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| Soft Skin |
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Genre:Drama
Reviewed In Issue 11 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Jean Desailly, François Dorleac. |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Criterion Collection |
| (Catalog Number): |
CC1395L-243 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
Not Rated |
| (Retail Price): |
$$49.95 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
119 |
| (Color Type): |
Black & White |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1964 |
| (LD Release Date): |
8/1/94 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Francois Truffaut |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
François Truffaut & Jean-Louis Richard |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Georges Delerue |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
NA |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Claudine Bouché |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
NA |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
NA |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.66:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.70:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
| (Additional Languages): |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Truffaut’s “Soft Skin (La Peau Douce)” is about infidelity and mid-life crisis. Jean Desailly portrays a successful and married author who has an affair with an airline stewardess. The storyline concerns a prestigious author with an adoring family who succumbs to the charms of an airline hostess. Pierre Lachenay (Jean Desailly) is on route to another speaking engagement when he meets the beautiful Nicole, played by the late Francoise Dorleac, on board a plane for Lisbon. Instead of the planned one-night stand, he finds himself caught up in the toils of a full-blooded extramarital affair, and adultery with a stranger. Pierre, as always fastidious and conservative, attempts to place his affair in the same neatly defined routine of his working life. But life doesn’t always work out as planned. Hitchcock’s influence is clear as Truffaut navigates through a maze of petty deception, jealous spouses, and attacks of conscience.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture has been matted at 1.70:1. The black and white images are rendered with an accurate grayscale and excellent contrast. While grain is slight, the picture is marred by distracting artifacts throughout.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack is presented in undistinguished monaural with harsh dialogue.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
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Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
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Superb Color Fidelity: |
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Superb Cinematography: |
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Reference LaserDisc: |
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Collector Edition: |
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