Doug Jones and Éric Elmosnino embody different tenses of Serge Gainsbourg in the fantasy sequences of Joann Sfar’s GAINSBOURG, A HEROIC LIFE.
how they connect without prior schooling in the subject; it’s also in these later scenes where Elmosnino’s performance begins to fray, his Gainsbarre sometimes evoking Keith Richards rather than Gainsbourg. Nevertheless, GAINSBOURG contains enough material of in- terest, especially to fans of this period of French pop culture, to make it well worth seeing, even if the whole falls short of one’s hopes. Particularly seduc- tive are the scenes of Gains- bourg writing songs with Boris Vian (Philippe Katerine) and Brigitte Bardot (Laetitia Casta), and pitching them to Juliette Gréco (a delightfully vampiric Anna Mouglalis) and France Gall (Sarah Forestier). Lucy Gordon is Jane Birkin herself. The two-disc set presents a flawless 2.35:1 transfer and a choice of DD-5.1 or DTS 2.0 audio options in French with En- glish subtitles. The feature and a
few basic extras (10m making-of, trailer, etc.) comprise the first disc, while the second consists of the featurette JOANN SFAR (DRAWINGS), which runs 44m and serves as a docile crash course in the director’s graphic work and his approach to the feature at hand. Also available on DVD with the same contents for $34.95.
HELLRAISER: REVELATIONS
2011, Dimension, 75m 3s, $10.99, DVD By Shane M. Dallmann
Dimension Films has been promising us a theatrical reboot of Clive Barker’s well-known but long-dormant horror franchise for years, but, in the meantime, fans are expected to make do with yet another straight-to-disc quickie (the first since 2003’s HELLRAISER: HELLWORLD). DTV sequel specialist Victor Garcia (RETURN TO HOUSE ON
HAUNTED HILL, MIRRORS 2) takes the helm here, working from a screenplay by Gary J. Tunnicliffe (the accomplished make-up effects artist who also tried his hand at scripting such films as MEGALODON), and the results are exactly what you might expect based on such credits. HELLRAISER: REVELATIONS (shot in 2010 strictly so that Di- mension could maintain the rights to the series) qualifies as a reboot on its own as it attempts to whipsaw through the original story with different characters and rules. The viewer is first threatened with the prospect of a “found footage” movie as party buddies Steve and Nico (Nick Eversman and Jay Gillespie are given the presumptuous charac- ter surnames “Craven” and “Bra- dley”) recklessly whoop it up in Mexico with disastrous conse- quences—including their acqui- sition of the familiar puzzle box from an equally familiar scruffy
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