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Boulevard Movies :: Drama :: Fire Within, The (Criterion Collection DVD)

Fire Within, The (Criterion Collection DVD)

Maurice Ronet plays an alcoholic writer, Alain Leroy, who is on the verge of suicide (his character is based on writer Jacques Rigaut, who killed himself in 1929). The psychiatrist assigned to Leroy is no help, advising his patient to seek a reconciliation with his wife, who is still smarting from Leroy's recent liaison with Lydia (Lena Skerla). Still obsessed with the notion of taking his own life, Leroy plans to stage his demise on July 23. A last-ditch effort to jolly himself out of his doldrums fails, and Leroy, with a picture of Marilyn Monroe at his side, snuffs himself out. Though a case study of a man victimized by his own isolationism, The Fire Within has some surprising random optimistic moments. The French title for The Fire Within is Le Feu Follet, which was also the title of the novel by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (another suicide!) from which this film was adapted. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

SPECIAL FEATURES:
• Archival interviews with director Louis Malle and actor Maurice Ronet
• Malle's Fire Within, a new video program featuring interviews with actor Alexandra Stewart and filmmakers Philippe Collin and Volker Schlondorff
• Jusqu'au 23 Juillet, a 2005 documentary short about Pierre Drieu la Rochelle's novel Le feu follet and dadaist writer Jacques Rigaut (the inspiration for the main character), featuring actor Mathieu Amalric, writer Didier Daeninckx, and Cannes festival curator Pierre-Henri Deleau

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ProductID	CRRN1750DVD
Number of Discs	1.00 Disc(s)
UPC	715515029520
Format	DVD
Studio	CRITERION
REGION CODE	1
Release Date	5/13/2008
Actors	Maurice Ronet, Jeanne Moreau, Lena Skerla
Director	Louis Malle
Video	Widescreen 1.66:1 B&W (Anamorphic)
Audio	Dolby Digital Mono
Language	French
Subtitles	English
Availability	in stock
Price:	$22.99