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Image Entertainment
Directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Featuring: Irène Jacob, Philippe Volter, Sandrine Dumas, Halina Gryglaszewka, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Jerzy Gudejko, Claude Duneton
Krzysztof Kieślowski’s international breakthrough remains one of his most beloved films, a ravishing, mysterious rumination on identity, love, and human intuition. Irène Jacob is incandescent as both Weronika, a Polish choir soprano, and her double, Véronique, a French music teacher. Though unknown to each other, the two women share an enigmatic, emotional bond, which Kieślowski details in gorgeous reflections, colors, and movements. Aided by Slawomir Idziak’s shimmering cinematography and Zbigniew Preisner’s haunting, operatic score, Kieślowski creates one of cinema’s most purely metaphysical works. The Double Life of Veronique is an unforgettable symphony of feeling.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
DVD
Discs:
DVD-9 (2 Discs)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1
Audio Options:
French Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
Resolution:
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Short Film, Documentary, Interview, Booklet
- Audio commentary by Annette Insdorf, author of Double Lives, Second Chances: The Cinema of Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Three short documentary films by Kieślowski: Factory (1970), Hospital (1976), and Railway Station (1980)
- The Musicians (1958), a short film by Kieślowski’s teacher Kazimierz Karabasz
- Kieślowski’s Dialogue (1991), a documentary featuring a candid interview with Krzysztof Kieslowski and rare behind-the-scenes footage from the set of The Double Life of Véronique
- 1966-1988: Kieślowski, Polish Filmmaker, a 2005 documentary tracing the filmmaker’s work in Poland, from his days as a student through The Double Life of Véronique
- A 2005 interview with actress Irène Jacob
- New video interviews with cinematographer Slawomir Idziak and composer Zbigniew Preisner
- A booklet featuring essays by Jonathan Romney, Slavoj Žižek, and Peter Cowie and selections from Kieślowski on Kieślowski
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Release Credits
Artwork: Neil Kellerhouse
Producer: Johanna Schiller
Release Notes on Restoration
The Double Life of Veronique
The Double Life of Véronique is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1. On standard 4:3 televisions, the image will appear letterboxed. On standard and widescreen televisions, black bars may also be visible on the left and right to maintain the proper screen format. This new high-definition digital transfer was created by scanning the 35mm original camera negative on a Spirit Datacine in 2K resolution, and color corrected on a Specter Virtual Datacine. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, and scratches were removed using the MTI Digital Restoration System. To maintain optimal image quality through the compression process, the picture on this dual-layer DVD-9 has been encoded at the highest-possible bit rate for the quantity of materials included.
The soundtrack was mastered at 24-bit from a 35mm magnetic tracks, and audio restoration tools were used to reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and crackle.
The soundtrack was mastered at 24-bit from a 35mm magnetic tracks, and audio restoration tools were used to reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and crackle.