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At once a rousing paean to artistic creation, a delicate evocation of divine grace, and the ultimate film about food, the Oscar-winning Babette's Feast is a layered tale of a French housekeeper with a mysterious past who brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkl...

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Other Authors: Axel, Gabriel (Screenwriter, Film director), Betzer, Just (Film producer), Christensen, Bo, 1937- (Film producer), Audran, Stéphane, 1932-2018 (Actor), Kjer, Bodil, 1917-2003 (Actor), Federspiel, Birgitte (Actor), Kulle, Jarl, 1927-1997 (Actor), Lafont, Jean-Philippe (Actor), Andersson, Bibi, 1935-2019 (Actor), Nørby, Ghita (Narrator), Kristiansen, Henning (director of photography.), Wichmann, Sven, 1931- (Production designer), Nørgård, Per, 1932- (composer (expression)), Henriksen, Finn, 1933-2008 (Editor of moving image work), Hauberg, Annelise, 1946- (Costume designer), Almereyda, Michael (Filmmaker), Singer, Lori, 1957- (Narrator), Le Fanu, Mark (Writer of added text), Blixen, Karen, 1885-1962, Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962
Format: Videos Blu-ray
Language:Danish
French
Swedish
English
Published: [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]
Edition:Blu-Ray special ed.
Series:Criterion collection ; 665.
Subjects:
Dinesen, Isak, > 1885-1962 > Film adaptations.
Christian life > Denmark > 19th century > Drama.
Cooking, French > Drama.
Denmark > Social life and customs > 19th century > Drama.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
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Summary:At once a rousing paean to artistic creation, a delicate evocation of divine grace, and the ultimate film about food, the Oscar-winning Babette's Feast is a layered tale of a French housekeeper with a mysterious past who brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late nineteenth-century Denmark.
Item Description:Adapted from a story by Isak Dinesen.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.
Special features: Trailer; Gabriel Axel (new interview with the director); Stéphane Audran (new interview with the actor); Table scraps (visual essay by Michael Almereyda of book to film, narrated by Lori Singer); Karen Blixen - storyteller (a 1995 documentary about the author); An artist of the everyday (interview with sociologist Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson). Booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Mark Le Fanu and Dinesen's 1950 story.
Physical Description:1 blu-ray videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (64 pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm).
Format:Blu-Ray, region A, widescreen (1.66:1) aspect ratio, DTS-HD 2.0 Surround.
Audience:MPAA rating: G; for mild frightening scenes, violence, usage of alcohol and smoking.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Henning Kristiansen ; production designer, Sven Wichmann ; composer, Per Nørgård ; editor, Finn Henriksen ; costume design, Annelise Hauberg.
ISBN:9781604657401
1604657405

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