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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: Synkronized USA
Salesrank: 127040
Released: January 31, 2006 |
| Our Price: $9.25 |
| Used Price: $8.90 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Starring renowned French actor Alain Delon DAY AND NIGHT set in a sleepy Mexican town focuses on the complex relationships between a group of French people who have lived there for a decade. While novelist Alexandre (Delon) meets with a production team interested in filming a movie of one of his stories his wife Ariane (Marianne Denicourt) indulges in a torrid affair with one of the locals. But the carrot of infidelity also dangles in Alexandre's direction as actress Laure (Arielle Dombasle) attempts to seduce him in an attempt to get the lead in the forthcoming movie. Sex confusion and bitter recriminations unravel in this movie from French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy.System Requirements:Running Time: 108 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 873820000112 Manufacturer No: SKDDV474159
Day and Night Reviews:
Bad DVD transfer 
2009-08-13 - This DVD is made from a VHS transfer, so apart from the poor quality of picture, the sound is very bad. The subtitles are a bit helpful, but as the color is white, often they are invisible on white background. There are several times when the VHS tape, from which the transfer is made, is not smooth, so there are white horizontal lines running on the screen. These faults make this disappointing movie worse. I have no idea what the director/writer had in mind for this project, but the story doesn't work at all. It's about an ageing writer, lives in exile in Mexico, who finds again in a visiting young model, the love he had 30 years ago. "You annoy everyone with your balloons", says Marianne Denicourt. She is right. When the story fails, sometimes the art helps; but sadly it's Bernard-Henri Lévy instead of Luchino Visconti.
Embarrassingly bad (and bad-looking) late career Alain Delon stinker!
2008-08-20 - Another late career Alain Delon title to avoid! The transfer onto DVD is very poor, with uneven lighting, bizarre casting (Lauren Bacall as an American who speaks unaccented, finishing school French!), and a very scruffy, unattractive looking Alain Delon. There is a convoluted plot involving an aspiring model and her manager who come to a Mexican island, and she hooks up with Delon, and receives unlistened-to advice from Bacall. There is gratuitous nudity (mainly the two younger women in the film) including a strangely shot love scene between the model and Delon. Very talky, and ultimately forgettable. Oh yeah - did I mention Delon's character has a hot air balloon on his roof? Do you care? This would NOT be recommended for inclusion in an Alain Delon film festival!! Save your money!!
