{"id":1456,"date":"2010-12-21T11:49:12","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T10:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=1456"},"modified":"2010-12-21T11:49:12","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T10:49:12","slug":"boudu-saved-from-drowning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/12\/21\/boudu-saved-from-drowning\/","title":{"rendered":"Boudu Saved from Drowning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jean Renoir&#8217;s restored <I>Boudu sauv&eacute; des eaux<\/I> (<I>Boudu Saved from Drowning<\/I>, 1932) can be seen in UK cinemas from December 17, distributed by Park Cirucs. Celebrated actor Michel Simon plays a tramp who, after being rescued by a Parisian bookseller, causes mayhem in his bourgeois household. The restoration was carried out through the digitalisation of the original nitrate negative image and a &#8216;safety&#8217; print. A previously missing scene, probably censored for its provocative content, was restored, allowing presentation of a more complete version of the film. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1457\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1457\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/boudu_review.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1456]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/boudu_review.jpg?resize=474%2C813\" alt=\"\" title=\"Comic strip review by David Baillie\" width=\"474\" height=\"813\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/boudu_review.jpg?resize=594%2C1019 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/boudu_review.jpg?w=800 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comic review by David Baillie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"info\">For more information on David Baillie, go to <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.davidbaillie.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">his website<\/A>.<\/div>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Jean Renoir&#8217;s restored <I>Boudu sauv&eacute; des eaux<\/I> (1932), celebrated actor Michel Simon plays a tramp who, after being rescued by a Parisian bookseller, causes mayhem in his bourgeois household.<br \/>\n<I><B>Comic strip review by David Baillie<\/I><\/B><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,12],"tags":[1428,145],"class_list":["post-1456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-it-out","category-comic-strip-reviews","tag-comic-strip-reviews","tag-french-cinema"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/purUP-nu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4438,"url":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2014\/05\/21\/blanche\/","url_meta":{"origin":1456,"position":0},"title":"Blanche","author":"VirginieSelavy","date":"May 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"With its elegant costumes and set design, Walerian Borowczyk\u2019s sophisticated medieval tragedy exceeds conventional historical dramas. 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