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DVD PICKS<\/span><\/p>\n The Class <\/span><\/a>(Artificial Eye): The surprise winner of this year\u2019s Palme Adapted from the 2006 novel of the same name<\/a> by B\u00e9gaudeau, which in turn was based on his own real life experiences teaching in a Paris school, it is a rich and deeply satisfying film. Not only did it scrupulously avoid the cliches that can plaue films set inside schools, but also managed to offer a plausible snapshot of modern French society by focusing tightly on a class of pupils and their teachers.<\/p>\n Although it is shot in the widescreen aspect ratio of 2:35, the camera hangs tight on each character and never really gives us a look at the French city landscape. This might sound claustrophobic, but makes the lessons and world inside of the school (the staff room, the corridors, the playground) all come alive in an unexpectedly thrilling way.<\/p>\n Performances \u2013 especially from B\u00e9gaudeau and a very special cast of non-professional teenagers \u2013 were outstanding but the film also had a tremendous sense of humanity to it without ever slipping into cheap sentiment. An example of a rare film that touches the heart whilst engaging the brain, The Class is a gem that I would urge you to see.<\/p>\n Extras on the 2 disc DVD include:<\/p>\n Bolt<\/span><\/a> (Disney): The first film from the rejuvenated Walt Disney Animation Studios<\/a> headed by Pixar supremo John Lasseter tells the story of a dog named Bolt (voiced by John Travolta<\/a>) who doesn’t realise that the TV show he stars in isn’t actually real. Also featuring the voices of Miley Cyrus<\/a>, Malcolm McDowell<\/a>, Susie Essman<\/a> and Mark Walton<\/a>, it was directed by Chris Williams<\/a> and Byron Howard<\/a>. The effect of Lasseter overseeing this film has had a marked on effect on the animation and writing, which contains similar levels of wit and emotion apparent in the best Pixar movies.<\/p>\n On the single disc DVD the extras\u00a0include:<\/p>\n The 2-Disc DVD is as above, plus the following additional extras:<\/p>\n The Blu-ray Disc includes all of the extras found on the DVD editions plus the following exclusives:<\/p>\n * Listen to our interview with John Lasseter about Bolt<\/a> *<\/p>\n Anvil! The Story of Anvil<\/span><\/a> (Universal): A documentary about little-known Canadian metal band Anvil, whose 1982 album ‘Metal on Metal’ influenced a generation of heavy metal bands including Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax, all of whom went on to sell millions of records. But Anvil’s career took a different path: straight to obscurity. The film tracks the band as they take an ill-advised European tour and release their 13th album in a last ditch attempt to hit the big time.<\/p>\n Extras include:<\/p>\n There is also a Limited Edition On Tour CD+DVD Edition (\u00a324.99 RRP) that packages together the DVD with the \u201cThis Is Thirteen\u201d CD. The track list for the CD follows:<\/p>\n [ad]<\/p>\n ALSO OUT Aria – Special Edition<\/span><\/a> (Second Sight) > Browse more DVD Releases at Amazon UK<\/a> and Play<\/a> Including The Class, Bolt and Anvil! The Story of Anvil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1003,797,234,632],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nd\u2019Or<\/a> at the Cannes Film Festival<\/a> was this deceptively simple tale of a French teacher (Fran\u00e7ois B\u00e9gaudeau<\/a>) at a state school in Paris. The actual French title is \u2018Entre Les Murs\u2019 \u2013 which translates as \u2018Between the walls\u2019 \u2013 which is apt as the film never (apart from one shot at the beginning) strays outside the confines of the school.<\/p>\n\n
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