Black moon
By: Janus Films ; a co-production NEF, Bioskop Film ; a Louis Malle production ; associate and executive producer, Claude Nedjar ; written and directed by Louis Malle
Contributors: Nykvist, Sven, cinematographer; Baron, Suzanne, film editor; Roden, Anthony, performer; Lindenstrand, Sylvia, performer; Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883, composer; Uhry, Ghislain, artistic director; Giehse, Therese, 1898-1975, actor; Harrison, Cathryn, 1959- actor; Dallesandro, Joe, 1948- actor; Stewart, Alexandra, actor; Janus Films; Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm); Bioskop-Film; Criterion Collection (Firm)
Edition: DVD special ed.
Series: Criterion collection -- 571; Criterion collection -- 571.
Publisher: Criterion Collection
Published: 2011
Place of publication: United States]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9781604654417
Subjects: Drama; Sexual behavior; Families; Teenage girls; Farm life
Work titles: Black moon (Motion picture)
Description: After skirting the horrors of an unidentified war being waged in an anonymous countryside, a beautiful young woman takes refuge in a remote farmhouse where she becomes embroiled in the surreal domestic odyssey of a mysterious family. Evocatively shot by cinematographer Sven Nykvist, 'Black Moon' is a Freudian tale of adolescent sexuality set in a post-apocalyptic world of shifting identities and talking animals. It's a cinematic daydream like no other.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1975; produced 1974.

DVD release date: Jun. 28, 2011.

Special features: "Pour le cinéma" archival video interview with director Louis Malle; Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos; Original theatrical trailer. Booklet: "Louis in Wonderland" by Ginette Vincendeau.

Director of photography, Sven Nykvist ; editor, Suzanne Baron ; musical collaboration, Anthony Roden, Sylvia Lindenstrand; musical excerpt, Richard Wagner ; art director, Ghislain Uhry.

Thérèse Giehse, Cathryn Harrison, Joe Dallesandro, Alexandra Stewart.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital Mono.; widescreen (1.66:1 aspect ratio).

In English or dubbed French with optional English SDH subtitles.