Arrow Academy presents THE ERIC ROHMER COLLECTION (Review)

This boxed set from Arrow Academy combines the six entries to Eric Rohmer's Moral Tales cycle follow-up Comedies and Proverbs as well as the two historical adaptsions THE MARQUISE OF O and PERCEVAL.  In THE MARQUISE OF O, a widow becomes an outcast when she cannot explain the circumstances in which she mysteriously became pregnant.  In PERCEVAL, the young Welsh knight endures various trials on his way to becoming a knight and learning the meaning behind The Grail.  In THE AVIATOR'S WIFE, a young man follows his girlfriend's other lover hoping to catch him with another woman but may find a better suited mate of his own on the journey.  In THE GREEN RAY, a young woman's vacation companion cancels on her at the last moment, inavertently putting her on the search for Mr. Right on a series of mini-vacations.  In PAULINE AT THE BEACH, Pauline spends the last two weeks of vacation with her newly-divorced aunt, both of whom find new opportunties at true love.  In A GOOD MARRIAGE, a young woman decides that she will get married even though she does not know who her husband will be.  In FULL MOON IN PARIS, a woman tries to keep an apartment in Paris and one in the suburbs with her boyfriend as she tries to find a balance between the fun-loving and mature halves of her life.  In MY GIRLFRIEND'S BOYFRIEND, two young women form a friendship and pursue men who seem better suited to the other.  In FOUR ADVENTURES OF REINETTE AND MIRABELLE, a city girl and a country girl move in together to attend university and find their personalities clashing even as their attitudes influence one another's actions on a series of adventures.  Finally, in THE TREE, THE MAYOR, AND THE MEDIATHEQUE, a politicial attempts to build a utopian community in the countryside and finds opposition to his good if increasingly suspect intentions.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Academy (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE ERIC ROHMER COLLECTION Blu-ray specs:

• Ten films on nine discs
• "The Marquise of O"
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 pillarboxed fullscreen
• German LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Archival Interview with actor Bruno Ganz
• "Nestor Almendros: Director of Photography" TV special 
• Theatical Trailer
• "Perceval"
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 pillarboxed fullscreen
• French LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• "Cine Regards: Perceval" TV special
• "Cine Regards: Eric Rohmer" TV special
• "The Aviator's Wife"
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
• French LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• "Éric Rohmer on The Aviator's Wife"
• "Changing Landscapes" short film
• Theatrical Trailer
• "The Green Ray"
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
• French LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• "Éric Rohmer on The Green Ray"
• "Richard Aoyade on The Green Ray"
• Archival interview with actress Marie Rivière
• Theatrical Trailer
• "Pauline at the Beach"
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen
• French LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• "Éric Rohmer on Pauline at the Beach"
• Archival interview with actress Arielle Dombasile
• Theatrical Trailer
• "Full Moon in Paris"
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 pillarboxed fullscreen
• French LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles 
• Audio Interview with Éric Rohmer
• "Éric Rohmer on Full Moon in Paris"
• Archival Interview with actress Pascale Ogier
• "Effraction: Tchéky Karyo" television documentary
• Theatrical Trailer
• "A Good Marriage"
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 pillarboxed fullscreen
• French LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• "Éric Rohmer on A Good Marriage"
• Archival Interview with actor André Dussollier
• Theatrical Trailer
• "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend"
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 pillarboxed fullscreen
• French LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• On-Set Interview
• Theatrical Trailer
• "The Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle"
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 pillarboxed fullscreen
• French LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Archival Interview with actress Joëlle Miquel (5:05)
• "The Tree, The Mayor and the Mediatheque"
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 pillarboxed fullscreen
• French LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Newly commissioned artwork by Matt Griffin
• Limited edition 124-page book containing new writing on the film by Jonathan Romney, Geoff Andrew, Philip Lopate, Geoffrey Macnab, David Jenkins, Tara Judah, Sophie Monks Kaufman, Justine Smith, Andy Miller and Brad Stevens