Fiction Factory / Infinite Pleasure: Todd Haynes on Max Ophuls’ Le Plaisir

Infinite Pleasure: Todd Haynes on Max Ophuls’ Le Plaisir

Todd Haynes, whose FAR FROM HEAVEN tellingly referenced Ophuls’s THE RECKLESS MOMENT, provides a concise analysis of LE PLAISIR’s sexual politics and stylistic sophistication. Haynes discusses each of the three episodes of the film and offers shot-by-shot commentary on what he finds particularly striking.

Germany/UK 2006 · Produced, written and directed by Robert Fischer · Camera: John Halliday · Sound: Joseph R. Ekins · Edited by Christine Schorr · With Todd Haynes · A Fiction Factory Production (Munich) for Second Sight Films (London) · Running time: 18 minutes

PUBLISHED ON THE FOLLOWING DVDS:

Arthaus Close-Up: Max Ophüls
El placer (Blu-ray)
El placer (DVD)
Le Plaisir (AUS)
Le Plaisir (Criterion)
Le Plaisir (UK)
Pläsier