Buffet Froid 10/19 Blu-ray (Rental)

Buffet Froid (Cold Cuts, 1979) is a beguiling black comedy from director Bertrand Blier (Going Places) starring Gérard Depardieu. Depardieu plays unlucky Alphonse, who keeps stumbling upon corpses, both of strangers and of ones he loves. He drops his knife on the subway, only to find it sticking out of a dying man, and death seems to stalk him in bizarrely surreal ways the rest of the movie. He reports the stranger’s demise to his police inspector neighbor (Bernard Blier, Bertrand’s father), who reacts with casual apathy. This morbid duo then meets up with a confessed killer (Jean Carmet), and the three of them embark on a series of darkly comic incidents that overthrow any notion of morality or decency. Special Features: -Archival interview with director Bertrand Blier -Audio commentary by film critic Nick Pinkerton -Booklet essay by film critic Gavin Smith -Theatrical trailer