Le Petit Soldat (1963) - Blu-ray Forum

Scottie · 10-16-2019, 09:51 PM

CelestialAgent · 10-16-2019, 10:00 PM

Happy to finally see an English friendly BD of this after the French release in their Godard boxset, unfortunately only has archival interviews and nothing newly conducted.

redrunner97 · 10-16-2019, 10:01 PM

This is actually my favorite Godard, and I have been dreaming about adding it to my blu-ray collection for years now.

Cremildo · 10-16-2019, 10:07 PM

I was aware of this film, but didn't know what it's about. After reading the synopsis on Criterion.com, it immediately sparked my interest. Will end up blind-buying it.

James Luckard · 10-16-2019, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

Happy to finally see an English friendly BD of this after the French release in their Godard boxset, unfortunately only has archival interviews and nothing newly conducted.

I believe I read that Godard disavowed all his films before a certain point, sometime in the 70s, I think. As I understand it, he refuses to give any interviews about his classic films or discuss them in any way. So newly conducted interviews wouldn't be possible, except maybe with Anna Karina.

javi92 · 10-16-2019, 11:44 PM

Wish it was a 4K scan. Oh well, glad to see it hit blu.

John_Drake · 10-17-2019, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by redrunner97

This is actually my favorite Godard, and I have been dreaming about adding it to my blu-ray collection for years now.

I agree. I've got the Japanese BD but a 4k transfer from Criterion was more than I dared hope for.

SpiderBaby · 10-17-2019, 02:31 AM

Hopefully les carabiniers is soon.

DandyDancing · 10-17-2019, 02:38 PM

This came out of nowhere. Fantastic!

mr.furikuri · 10-18-2019, 09:13 AM

I can finally retire my ancient Fox Lorber DVD. This film is criminally underseen and a more than worthy followup to Breathless. Godard's Les Carabiners next?

John_Drake · 10-18-2019, 01:11 PM

I'll likely keep the DVD only for the commentary, which was short but quite good as I recall.

redrunner97 · 12-30-2019, 06:39 AM

I literally cannot contain my excitement for this release. It's one of my favorite films ever made.

FragnitoM · 07-27-2020, 08:34 PM

Blind bought and I just didn’t connect with it at all. first Godard film I didn’t enjoy watching. The supplements are very underwhelming, so is there any good analysis somewhere of this film?

etimh · 07-27-2020, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by FragnitoM

Blind bought and I just didn’t connect with it at all. first Godard film I didn’t enjoy watching. The supplements are very underwhelming, so is there any good analysis somewhere of this film?

A lot of cultural specificity in this one, having to do with the politics and sociocultural trauma in France related to the Algerian War. Some knowledge of these circumstances is essential in understanding and appreciating aspects of Le Petit Soldat.

Check out Richard Brody’s essential biography, Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life Of Jean-Luc Godard, which covers some of the background on the making of and subsequent political and cultural controversies surrounding the film.

Quick Google search brought these pieces up:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...425-story.html

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/ri...-torture-scene

https://www.indiewire.com/2013/04/re...railer-198242/

I’m sure there’s more academic writing on the contexts of the film that you could find with a bit more digging.

10-16-2019, 09:51 PM	#1
Scottie Moderator Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:Rhode Island Trading Score:647	Le Petit Soldat (1963)

10-16-2019, 10:00 PM	#2
CelestialAgent Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Aug 2015 Location:Norwich 4K collection:133 Blu-ray collection:2170 DVD collection:659 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:1	Happy to finally see an English friendly BD of this after the French release in their Godard boxset, unfortunately only has archival interviews and nothing newly conducted.

10-16-2019, 10:01 PM	#3
redrunner97 Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Trading Score:24	This is actually my favorite Godard, and I have been dreaming about adding it to my blu-ray collection for years now.

10-16-2019, 10:07 PM	#4
Cremildo Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Jul 2011 Location:Brazil 4K collection:165 Blu-ray collection:1050 Trading Score:51	I was aware of this film, but didn't know what it's about. After reading the synopsis on Criterion.com, it immediately sparked my interest. Will end up blind-buying it.

10-16-2019, 11:44 PM	#6
javi92 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2013 4K collection:300 Blu-ray collection:4969 DVD collection:875	Wish it was a 4K scan. Oh well, glad to see it hit blu.

10-17-2019, 02:31 AM	#8
SpiderBaby Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Sep 2009	Hopefully les carabiniers is soon.

10-17-2019, 02:38 PM	#9
DandyDancing Expert Member Member since:Oct 2018 4K collection:263 Blu-ray collection:4058 DVD collection:603 Digital collection:14	This came out of nowhere. Fantastic!

10-18-2019, 09:13 AM	#10
mr.furikuri Junior Member Member since:Dec 2016 4K collection:60 Blu-ray collection:93 DVD collection:3	I can finally retire my ancient Fox Lorber DVD. This film is criminally underseen and a more than worthy followup to Breathless. Godard's Les Carabiners next?

10-18-2019, 01:11 PM	#11
John_Drake Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2013 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:3442 Trading Score:92	I'll likely keep the DVD only for the commentary, which was short but quite good as I recall.

12-30-2019, 06:39 AM	#12
redrunner97 Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Trading Score:24	I literally cannot contain my excitement for this release. It's one of my favorite films ever made.

07-27-2020, 08:34 PM	#13
FragnitoM Power Member Member since:Jul 2018 Location:Washington, DC 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Trading Score:3	Blind bought and I just didn’t connect with it at all. first Godard film I didn’t enjoy watching. The supplements are very underwhelming, so is there any good analysis somewhere of this film?

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