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Paths of Glory

Criterion / Year: 1957

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Synopsis

A pivotal work by Stanley Kubrick, Paths of Glory is among the most powerful antiwar films ever made. A fiery Kirk Douglas stars as a French colonel serving in World War I who goes head-to-head with the army’s ruthless top brass when his men are accused of cowardice after being unable to carry out an impossible mission. This haunting, exquisitely photographed dissection of the military machine in all its absurdity and capacity for dehumanization (a theme Kubrick would continue to explore throughout his career) is assembled with its legendary director’s customary precision, from its tense trench warfare sequences to its gripping courtroom climax to its ravaging final scene.

Review

Stanley Kubrick's first true masterpiece combines superb direction with outstanding performances and remains one of the most shattering studies of the insanity of war to date. During WWI, a French general orders his men on a futile mission. When they return in failure, he picks three soldiers to be tried and executed for cowardice. This scathing attack on the hypocrisies of war is, so far as we know, still banned in France.

Product Format Information

DVD : $26.99

Availability: Usually ships in
5-10 days
Region Code: 1
UPC: 715515064019
Catalog #: DV1141993

Studio : Criterion

Languages: English (Primary)
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen, 1.33
Features:
Digitally remastered: New, restored high-definition digital transfer with uncompressed monaural soundtrack.
Audio commentary: By critic Gary Giddins.
Cast interviews: Television interview from 1979 with star Kirk Douglas.
Interview(s): New video interviews with Kubrick’s longtime executive producer Jan Harlan, Paths of Glory producer James B. Harris, and actress Christiane Kubrick.
Documentaries: Excerpt from a French television program about real-life World War I executions similar to the events dramatized in Paths of Glory.
Original theatrical trailer
Essay: By Kubrick scholar James Naremore.

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Blu-ray : $35.99

Availability: Usually ships in
5-10 days
Region Code: 1
UPC: 715515064118
Catalog #: DB1141992

Studio : Criterion

Languages: English (Primary)
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen, 1.33
Features:
Digitally remastered: New, restored high-definition digital transfer with uncompressed monaural soundtrack.
Audio commentary: By critic Gary Giddins.
Cast interviews: Television interview from 1979 with star Kirk Douglas.
Interview(s): New video interviews with Kubrick’s longtime executive producer Jan Harlan, Paths of Glory producer James B. Harris, and actress Christiane Kubrick.
Documentaries: Excerpt from a French television program about real-life World War I executions similar to the events dramatized in Paths of Glory.
Original theatrical trailer
Essay: By Kubrick scholar James Naremore.