| | Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles DVD
English Subtitles Through a series of long takes, JEANNE DIELMAN details the methodical housework and psychological turmoil of a middle-class mother and part-time prostitute (Delphine Seyrig). Over the course of Jeanne's daily rituals (and the film's three-hour-plus running time), her tensions slowly break the ice of her blank affect, leading to a extraordinary climax. A landmark of feminist cinema, this oppressive drama from 25-year-old director Chantal Akerman has divided both critics and audiences: but few can doubt the power of actress Delphine Seyrig's masterful, nearly silent performance. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles Reviews: "[A] masterpiece....Akerman and cinematographer Babette Mangolte opt for static symmetrical long takes and off-screen space to make the domestic hell of this commerce claustrophobically present."-- David Zuckerman, Film Comment "Chantal Akerman's radical 1975 masterpiece JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE 1080 BRUXELLES turns the term 'realism' on its face, exploring the contours of a woman's life through the mundane routines that never make it into movies." -- Grade: A-- Scott Tobias, A.V. Club Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles | List Price | $39.95 (You save $11.30) | | Studio | Image Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1975 | | All Time Sales Rank |  63052  | | CD Universe Part number | 7819856 | | Catalog number | 1825 | | Discs | 2 | | Release Date | Aug 25, 2009 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Movie Details | Color; 2-Disc Set |
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Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles DVD A singular work in film history, Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles brillantly evokes, with meticulous detail and sense of impending doom, the daily domestic routine of a middle-aged widow - whose chores include making the beds, cooking dinner for her grown son, and turning the occasional trick- just as it begins to break down. In its enormous spareness, Akerman's film seems simple, but it encompasses an entire world. Whether seen as an exacting character portrait or one of cinema's most hypnotic and complete depictions of space and time, Jeanne Dielman is an astonishing, compelling movie experiment, one that has been analyzed and argued over for decades.
2-Disc Set
Region [unknown]
Keep Case
Widescreen -
1.66
Audio:
Dolby Digital
1.0 Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
Excerpt - "Chantal Akerman Par Chantal Akerman"
Interviews:
1. Chantal Akerman Director; Babette Mangolte, Director of Photography
2. TV Interview - Chantal Akerman, Director; Delphine Seyrig, Actor
3. Natalia Akerman, Akerman's Mother
Documentary:
1. Jeanne Dielman Documentary
Featurette:
1. Saute Ma Vill - Akerman's First Film - 1968
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