Following the successful release of the first four films in Second Sight’s The Max Ophuls Collection comes two more of visionary director Max Ophuls’ highly acclaimed films.
La Ronde is Ophuls’ wonderful adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s play of the same name which won the 1952 BAFTA for Best Film, and garnered two 1952 Academy Award nominations.
The vastly influential Ophuls’ penultimate Hollywood film Caught is another of his great exercises in cinematic beauty; this time in a film noir that showcases some of Tinseltown’s biggest legends at the peak of their powers. The visionary director imprints his own distinctive and unique European style on this thoroughly American genre.
Both films are released separately for the first time on DVD as part of The Max Ophuls Collection on 8 September 2008.
