Arrow Video is TWISTING THE KNIFE: FOUR FILMS BY CLAUDE CHABROL (review)

Claude Chabrol takes on a more playful tone in TWISTING THE KNIFE: FOUR FILMS BY CLAUDE CHABROL.  In THE SWINDLE, Isabelle Huppert and Michel Serrault are smalltime con artists who get in over their heads with money launderers.  In THE COLOR OF LIES, an art teacher becomes an instant suspect in a small village when he is the last to see a young student alive.  In NIGHTCAP, Huppert is back as the seemingly kind but possibly murderous chocolate empire heiress.  In THE FLOWER OF EVIL, generations of a French family find themselves embroiled in past crimes and modern perversity.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US/UK) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

TWISTING THE KNIFE: FOUR FILMS BY CLAUDE CHABROL Blu-ray specs: 

• Disc One - The Swindle:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film critic Barry Forshaw and author Sean Hogan
• "Chabrol’s 'Soap Bubble'" visual essay by Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze, author of "Claude Chabrol: The Aesthetics of Opacity"
• "Film as a Family Affair" interview with director Claude Chabrol's stepdaughter and assistant director Cécile Maistre-Chabrol
• Behind the Scenes
• "A Conversation with Isabelle Huppert"
• Introduction by film scholar Joël Magny
• Selected Scene Commentaries by director Claude Chabrol
• Theatrical Trailer
• Image Gallery
  
• Disc Two - The Color of Lies:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by critic Barry Forshaw and author Sean Hogan
• "Nothing is Sacred" visual essay by film critic Scout Tafoya
• Behind the Scenes
• Introduction by film scholar Joël Magny
• Selected Scene Commentaries by director Claude Chabrol
• Theatrical Trailer
• Image Gallery
  
• Disc Three - Nightcap:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film critic Justine Smith
• "When I Pervert Good..." visual essay by film critic Scout Tafoya
• "Isabelle Huppert, héroïne chabrolienne" interview with the actress by critic Serge Toubiana
• "Une demi-heure avec Dutronc" interview with actor Jacques Dutronc
• Behind the Scenes
• Screen Test for actress Anna Mouglalis
• Introduction by film scholar Joël Magny
• Selected Scene Commentaries by director Claude Chabrol
• Theatrical Trailer
• Image Gallery
  
• Disc Four - The Flower of Evil:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film critic Farran Smith Nehme
• "Behind the Masks: Remembering Claude Chabrol" appreciation by Agnès C. Poirier, author of "Left Bank: Arts, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950"
• "Parfums de La fleur du mal" Behind the Scenes
• Interview with co-writer Catherine Eliacheff
• Introduction by film scholar Joël Magny
• Selected Scene Commentaries by director Claude Chabrol
• Theatrical Trailer
• Image Gallery
  
• 80-page collector's booklet of new writing by Sean Hogan, Brad Stevens, Catherine Dousteyessier-Khoze, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, and Pamela Hutchinson
• Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella