Three Films by Leos Carax (Blu-ray) ***Preorder*** 9/29

Burning with stylistic freedom, the first three features by Leos Carax are cinema at its most ecstatically sensorial and deliriously romantic. Built around virtuosic, intensely physical performances from Denis Lavant as three different characters named Alex, these tales of outsiders, criminals, and doomed lovers living on the edge blaze with the whirlwind abandon of youth and the thrilling highs and torturous lows of all-consuming passion. Love letters to the city of Paris, with its streets transformed by cinematographer Jean-Yves Escoffier into expressive dreamscapes, these three films erupt in moments of anarchic euphoria that fuse sound and image to heart-stopping effect.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restorations, with uncompressed monaural (Boy Meets Girl and Mauvais sang) and 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio (The Lovers on the Bridge) soundtracks
• In the 4K UHD edition: Three 4K UHD discs of the films (with The Lovers on the Bridge presented in Dolby Vision HDR) and three Blu-rays with the films and special features
• It’s Not Me (2024), a self-portrait film by director Leos Carax
• New interviews with actor Denis Lavant and editor Nelly Quettier
• New video essay on the cinematography of Jean-Yves Escoffier
• Meet the Filmmakers: Leos Carax, a Criterion Channel original interview
• Mr. X: A Vision of Leos Carax (2014), a documentary on Carax’s work
• Le Pont-Neuf des amants (1991), a documentary on the making of the main set for The Lovers on the Bridge
• Deleted scene, rushes, screen tests, behind-the-scenes footage, and trailers
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: An essay by author Amina Cain