L'esprit de la mort

Titre original : The Asphyx

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Jane Lapotaire, Robert Powell, and Robert Stephens in L'esprit de la mort (1972)

Un photographe capture l'esprit de la mort et décide de s'en servir pour découvrir le secret de l'immortalité.Un photographe capture l'esprit de la mort et décide de s'en servir pour découvrir le secret de l'immortalité.Un photographe capture l'esprit de la mort et décide de s'en servir pour découvrir le secret de l'immortalité.

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a true masterpiece of the mind

Immortality is a virtue that man has sought after since the dawn of history and now one man has found it. I originally rented this movie because, quite frankly, I was intrigued by the tag line. And boy did my interest pay off. I found one of the best films I have ever seen. From the beginning that you won't understand until they end to the subtle plot turns along the way. This film raises the questions " Once you've obtained immortality, what's next?" and "In the end, is it really worth it?"

Cal Hawks
6 avr. 2002
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Anecdotes
The main credits state that the film's soundtrack was recorded using a 4-channel quadraphonic sound system. Sadly, there appears to be no evidence of it ever being exhibited in this manner.

Gaffes
Toward the end of the film Robert Powell picks up a glass beaker. It has the Pyrex stamp on it and its volume is stated as 600ml. Victorian England used imperial (non-metric) measures, and Pyrex was not invented until 1915.

Citations
Sir Hugo Cunningham: I obey God's will, my friend, my old friend, my eternal and everlasting friend...

Versions alternatives
The film was originally shot in Todd-AO 35, a wide-screen process which is normally viewed at 2.35:1. The 1995 UK video featured a much shorter print and missed around 12 minutes of footage including dialogue scenes, an anti-hanging protest before the execution, and the removal of a scene showing the now-immortalized guinea pig being released from its cage. The 2004 Anchor Bay UK DVD features the same print and is presented in an anamorphic 1.85:1 ratio and also uses a pan & scan technique, thus cropping much of the print into a false version of wide-screen. The 2010 Odeon DVD features both the shorter and longer original prints in genuine widescreen.