Trans europe Express

France | 1967 | black and white | French language, with optional English subtitles | 91 minutes | DVD9 | Original aspect ratio 1.66:1 (16x9 anamorphic) | Dolby Digital mono audio (192kbps) | Cert 15 (contains strong violence and sexual fetish images)| Region 2 DVD . This stylish, cult 1966 erotic thriller stars French new wave icons Jean-Louis Trintigant (Amour, The Conformist) and Marie-France Pisier (Stolen Kisses, Bed and Breakfast). Trintignant plays a drug courier smuggling a stash of cocaine from Paris to Antwerp on the Trans-Europ-Express. Matters are complicated by surreal encounters with police, three filmmakers who are also on the train making a film about drug traffickers, and erotic-fantasy sequences featuring Pisier being bound and subjected to Trintignant's will. Originally banned by the BBFC for scenes of sexual sadism and bondage, Trans-Europ-Express was written and directed by ground-breaking and daring filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet, best known for his experimental post-war novels, and as the writer of Alain Resnais' world cinema classicLast Year in Marienbad. Special features: •Remastered in High Definition •New and improved subtitles •Fully uncut and uncensored presentation •Filmed introduction by Catherine Robbe-Grillet (2013, 6 mins) •Filmed interview with Alain Robbe-Grillet by critic Frédéric Taddeï (2007, 32 mins) •Exclusive, full-length audio commentary by cult film authority Tim Lucas