Tess (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray) PG
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- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 2 hours, 51 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: February 25, 2014
- Originally Released: 1979
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Nastassja Kinski | |
| Performer: | Peter Firth, John Bett & Leigh Lawson | |
| Directed by | Roman Polanski | |
| Edited by | Alastair McIntyre & Tom Priestley | |
| Screenplay by | Gérard Brach, Roman Polanski & John Brownjohn | |
| Original story by | Thomas Hardy | |
| Composition by | Philippe Sarde | |
| Cinematography by | Ghislain Cloquet & Geoffrey Unsworth | |
| Produced by | Claude Berri | |
| Executive Production by | Pierre Grunstein |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1980 -
Best Art Direction - Set Decoration: Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1980 -
Best Cinematography: Geoffrey Unsworth & Ghislain Cloquet
Academy Awards 1980 -
Best Costume Design: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
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Rating: 3/4 --
Roman Polanski is one of those men who, despite his icky treatment of women in real life, manages to create strong and compelling female characters for the screen.
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Creative Loafing
A haunting, richly rewarding recreation of one of the towering masterpieces of English fiction.
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Gannett News Service
Tess is a sensitive, intelligent screen treatment of a literary masterwork.
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Variety
Rating: 5/5 --
Without Mr. Polanski's name in the credits, this lush and scenic Tess could even be mistaken for the work of David Lean.
New York Times
Roman Polanski's rigidity betrays him. In wanting to cover all the characters and pages, the movie ends up being excessively long. [Full Review in Spanish]
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El Pais (Spain)
Rating: A+ --
(PODCAST) The greatest filmic literary adaptation any filmmaker has produced.
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ColeSmithey.com
[Polanski's film] is textured and smooth and even, with lateral compositions subtly flowing into each other; the sequences are beautifully structured, and the craftsmanship is hypnotic. But the picture is tame.
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New Yorker
Product Description:
Based on Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel "Tess of the D'Urbervilles." A beautiful young woman from a poor background meets with abuse from her upper class employer, hypocrisy from a clergyman who courts her and a triangle of betrayal between them. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Best Picture, Best Director. Academy Awards: 3.
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