{"product_id":"eclipse-series-4-raymond-bernard-dvd","title":"Eclipse Series 4: Raymond Bernard (DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of the greatest and least-known directors of all time, Raymond Bernard helped shape French cinema, at the dawn of the sound era, into a truly formidable industry. Typical of films from this period, Bernard's dazzling dramas painted intimate melodrama on epic-scale canvases. These two masterpieces—the wrenching World War I tragedy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWooden Crosses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and a mammoth, nearly five-hour \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLes misérables\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, widely considered the greatest film adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel—exemplify the formal and narrative brilliance of an unjustly overshadowed cinematic trailblazer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"film-set-title\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; display: inline !important;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWooden Crosses\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"film-set-title\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; display: inline !important;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"film-set-title\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; display: inline !important;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eHailed by the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eon its Paris release as \"one of the great films in motion picture history,\" Raymond Bernard's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eWooden Crosses\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e, France's answer to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e, still stuns with its depiction of the travails of one French regiment during World War I. Using a masterful arsenal of film techniques, from haunting matte paintings to jarring documentary-like camerawork in the film's battle sequences, Bernard created a pacifist work of enormous empathy and chilling despair. No one who has ever seen this technical and emotional powerhouse has been able to forget it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"film-set-content\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"film-set-title\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eLes misérables\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eHailed by film critics around the world as the greatest screen adapation of Victor Hugo's mammoth nineteenth-century novel, Raymond Bernard's dazzling, nearly five-hour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eLes misérables\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eis a breathtaking tour de force, unfolding with the depth and detail of its source. Featuring stunning art direction and cinematography and unforgettable performances by the exquisite Harry Baur (who died tragically during World War II), as Jean Valjean, and the legendary Charles Vanel, as Inspector Javert,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eLes misérables\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eis one of the triumphs of French filmmaking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unobstructed View","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43352659001544,"sku":"CCECL019DVD","price":49.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/files\/raymondbernarddvd.jpg?v=1711229597","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/eclipse-series-4-raymond-bernard-dvd","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}