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Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer [DVD]

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Tale of murder and intrigue explores the under-reported sense of smell in a tale from the blockbuster novel by Patrick Süsskind. Grenouille is a baby born into squalor. Uniquely, he is born with no scent of his own - causing his own mother and a string of surrogate mothers to shun him. The result of his not having a smell, however, is that he develops the strongest sense of smell imaginable. He becomes apprentice to a famed perfumer (Dustin Hoffman) who hones his craft and makes his fortune from the talented waif. Obsessed with wringing the essence out of anything with a smell, the idea soon occurs to Grenouille that a beautiful, fine smelling woman might make the perfect tea bag for a vat of wonderful perfume. Things take a dark turn for the smell-free youth, however and, in his quietly desperate, compulsive search for new odours, nothing can stand between him and the scents he wishes to acquire.

Format: PAL


Runtime: 2 hours and 27 minutes


Color: Color


Number Of Discs: 2


Manufacturer: Pathe Distribution Ltd


Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.781


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No


Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.56 x 5.2 x 0.63 inches; 2.08 ounces


Media Format ‏ : ‎ PAL


Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 27 minutes


Release date ‏ : ‎ April 30, 2007


Studio ‏ : ‎ Pathe Distribution Ltd


Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2


Best Sellers Rank: #29,911 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV) #19,196 in DVD


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    • Intriguing Tale
Rather offbeat subject material about the magical lure and power of smells intertwined with a tale of a murdering but genius madman. The world of how smell and fragrance can hypnotize and sway human emotions it part of the attraction of this tale, at least for me. I have watched this a few times, and would it not be a wonderful thing if some perfect and unspeakably suggestive perfume could give you power over your fellow beings. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2024 by Richard A. Young
    • How to Keep Your Goth Girlfriend Happy
A masterpiece of a film, the cinematography alone deserves a full analysis. Taking place in the 1700’s this film gives nods to the filth of France at the time. The sheer duality of scent points to the contrast of beauty and destruction throughout the film. To be able to accurately convey the feeling of a scent through visuals is an insane construct that truly leaves you at a loss for words. Highly recommend for the macabre! Set a date and watch this with your goth girlfriend, it will not disappoint. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2024 by GoatReviews66
    • The secret behind the perfume
The story setting is in the 18th century France yet the exact year did not mention in details. I assume it is in the late 18th century. (After the demise of Louis XV, France, on the verge of science revolution while bearing the King's luxurious Rococo deep debt, lived in a contradictory world (Rich & poor, chaos & order, Sir & servants, genius & freak, and blessing & curse.)) Grenouille, born in a stench of filthy market, has a gifted nose. Yet, his life is not so blessed with love that he was immediately abandoned by his mother. Year by year, he was obsessed with olfactory excitements, and his uniqueness naturally draws a line between he and the ordinaries. The devoid of his social incompetence is also a barrier to connect the humanity, and ironically such barrier seems common among genius or freaks?! He was sold as a slave working in a tannery. One day, his foray to a city introduces his nostril to numerous enchanting smells with his eyes open, hunting the scent. Soon, it leads to a tragedy to his first victim, a red-haired virgin (red symbolizes passion and love in drama), and the others. Knowing being a perfumer would be able to preserve scents makes Grenouille's heart speeds up. He proves himself to recreate and to concoct the fragrance when opportunity favors him at Giuseppe Baldini's (Dustin Hoffman). O~ A lung full of bliss, le parfum, imbues one's soul. Baldini is amazed by his power, and exploits him in exchanging sublime perfume formulae. (In 18th-century France, perfume is an opulent merchandise and brings a lucrative business.) True beauty that lies within and radiates through body aura is what Grenouille seeks for his perfect perfume. Each woman he captured has a unique quality. He made a perfect perfume by using the essence of the women. Eventually, he was caught and yet escaped from headman's axe with his pheromonic perfect perfume which impulses men and women to perform a big orgy. He could have used his perfect perfume to preserve his own olfactory fiefdom, but it would be a hollow victory for there's no love/soul left to him. How much he wishes he could be loved and be recognized. Without it, he has nothing to live for; at the end, he melts himself with his perfect perfume into those 12 women's destiny. Grenouille, theatrically, wears no scent as if a stray ghost that doesn't exist nor is identified. The movie director reveals this secret in the middle of the movie, to which makes the protagonist not been immediately labeled as a freak as in the novel. The director would like his audiences to, imperceptibly, learn him better. In a literary perspective, it is inexplicable to say Grenouille is a real murderer/killer because he doesn't really enjoy killing. Rather, his motive is using his inhumanly focus on scent, the sole meaning of himself, to preserve 12 virgins' pristine state. (A metaphor, a message of what he longs for.) His character is more implicit than explicit. A metaphor which carries different meanings to different people. His character can be viewed as a message, a representative of one particular aspect of the feeling of love. Often mistaken for love itself, the hunger, the desperation, and the uncontrollable urge to surrender oneself is the most magical, as well as the most dangerous display among all symptoms of love. However, it is much like the composition of a cuisine dish: it can never have just one ingredient. Love needs a balance. Love encompasses understanding, compassion and a great level of tenderness. This movie reveals the contradiction between extreme and balance. It's the extreme that drives everything forward (and backward sometimes) but without balance, even something as beautiful as love can turn into disasters. The perfume, same idea as clothing, and sometimes fake characters, once you get hooked...it might backfire on you. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2007 by Lady_C
    • One of the best movies I have seen
I adored this movie. Well acted and perfectly disturbing. Highly recommend.
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2024 by Amazon Customer
    • Almost like reading the book
Director Tom Tykwer decided to take on a project many directors previously rejected for considering it `unfilmable', with `Run Lola run' as a reference he started to work on this project. The result? An excellent adaptation that makes the experience of watching this film feel almost like reading the book. Based on the novel by Patrick Suskind, `Perfume' tells the story of a singular character born with an enhanced sense of smell that enables him to identify and separate all smells he can detect. The character seems also to be cursed as everyone related to him ends up badly. When he gets obsessed with the smell of a virgin he then looks to learn how to capture the essence of things so he can obtain the smells he wants to create the ultimate perfume. The story in the movie is guided by a narrator (John Hurt) and has most of the story arcs from the novel; some details were removed but they aren't really to be missed, in the novel for example, Grenouille creates a perfume with the smell of human that is not shown in the film. From beginning to end the adaptation is incredibly accurate, but even though the ending is exactly the same as the one in the book (even the same lines), the ending didn't feel quite well to me in the movie, I remember it having a deeper effect on me when I read it. The style Tykwer uses to show the smell of things in interesting and in the same format of effects used in `Run Lola run', the music fits well with the movie as it uses haunting themes that complement the visuals to create a dark mood for the film. Other than a 30 minutes documentary of the making of the film, there are no special features. The movie is presented in anamorphic widescreen with Dolby 5.1 and 2.0 surround and English/French/Spanish subtitles. The lack of extras really don't compensate for the price, you can get the movie for a cheaper price in the amazon market place instead. This detail explains the star I took from the review. If you read the novel you definitely want to see the film as the people involved in the making made a great job adapting it to the cinema. If you haven't you don't really need to read the novel first unless you'd like to compare details. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2007 by R-Suarez-
    • Great kinda creepy movie
My boyfriend recommended this movie and we watched it together and we both loved it. It’s a very interesting. True story would recommend to anyone that doesn’t have a gag reflex as there is some hard to stomach parts but for the most part they censored it.
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2024 by Brooke
    • Must see movie
Amazing movie. Watch it now
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2024 by Travis

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