Three Films By Hiroshi Teshigahara (Pitfall / Woman In The Dunes / The Face Of Another)

Criterion Collection

Starring: Pitfall, Woman In The Dunes, The Face Of Another

Criterion Collection, The, 1964, DVD

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Product Description

Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 07/10/2007

Product Details

Title: Three Films By Hiroshi Teshigahara (Pitfall / Woman In The Dunes / The Face Of Another) (Criterion Collection)
Sales Rank: 20636 in DVD
Actor: Pitfall, Woman In The Dunes, The Face Of Another
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Studio: Criterion Collection, The, 2007-07-10, Theatrical Release: 1964-10-25
Format: Box set, Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 1.33:1
Languages: Japanese (Original Language)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 521 minutes
Package Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.6 x 1.5 inches, 1.3 pounds

Customer Reviews

Modernist Painting brought to Life (finished review): The first film, Woman in the Dunes, is a beautiful example of cinematography. Just in the opening scenes with the entomologist walking on the beach was like seeing a painting brought to life. You quickly forget that's its filmed in black and white and you get lost in how the shots are set up and cut. It looked to me like a painting hanging in a modern… More reviews

A Stunning Collection. Woman in the Dunes finally on Criterion: Hiroshi Teshigahara and Kobo Abe are right up there with Scorsese and Schrader. Woman in the Dunes and The Face of Another are two of my favorite films, they are so mysterious and shocking. Thank you CRITERION COLLECTION.… More reviews

THE THREE WINS: I have put in as title, the 'three wins', the meaning being Teshigahara, Takemitsu, Kobo Abe. Three intelligent and sensitive men, one, Toru Takemitsu, who I met and talked with in Paris during the early l970's. This box set comes with the three films, a documentary 'Teshigara and Abe' and a booklet witten on the movies themselves and… More reviews

Three Films by Teshigahara Hiroshi: Pitfall (1962)
Pitfall opens with a miner along with his young son and a friend fleeing a miner camp at night. With their fear of being caught and great caution when near lights, the trio seem to be more a group of prisoners instead of a couple of poor laborers and a child. However, their being prisoners are not too far from… More reviews

Japanese Aesthetics Meets Surrealism: These three films were made in the tradition of the surrealists at the beginning of the century with a Japanese aesthetic. I originally bought the set because I have had such a hard time finding "The Woman in the Dunes". I was equally stunned by the other two films in the set. Anyone studying the history of film would enjoy this collection. They… More reviews