The 400 Blows (1959)
Les Quatre Cents Coups
Drama • 1h 39m
Overview
For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.
Director: François Truffaut
Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Georges Flamant, Patrick Auffay, Robert Beauvais, Yvonne Claudie, Pierre Repp, Guy Decomble, Daniel Couturier, François Nocher, Richard Kanayan, Renaud Fontanarosa, Michel Girard, Serge Moati, Bernard Abbou, Jean-François Bergouignan, Michel Lesignor, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jeanne Moreau, Bouchon, Luc Andrieux, Christian Brocard, Marius Laurey, Claude Mansard, Jacques Monod, Henri Virlogeux, Charles L. Bitsch, Philippe de Broca, François Truffaut, Louise Chevalier, Armand Coppello, Jacques Demy, Jean Douchet, Marianne Girard, Jean-Luc Godard, Simon Jolivet, Laure Paillette, Gérard Van Ruymbeke
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Criterion 4K Blu-ray > 2021 Carlotta French 4K Blu-ray. Carlotta has bad compression and elevated gamma levels, while Criterion shows more shadow details. See caps1 and caps2Criterion actually handed the flawed MK2 master over to Prasad Corporation for "additional restoration" instead of working on Italian in-house.Criterion 4K Blu-ray is another SDR grade inside an HDR container, with average brightness on HDR BL of 83 nits and 100-nit static DV. See fkid post
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Criterion 4K Blu-ray > 2021 Carlotta France 4K Blu-ray. Carlotta has bad compression and elevated gamma levels, while Criterion shows more shadow details. See caps1 and caps2Criterion actually handed the flawed MK2 master over to Prasad Corporation for "additional restoration" instead of working on it in-house.Criterion 4K Blu-ray is another SDR grade inside an HDR container, with average brightness on HDR BL of 83 nits and 100-nit static DV. See fkid post
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Criterion 4K Blu-ray > 2021 Carlotta French 4K Blu-ray. Carlotta has bad compression and elevated gamma levels, while Criterion shows more shadow details. See caps1 and caps2Criterion actually handed the flawed MK2 master over to Prasad Corporation for "additional restoration" instead of working on Italian in-house.Criterion 4K Blu-ray is another SDR grade inside an HDR container, with average brightness on HDR BL of 83 nits and 100-nit static DV. See fkid post
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Criterion 4K Blu-ray > 2021 Carlotta France 4K Blu-ray. Carlotta has bad compression and elevated gamma levels, while Criterion shows more shadow details. See caps1 and caps2Criterion actually handed the flawed MK2 master over to Prasad Corporation for "additional restoration" instead of working on it in-house.Criterion 4K Blu-ray is another SDR grade inside an HDR container, with average brightness on HDR BL of 83 nits and 100-nit static DV. See fkid post
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2021 Carlotta FR UHD but bad compression
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Criterion 4K Blu-ray > 2021 Carlotta French 4K Blu-ray. Carlotta has bad compression and elevated gamma levels, while Criterion shows more shadow details. See caps1 and caps2Criterion actually handed the flawed MK2 master over to Prasad Corporation for "additional restoration" instead of working on Italian in-house.Criterion 4K Blu-ray is another SDR grade inside an HDR container, with average brightness on HDR BL of 83 nits and 100-nit static DV. See fkid post
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2021 Carlotta FR UHD but bad compression
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Criterion 4K Blu-ray > 2021 Carlotta French 4K Blu-ray. Carlotta has bad compression and elevated gamma levels, while Criterion shows more shadow details. See caps1 and caps2Criterion actually handed the flawed MK2 master over to Prasad Corporation for "additional restoration" instead of working on Italian in-house.Criterion 4K Blu-ray is another SDR grade inside an HDR container, with average brightness on HDR BL of 83 nits and 100-nit static DV. See fkid post
