Re: The Criterion Collection
The story of the print of Joan of Arc is amazing: the original was destroyed by fire; Dreyer cobbled together another print, and it also was destroyed by fire. The print used for Criterion's version was discovered in a broom closest of a mental institution about twenty years ago. Apparently, Dreyer gave a print to a group of monks who only watched it a couple times. How it wound up in a hospital is anybody's guess.
BTW, when these films do go out of print, the price skyrockets. If Beauty is indeed out of print, you may want to pick up a copy now.
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