DVD & Blu-ray: OZON'S TRANSGRESSIVE TRIPLE - SITCOM, CRIMINAL LOVERS, AND WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCKS (1998-2000)

Ozons Transgressive Triple Sitcom Criminal Lovers And Water Drops On Burning Rocks New On Dvd And Bluray

Product Description: A masterful chameleon of genre and style with more than 20 years of filmmaking under his belt, François Ozon has built a vast and versatile body of work and while he may have gained the spotlight after the critically acclaimed and elegantly subtle 'Under the Sand' (2000), this collection rediscovers Ozon's brash roots with a trilogy like no other.

SITCOM (1998)

An upper-middle-class nuclear family experiences upheaval when they adopt a laboratory mouse as their new pet. As each member interacts with the new addition to the household, the animal exerts a strange power that prompts them to explore their repressed psychosexual desires. A satire of bourgeois values - something of a cross between John Waters and Luis Buñuel - Ozon offers surreal delights and a rollercoaster of perversions in Sitcom.

CRIMINAL LOVERS (1999)

An audacious queer take on Hansel and Gretel, Criminal Lovers starts with a thrill kill that sends its protagonists, Alice and Luc, down the rabbit hole. Like a wannabe Bonnie and Clyde, the couple flee their safe suburban lives before getting lost in the woods, only to find themselves trapped by a psychotic woodsman. What awaits in his cellar - from sexual enlightenment to karmic retribution - must be seen to be believed.

WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCKS (2000)

Water Drops on Burning Rocks adapts an unproduced play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Ozon's favorite filmmaker - in which Franz, a naïve 19-year-old, is seduced by a smug-yet-alluring, 50-year-old businessman Leopold, quickly moving into his apartment. Domestic bliss is short-lived as a sadomasochistic relationship takes root and the power dynamics continue to shift upon the arrival of both men's ex-girlfriends: the spry Anna and mysterious Véra. This ménage à quatre leads to sex, despair, and, of course, a musical number.

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Director: François Ozon

Starring: Ludivine Sagnier, Natacha Régnier, Jérémie Renier, Stéphane Rideau

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Runtime: 263 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: French

Studio: Altered Innocence

Home Video Release Date: June 25, 2024

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Codec: MPEG-2
Resolution: 480i
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Encoding Format: 16:9
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Region: Region A/1

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New Interview with Actor Stéphane Rideau
Commentary Track for 'Water Drops on Burning Rocks' by Cerise Howard and Rohan Spong
Video Essay 'Little Deaths: Loss and Coming of Age in François Ozon's First Chapter' by Kat Ellinger
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