#1002: BEINEIX, Jean-Jacques: Betty Blue (1986)
BEINEIX, Jean-Jacques (France)
Betty Blue [1986]
Spine #1002
Blu-ray
The Booklet
Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by critic Chelsea Phillips-Carr.
Commentary
None.
Blue Notes and Bungalows
An hour-long documentary from 2013 featuring Beineix, actors Anglade and Dalle, associate producer Claudie Ossard, DP Jean-François Robin, and composer Gabriel Yared.
Making of “Betty Blue”
A short video featuring Beineix and author Djian.
Short film
Le chien de Monsieur Michel from 1977.
French television interview
From 1986 with Beineix and Dalle.
Dalle screen test
Trailers
Extras Rating (0-40):
Betty Blue [1986]
Spine #1002
Blu-ray
When the easygoing would-be novelist Zorg (Jean-Hughes Anglade) meets the tempestuous Betty (Béatrice Dalle, in a magnetic breakout performance) in a sunbaked French beach town, it's the beginning of a whirlwind love affair that sees the pair turn their backs on conventional society in favor of the hedonistic pursuit of freedom, adventure, and carnal pleasure. But as the increasingly erratic Betty's grip on reality begins to falter, Zorg finds himself willing to do things he never expected to protect both her fragile sanity and their tenuous existence together. Adapted from the hit novel 37°2 le matin by Philippe Dijan, Jean-Jacques Beineix's art-house smash — presented here in its extended director's cut — is a sexy, crazy, careening joyride of a romance that burns with the passion and beyond-reason fervor of all-consuming love.
185 minutes
Color
Monaural
Monaural
in French
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2019
Director/Writers
Based on the novel by Phillippe Djian.
Screenplay by Jean-Jacques Beineix.
Beineix was 40 when he directed Betty Blue.
The Film
The Film
A
Film Rating (0-60):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by critic Chelsea Phillips-Carr.
Commentary
None.
Blue Notes and Bungalows
An hour-long documentary from 2013 featuring Beineix, actors Anglade and Dalle, associate producer Claudie Ossard, DP Jean-François Robin, and composer Gabriel Yared.
Making of “Betty Blue”
A short video featuring Beineix and author Djian.
Short film
Le chien de Monsieur Michel from 1977.
French television interview
From 1986 with Beineix and Dalle.
Dalle screen test
Trailers
Extras Rating (0-40):
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