
Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB
Supporting role · Director: René Clément
Sources: metrograph.com (opens in a new tab)
StudioCanal UK/France has Blu-ray, kinda old transfer
There is a 4K DCP but no home release yet
Supporting role · Director: Stanley Donen
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps comparing UHD vs BD: https://slow.pics/c/IVNrYoYW
For older Blu-ray: Criterion Blu-ray > Universal Blu-ray with slightly worse encoding > Japan Paramount or UK Park Circus Blu-ray with significantly flatter contrast (possibly Quicktime Gamma Bug?) see caps
Small role · Directors: René Clair & Jean Delannoy & Henri Verneuil & Michel Boisrond & Christian-Jaque & Jean-Paul Le Chanois & Henri Decoin
Small role · Director: Jean Renoir
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
(both from the same flawed restoration)
The BFI and Gaumont Blu-ray releases are both from the same restoration by Éclair. Although this restoration is much superior in detail to the old Criterion DVD, like many Éclair restorations, it has issues with colour. There is a definite yellow cast to the footage, making skin tones appear sickly and dampening the impact of the colour. The image is also murkier than the Criterion.
As Renoir scholar Tag Gallagher notes: "I talked a lot toward the end about the light blue walls (Criterion); but when I got the BFI blu I was greatly deflated, because the walls are light gray!"
That said, as visible in the screen caps at DVD Beaver, the Criterion has compromised colour too, and often looks too blue/magenta. There is a regraded edition of the BFI Blu-ray out there on the high seas.
The audio on the Blu-ray releases is slightly compressed, but better than earlier DVD releases and relatively full frequency.
The BFI is most likely the best English-friendly release as it includes English subtitles for the bonus features.
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