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For his first French film in nearly a decade (he'd spent the war years in Hollywood), filmmaker Julien Duvivier chose to adapt Les Fiançailles de Monsieur Hire, a novel by Georges Simenon. Panique, as Duvivier's version was titled, is a twisted tale of murder, subterfuge and revenge from "Beyond." Middle-aged loner Monsieur Hire (Michel Simon) falls for his neighbor Alice (Viviane Romance) only to be framed for the murder commited by Alice's lover Alfred (Paul Bernard). The ending suggests that the actual culprits are going to get their well-deserved comeuppance, though exoneration comes a shade too late for the luckless Monsieur Hire. The Simenon book was filmed again in 1989, as the excellent Monsieur Hire, directed by Patrice Leconte, a film as bleakly pessimistic as the original, more in keeping with the style and tone of the literary source.


Extras

• The Art of Subtitling - In this new program, Bruce Goldstein, director of repertory programming at New York's Film Forum and founder of Rialto Pictures, discusses some of the challenges that translators are presented with when translating big literary works and creating subtitles for films. Some specific examples are provided from Panique. Also, the work of translator Julien Duvivier expert Lenny Borger is highlighted. The program was created exclusively for Criterion in 2018. In English, not subtitled. (21 min, 720p).

• Pierre Simenon - In this new video interview, Pierre Simenon, author and son of novelist Georges Simenon, discusses the enormous literary legacy of his father, the atmosphere of his writings and the difficulty of recreating it in a film, and some of the key similarities and differences between the original novel and the film that Julien Duvivier directed. The interview was conducted exclusively for Criterion in New York in August 2018. In English, not subtitled. (16 min, 720p).

• Guillemette Odicino and Eric Libiot - Presented here is a filmed conversation in which critics Guillemette Odicino and Eric Libiot discuss the production history of Panique and the socio-cultural environment in which it emerged, the film's visual appearance and tone, and Julien Duvivier's style and legacy. The program was created for the first high-definition release of Panique that TF1 produced in France in 2015. In French, with optional English subtitles. (21 min, 720p).

• Trailer - Presented here is a new trailer for Panique that was used by Rialto Pictures for the recent re-release of the film in the United States. In French, with imposed English subtitles. (3 min, 720p).