#582: ASSAYAS, Olivier: Carlos (2010)
ASSAYAS, Olivier (Germany)
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Carlos [2010]
Spine #582
Blu-ray
Carlos, directed by Olivier Assayas, in an epic, intensely detailed account of the life of the infamous international terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sánchez — also known as Carlos the Jackal. One of the twentieth century's most wanted fugitives, Carlos was committed to violent left-wing activism throughout the seventies and eighties, orchestrating bombings kidnappings, and hijackings in Europe and the Middle East. Assayas portrays him not as a criminal mastermind but as a symbol of seismic political shifts around the world, while the magnetic Édgar Ramirez brilliantly embodies him as a swaggering global gangster. Criterion presents the complete, uncut, director-approved, five-and-a-half hour version of Carlos.
339 minutes
Color
Color
5.1 Surround
in English, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, and Russian
2:35:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2011
Director/Writers
Based on an original idea by Daniel Leconte.
Screenplay by Olivier Assayas and Dan Franck.
Assayas was 55 when he directed Carlos.
Other Assayas films in the Collection:
#944: Cold Water (1994)
#1074: Irma Vep (1996)
#513: Summer Hours (2008)
#822: Clouds Of Sils Maria (2014)
#899: Personal Shopper (2016)
The Film
Other Assayas films in the Collection:
#944: Cold Water (1994)
#1074: Irma Vep (1996)
#513: Summer Hours (2008)
#822: Clouds Of Sils Maria (2014)
#899: Personal Shopper (2016)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Forty-two page booklet featuring essays by critics Colin MacCabe and Greil Marcus, as well as a timeline of Carlos’s life and biographies of selected figures portrayed in the film, written by Carlos’s historical adviser, Stephen Smith.
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The ExtrasThe Booklet
Forty-two page booklet featuring essays by critics Colin MacCabe and Greil Marcus, as well as a timeline of Carlos’s life and biographies of selected figures portrayed in the film, written by Carlos’s historical adviser, Stephen Smith.
Commentary
With director Assayas, actor Ramírez, and Lenoir.
Carlos: Terrorist Without Borders
Carlos: Terrorist Without Borders
An hour-long documentary on the career of Carlos.
Archival interview
Archival interview
With Carlos associate Hans-Joachim Klein, by Jean-Marcel Bougreau and Daniel Leconte.
Maison de France
Maison de France
A feature-length documentary on a Carlos bombing not included in the film.
Twenty-minute
Twenty-minute
Making-of documentary on the film’s OPEC raid scene.
Original theatrical trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
Original theatrical trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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