The Life of Emile Zola (DVD)

Talk about an excellent example of why DVDs are such hot commodities. The Life of Emile Zola, the 1938 Best Picture Oscar winner, is an amazing film that keeps you captivated from start to finish as Paul Muni makes his way through life as the French hero Emile Zola.

Personally, Muni's work is foreign to me and this was the first time I had ever seen him at all, but I must say I was more than impressed with his work in this film and the film itself as a whole.

The Life of Emile Zola tells the story of the activist French author as he is judged harshly for the lude nature of his works even though they are bestsellers. Zola soon turned his focus to what mattered more to the man as he set out on a campaign to free a wrongly accused captain of the French army and unleashed the jawdropping article titled none other than, "I Accuse!"

The article accusing several French dignitaries of misconduct sends Zola into the courtroom to face those he accused and gives the audience a gripping and well thought out tale of the true story.

Brought back to life on DVD almost 70 years later The Life of Emile Zola will be enjoyed by anyone that loves movies as I made my whole family sit down with me to watch this one, and not one of them left the room.

On top of the feature there are also three vintage short films included as well as an audio presentation of the story starring Muni as well and the theatrical trailer.

Don't judge this movie by its years, judge it for yourself by watching it, I am sure you won't regret it.