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Au Hasard Balthazar

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Jeffrey Overstreet

01 Apr 2005
Filed under: On Movies & Media • Darren Hughes • Robert Bresson • Criterion • Au Hasard Balthazar • Long Pauses

My favorite moviegoing experience of last year was Robert Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar.

Now, Darren Hughes at Long Pauses has given me the best news I've heard all week...

The Criterion Collection is doing it up right.

And if this is somebody's idea of an April Fool's joke ... it's gonna hurt.

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