Impossible Object (aka Story of a Love Story) (Blu-ray)

Impossible Object (US Limited Edition Blu-ray)

Director: John Frankenheimer

Cast: Alan Bates, Dominique Sanda, Michel Auclair, Lea Massari

Directed by John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate), Impossible Object (also released as Story of a Love Story) is a surreal drama starring Alan Bates (A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Secret Friends), Michel Auclair (The Day of the Jackal), Dominique Sanda (The Conformist), and Lea Massari (L'avventura).

Harry (Bates), a British writer living in France with his wife and children begins an affair with Natalie (Sanda), who herself is unhappily married to Georges (Auclair). However, Harry is unable to untangle the facts of his life from the fictions which he creates, and the line between fantasy and reality becomes blurred.

Adapted by Nicholas Mosley (Accident) from his Booker Prize-shortlisted novel, photographed by Claude Renoir (Barbarella), and scored by Michel Legrand (Eve), Impossible Object is a long-overlooked classic of seventies European cinema.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• New 4K restoration
• Limited edition exclusive 36-page booklet with a new essay by Adam Scovell, a look at the work of Nicholas Mosley and the themes of the source novel, excerpts from John Frankenheimer interviews, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
• Two presentations of the film: Impossible Object, the original French theatrical cut (113 mins); and Story of a Love Story, the alternative English-language international cut (104 mins)
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with film expert Tim Lucas (2023)
• Interview with John Frankenheimer (1973): Extract from the French television programme Cinéma à, in which the director discusses the first public screening of Impossible Object
• Stories of a Love Story (2023): video comparison analysing the differences between the two versions of the film
• Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
• Newly translated English subtitles for the French theatrical cut
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English-language international cut
• World premiere on Blu-ray
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English-language international cut

Starring: Alan Bates, Dominique Sanda, Michel Auclair, Evans Evans, Paul Crauchet, Lea Massari, Sean Bury, Henry Czarniak, Mark Dightam, Vernon Dobtcheff

Rating: NR