Kino Lorber Releasing Baise-moi

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Coming July 27th on Blu-ray & DVD from Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Baise-moi (2000)

• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Kat Ellinger
• The Making of Baise-Moi: A Forty-Minute Documentary Featuring Interviews with Directors Virginie Despentes, Coralie Trinh Thi and Stars Karen Bach, Raffaí«la Anderson
• Q&A Recording with the Directors
• Theatrical Trailer
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

Color 77 Minutes 1.66:1 UNRATED

The shocking French thriller Baise-moi tells the story of two young women who go on a violent spree against a society in which they feel marginalized. One of them, Manu, is brutally raped by a group of savage thugs. The other, Nadine, sells her body but refuses to give up her soul. Chance unites them and together they decide to alter their destinies. Angry at the world, they embark on a twisted, rage-filled road trip, leaving a trail of mischief and dead bodies in their wake. Written and directed by Virginie Despentes (Bye Bye Blondie) and Coralie Trinh Thi from Despentes' novel, this raw, explosive film continues to stir controversy with its graphic mix of high-impact violence and explicit sex scenes.

[Jack J Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jack J]

Cool!

- as in cool that it's coming to bluray. I got this on dvd way back and never thought it was all that great. It's basically an amateur flick that got some notoriety because of the blowjob scene, imo.

But it's been years and years since I last watched it, so maybe it's time to give it another shot. No pun intended. lol

[Matt H. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Matt H.]

Awful movie.

[Paul L Scholar of Sleaze Find all posts View Profile Close Paul L]

This was shot on bog standard, consumer-grade lo-fi videotape, wasn't it? I can't see the benefits of an HD presentation being huge.

I only saw this once, back in '00/'01, and wasn't too keen on it. The concept is superb, and some sequences work very well, but (imo) Despentes' and Trinh-Thi's filmmaking technique is... not the greatest. It felt clumsy more than angry, the home movie aesthetic working against it and the hardcore footage feeling very unnecessary and seemingly present largely to court controversy in the era of Romance, etc. Maybe I need to see it again, but I'm in no hurry to: knowing about the tragic death of Lancaume would make this hard to watch, and back in the day I had so many students write essays about this one because it was seen as 'edgy' (and probably celebrating it for all the wrong reasons) that I would find it hard to watch it with an unprejudiced eye.

[Jack J Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jack J]

This was shot on bog standard, consumer-grade lo-fi videotape, wasn't it? I can't see the benefits of an HD presentation being huge.

I'm no expert on this, but in my opinion, even a lo-fi recorded film would benefit from a blu-ray release - if the original dvd release is a low res release. At least if you watch it on a big screen as many do today. I've rewatched old dvd's that from memory looked fine on a tube tv, but right out terrible on my 65" screen.

[Darcy Parker Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Darcy Parker]

This was shot on bog standard, consumer-grade lo-fi videotape, wasn't it? I can't see the benefits of an HD presentation being huge.

It was shot in PAL SD, so for anyone in NTSC territories, this would be a significant upgrade from DVD due to PAL being higher resolution than NTSC (576 lines of resolution Vs 480 lines). Not quite as much difference as if it had been shot in HD, but a considerable upgrade nonetheless.

[Lalala76 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lalala76]

This was released in Germany on blu-ray years ago, but because it wasn't English friendly I never checked out reviews of how it looked. A few have past since that release so things may have improved.

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

I vaguely remember this one. I may be wrong, but don't they wear rubbers? Pretty considerate rapists if so.

[Paul L Scholar of Sleaze Find all posts View Profile Close Paul L]

It was shot in PAL SD, so for anyone in NTSC territories, this would be a significant upgrade from DVD due to PAL being higher resolution than NTSC (576 lines of resolution Vs 480 lines). Not quite as much difference as if it had been shot in HD, but a considerable upgrade nonetheless.

You're right, Darcy. Being in the UK where PAL is our standard, I completely forgot about this.

[Darcy Parker Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Darcy Parker]

You're right, Darcy. Being in the UK where PAL is our standard, I completely forgot about this.

I forget it myself, then I do something like watching 28 Days Later on a HD stream and kick myself for not upgrading my DVD copy.