cast).

Summary: Determined to collect an inheritance from a dying relative, a bourgeois couple travel across the French countryside while civilization crashes and burns around them. Featuring a justly famous centerpiece sequence in which the camera tracks along a seemingly endless traffic jam, and rich with historical and literary references, Weekend is a surreally funny and disturbing call for revolution, a depiction of society retreating to savagery, and, according to the credits, the end of cinema itself.

Record details

ISBN: 1604656573
ISBN: 9781604656572
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (39 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 16 cm).
videodisc
Edition: Blu-ray édition.
Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2012]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1967. Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; new video essay by film critic Kent Jones; archival interviews with actors Mireille Darc and Jean Yanne, cinematographer Raoul Coutard, and assistant director Claude Miller; excerpt from a French television program on director Jean-Luc Godard, featuring on-set footage from Weekend shot by filmmaker Philippe Garrel; trailers; plus: a booklet featuring an essay by critic and novelist Gary Indiana, selections from Alain Bergala's book Godard au travail: Les ann©♭es 60, and an excerpt from a 1969 interview with Godard.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Raoul Coutard ; editor, Agn©·s Guillemot ; original music, Antoine Duhamel ; assistant director, Claude Miller.
Participant or Performer Note:	Jean Yanne, Mireille Darc, Jean-Pierre Kalfon.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:	Blu-ray, region A; widescreen (1.66:1, 16x9) presentation; PCM mono.; requires Blu-ray player.
Language Note:	French dialogue with optional English subtitles.