Original title: Story of a Love Story
Year: 1973
Country: France
Region code: B
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5060697920574
Image: 1.67:1 2K (1080p)
HDR: -
Audio:
English: LPCM Mono
French: LPCM Mono
Subtitles: English, English SDH
Rating: 15
Genre: Drama
Cast: Alan Bates, Dominique Sanda, Michel Auclair
Director: John Frankenheimer
Synopsis:
Harry (Bates), a British author living in France with his wife and family, begins an affair with Natalie (Sanda), who herself is unhappily to Georges (Auclair). However, Harry is unable to untangle the facts of his life from the fictions which he creates, and the line between fantasy and reality become blurred.
Additional features:
Directed by John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate), Impossible Object (also released as Story of a Love Story) is a surreal drama starring Alan Bates (A Day in the Death of Joe Egg), Michel Auclair (The Day of the Jackal), Dominique Sanda (The Conformist), and Lea Massari (L'avventura).
Adapted by Nicholas Mosley (Accident) from his own Booker Prize-shortlisted novel, photographed by Claude Renoir (Barbarella), and scored by Michel Legrand (Eve), Impossible Object is a long-overlooked classic of seventies European cinema."
Extras "LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES"
New 4K restoration
Two presentations of the film: Impossible Object, the original French theatrical cut (113 mins); and Story of a Love Story, the alternative English-language international cut (104 mins)
Original mono audio
Audio commentary with film expert Tim Lucas (2023)
Interview with John Frankenheimer (1973): extract from a French television programme, in which the director discusses the first public screening of Impossible Object
Stories of a Love Story (2023): video comparison analyzing the differences between the two versions of the film
Image gallery: advertising and promotional material
Newly translated English subtitles for the French theatrical cut
New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English-language international cut
Limited edition exclusive 36-page booklet with a new essay by Adam Scovell, a look at the work of Nicholas Mosley and the themes of the source novel, excerpts from John Frankenheimer interviews, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
World premiere on Blu-ray
Limited edition of 4,000 copies for the UK and US
