{"product_id":"coup-de-torchon-106","title":"Coup de Torchon (#106)","description":"\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" class=\"product-summary\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" class=\"product-summary\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith this existential crime thriller, legend of French cinema Bertrand Tavernier transforms Jim Thompson’s hard-boiled novel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePop. 1280\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003einto a darkly comic, philosophically provocative exploration of the brutality and absurdity of colonialism. Moving the story’s setting from the American South to 1930s French West Africa,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCoup de torchon\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003efeatures a frighteningly enigmatic performance from Philippe Noiret as a police chief whose seeming ineptitude masks a cold-blooded pursuit of revenge and control that draws his opportunistic mistress (a fiery Isabelle Huppert) into an escalating spiral of violence. With each chilling revelation, Tavernier plunges us ever deeper into an abyss of madness and corruption, laying bare the decaying soul of empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\" data-feature-title-field=\"\"\u003eBLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-features-list\" data-special-features-field=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterview from 2001 with director Bertrand Tavernier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with critic and poet Robert Polito about source-novel author Jim Thompson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaking-of program featuring on-set footage and interviews with members of the cast and crew\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlternate ending\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew English subtitle translation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by scholar Lynn Anthony Higgins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew cover by Sean Phillips\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharetools\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharetools\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Criterion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45554232786988,"sku":"715515338318","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/2201\/8348\/files\/coup-de-torchon-106-new-blu-ray-715515338318-5186744.jpg?v=1779256506","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitdvd.com\/products\/coup-de-torchon-106","provider":"Orbit DVD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}