The Wages of Fear
1955
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Jun 5, 2011 · One of the scariest and most suspenseful films ever made, Henri-George Clouzot’s Diabolique (Les Diaboliques) features the kind of shock ending that sent audiences back in 1955 screaming out of the theaters.
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- Picture 6/10
- Audio 6/10
- Extras 6/10
- Closing
After the success of The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur) Henri-Georges Clouzot cemented his reputation with his masterpiece, Les diaboliques. Based on a novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac (who also wrote the novel on which Hitchcock's Vertigo is based), Les diaboliques tells the story of a sadistic headmaster (Paul Meurisse) who brut...
Arrow Films presents Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Les diaboliquesin its original aspect ratio of about 1.33:1 on this single-layer Blu-ray, presenting the image in 1080p/24hz. Arrow released this all-regionBlu-ray about a month before Criterion’s region A edition and now having seen both I can say the Criterion slightly edges out the Arrow presentation ...
The French linear PCM mono track is fine but is limited because of the materials used, sounding pretty much the same as Criterion’s. The track is somewhat lifeless and lacks fidelity, and this is best shown in the few screams that occur throughout, which come off edgy and harsh as they strain for something more. Dialogue is easy to hear and sounds ...
Arrow Films presents their own set of supplements for their release, starting with an audio commentaryby Susan Hayword. Unlike Criterion’s commentary, which is a selected-scene track, this one is actually a full-length track—mostly anyways. It’s a somewhat dry scholarly track but she covers various aspects of the film and offers some interesting an...
The presentation is limited a bit by the source, and the digital transfer has a couple of problems, but overall the film looks good. The supplements are also strong and worth going through. And while I would probably point those in North America to the Criterion edition (which does have a slightly better image but I’m more concerned about the costs...
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Les Diaboliques holds an approval rating of 95% based on 85 reviews, with an average rating of 8.6/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Cruel, dark, but undeniably effective, Diabolique is a suspense thriller as effective as Hitchcock's best work and with a brilliant twist ending."
May 19, 2024 · Les Diaboliques rivals Psycho in creating edge-of-your-seat suspense with plot twists and thrilling character dynamics.
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Véra Clouzot
Diabolique: Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. With Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel. The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plans to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- 221
- 1 min
Mar 29, 2012 · Devilishly suspenseful, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s thriller about two women who conspire to knock off a sadistic boarding-school headmaster (Paul Meurisse) – one of the women is his wife, the ...
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Living up to its devilish title, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s extraordinary Les Diaboliques (US: Diabolique) presents the viewer with three characters engaged in various degrees of evil, and we won’t know the extent of each until the final scene. This omnipresence of moral degradation, combined with near perfect pacing, makes for two hours of ...
