Peter Bogdanovich: How Ernst Lubitsch Invented Modern Hollywood @criterioncollection

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A pinnacle of comic-romantic sophistication, Ernst Lubitsch’s TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932) is now available on 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD from Criterion: criterion.com/films/723-trouble-in-paradise

The great Peter Bogdanovich introduces one of his favorite filmmakers, Ernst Lubitsch, in this appreciation from 2002, which is available in full on the new 4K-restoration edition of TROUBLE IN PARADISE along with a new video essay by critic David Cairns, analyzing the 1932 film through ten of its ‘Lubitsch touches,’ and a full-length audio commentary from biographer Scott Eyman.

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