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Great Film overall

A Masterpiece!

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

I have no idea of why the region 1 DVD comes without English subtitles. I'm sorry, but you simply miss out on so many goodies by not having a region free DVD player. Since my husband is Norwegian, and I lived for several years in Europe, then later moved to the US, we found it natural to have the equipment to allow for us to enjoy our joint DVD collection. (We also invested in a US VCR that can play Euro tapes).Neither me or my husband understand French. But this film made such a tremendous impact on him more than 20 years ago. So I ordered the film from Amazon UK - in region 2 format. And it has allowed for us to enjoy this truly breathtaking feat! And the extras (an interview with the director) was also subtitled.Another marvel that can't be found over here is Michel Ocelot's fantastic silhouette animation Princes et Princesses, also subtitled in English. Go to http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0229664/ And several more. Unfortunately many great movies w/ English subtitles in region 2 can't be purchased through amazon UK, France or Germany. You will have to trace up other DVD sale sources to find some of these gems.Alas.

I have just seen the DVD of Moliere - this is my first time seeing this film. What a wonderful experience!I would totally agree with all of the IMDb reviewers - this is an amazing production with some incredible images. Also a very painstaking reconstruction of 17th century France. The humanity of a full life, an engaging storyline, excellent sets and cinematography - its all there.We recently had the pleasure of Ariane Mnouchkine's Theatre Du Soliel staging a production of "Le Dernier Caravanserail" here in Melbourne. (7 hours long). That was truly amazing as well. They were selling copies of the Moliere DVD at this show so I bought a copy there. It contains the 244 minute theatrical release of the film (not the 300 minute TV version) in French with English, Italian, German and Spanish subtitles. The digital transfer quality is very good, the soundtrack is Dolby Digital mono and wide screen 16 x 9 format. Region 2 only.There is also a 46 min interview with Ariane (done very recently) in which she talks extensively about the struggle in making the film, the reaction at Cannes, how she structured the story and the ideas behind the death scene amongst others. Great stuff!I would recommend that any fans of this film make every effort to get this DVD (probably French Amazon or Ebay). For others it is a shining light in French cinema history and well worth tracking down.

It is amazing how many other people share the same feeling towards this film!!! I felt like a solitaire, since my only connection with this film was my memory. In effect, it was exhibited in my city, Montevideo, Uruguay (South America) as part of a France Film Festival back in 1979. I enjoyed every minute of the four hours the film lasts, so I went twice. I was only 18 y.o. at that time. Since that, I have been trying to find any reference to the film without success. The cinemateca where it was shown did not keep a copy, the same with the France Embassy that brought the film. Nothing on Yahoo. It was not until now that I used Google that I found a clue. And thanks to IMDb found that I am not alone, that many people has memories of this most exquisite film ever. I just followed the advice of a colleague here and bought the film from the amazon.fr site. I hope it arrives in Uruguay, that is possible to play on my multi-zone DVD player, and that has some sub-titles either on Spanish or English, because even my family came from France, I speak it very badly.

Finally, after all these years - I've read on a french message board that it will be released on DVD in January next year. Yes! The source was Ariane M. herself. I've looked over and over again for this film ever since I saw it - I was only 12 years old - and I will never forget it. Esp. Philippe Caubere, he was very good. The rest of the cast, also of course - but I will never forget the Death-scene, when they are running to stand still, with the bleeding JB Moliere in their arms. Perhaps Forman was inspired by in when he made the end of "Amadeus"? The music - from Henry Purcell's "King Arthur"... The poet is dead, long live the poet! Faerie in Norway