Betty Blue (Unrated Director's Cut)
Sex and sunlight are on ample display in
Betty Blue
, director Jean-Jacques Beineix's passionate look at mad love. (Every French director is contractually required to make at least one movie about l'amour fou.) It begins at the seashore, where handyman and failed novelist Zorg (Jean-Hugues Anglade) has his life electrified by Betty, a woman whose sense of abandon frequently tips over into the pathological. This was the role that introduced gap-toothed, voluptuous Beatrice Dalle to the world, and neither Dalle nor the world has ever quite recovered. Traces of Beineix's precious
Diva
are still present, though this is a darker and more memorable ride, especially in the three-hour "version integrale" that restores an hour of footage. Its copious nude scenes are a drawing card, but stick around for the age-old alchemy of life translated into art. Gabriel Yared's score is a favorite of movie-soundtrack mavens, especially its haunting piano theme.
--Robert Horton
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| upc: |
0043396015890 |
| title: |
Betty Blue (Unrated Director's Cut) |
| theatricalDate: |
12-06-1986 |
| purchase date: |
09-06-2006 |
| publisher: |
Sony Pictures |
| published: |
12-10-2004 |
| price: |
$24.96 |
| net Rating: |
4.5 |
| MPAA Rating: |
NR |
| minutes: |
185 |
| last lookup time: |
171527632 |
| genre: |
French
Romance
Erotic
Drama
Psychological Drama
Star-Crossed Lovers |
| fullTitle: |
Betty Blue (Unrated Director's Cut) |
| features: |
Closed-captioned
Color
Director's Cut
Dubbed
Subtitled
Widescreen
NTSC |
| director: |
Jean-Jacques Beineix |
| currentValue: |
$13.99 |
| created: |
171527552 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
B0002TSZH4
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