{"id":645347,"date":"2026-10-13T18:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T18:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/645347\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T18:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T18:24:17","slug":"louis-malles-elevator-to-the-gallows-set-for-4k-anniversary-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/645347\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Malle’s ‘Elevator to the Gallows’ Set for 4K Anniversary Release"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFrench giant Gaumont is launching a new 4K restoration of Louis Malle<\/a>\u2018s 1958 classic crime thriller \u201cElevator to the Gallows,\u201d starring Jeanne Moreau<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe special edition is being released in celebration of this year\u2019s 70th anniversary of the French New Wave, the upcoming 70th anniversary of the film in 2028 and, in the same year, the centenary of Moreau\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n

\n\tReleased 1958, \u201cElevator to the Gallows\u201d marked the directorial debut for the young Malle, who was 25 years old at the time.<\/p>\n

\n\tSet in Paris over the course of a night, the film stars Moreau and Maurice Ronet as lovers who set out to murder her husband and his boss (played by Jean Wall), only for the plan to go awry. Distinguished by Miles Davis\u2019 award-winning jazz score, the film established both Malle and Moreau as verifiable talents.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tBetty Blue<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Gaumont<\/p>\n

\n\tAnother Gaumont classic, \u201cBetty Blue,\u201d Jean-Jacques Beineix\u2019s iconic tale of amour fou run rampant, is making its long-awaited return to the big screen at this year\u2019s Lumi\u00e8re Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tOriginally released in 1986 as \u201c37\u00b02 le matin,\u201d the award-winning erotic drama chronicles the doomed romance between Zorg (Jean-Hugues Anglade), a handyman and aspiring writer in his 30s, and the volatile, impulsive and fragile 19-year-old Betty (B\u00e9atrice Dalle). <\/p>\n

\n\tThe film is also one of this year\u2019s highlights for Gaumont, which is presenting the new 4K master of the full 185-minute version \u2014 \u201ca film that has been invisible in theaters in this version since 1991,\u201d noted J\u00e9r\u00f4me Soulet, head of catalogue at Gaumont.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 4K restoration of \u201cBetty Blue\u201d was carried out by Gaumont at the GP Archives laboratory.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film screens this year as part of the Lumi\u00e8re Festival\u2019s Big Films on the Big Screen sidebar that offers the opportunity to rediscover cinematic masterpieces in their intended format.<\/p>\n

\n\tSoulet will also be on hand at the Lumi\u00e8re Festival\u2019s International Classic Film Market<\/a> in Lyon to present the company\u2019s lineup of new releases at the annual Catalogue Holders\u2019 Premiere Presentation on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"French giant Gaumont is launching a new 4K restoration of Louis Malle\u2018s 1958 classic crime thriller \u201cElevator to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[290419,146,85,46,290420,290421,290422,290423],"class_list":["post-645347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-classic-film-market","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jeanne-moreau","tag-louis-malle","tag-lumiu00e8re-film-festival","tag-mifc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}