#1172b: DURAS, Marguerite: Baxter, Vera Baxter (1977)
DURAS, Marguerite (France)
Baxter, Vera Baxter [1977]
Baxter, Vera Baxter [1977]
Spine #1172b
Blu-ray
Marguerite Duras reunited with India Song collaborators Delphine Seyrig and composer Carlos d’Alessio for Baxter, Vera Baxter, a hypnotically unsettling journey into one woman’s existential emptiness. Ensconced in a sprawling rental villa, the world-weary Vera Baxter (Claudine Gabay) receives visits from two women, including a mysterious stranger (Seyrig) to whom she recounts a shocking story about her marriage, the way she lives, and the reasons for her malaise. Setting her languid images to d’Alessio’s incongruously breezy, endlessly looping score, Duras fashions a quietly shattering portrait of marriage as a kind of prison.
95 Minutes
Color
Monaural
in French
1:66:1
Criterion Release 2023
Color
Monaural
in French
1:66:1
Criterion Release 2023
Director/Writers
Marguerite Duras was 63 when she wrote and directed Baxter, Vera Baxter.
Other Duras films in the Collection:
#1172a: India Song (1975)
Other Duras films in the Collection:
#1172a: India Song (1975)
The Film
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Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Twenty-four page booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Ivone Margulies.
Commentary
None.
Marguerite as She Was
A 2003 portrait of Duras.
Interview
From 1977 with Duras.
Excerpt
From a 1977 documentary on actor Seyrig.
Extras Rating (0-40):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Twenty-four page booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Ivone Margulies.
Commentary
None.
Marguerite as She Was
A 2003 portrait of Duras.
Interview
From 1977 with Duras.
Excerpt
From a 1977 documentary on actor Seyrig.
Extras Rating (0-40):
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