The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)
Ensayo de un crimen
Comedy, Drama, Crime • 1h 31m
Director: Luis Buñuel
Cast: Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava, Rita Macedo, Andrea Palma, Rodolfo Landa, Ariadna Welter, José María Linares Rivas, Leonor Llausás, Eva Calvo, Enrique Díaz 'Indiano', Carlos Riquelme, Carlos Martínez Baena, Manuel Dondé, Armando Velasco, Armando Acosta, Eduardo Alcaraz, Janet Alcoriza, Rafael Banquells hijo, Antonio Bravo, Emilio Brillas, Lupe Carriles, Jorge Casanova, Jorge Chesterking, Ángel Di Stefani, Enedina Díaz de León, Enrique García Álvarez, Jesús Gómez, Leonor Gómez, Elodia Hernández, Francisco Ledesma, Salvador Lozano, Ángel Merino, Roberto Meyer, José Peña, Ignacio Peón, Chabela Durán
Best audio release
2001 R2 Films Sans Frontières DVD
About the film
A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...
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Director: Luis Buñuel
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Director: Luis Buñuel
StudioCanal 50th Anniversary Blu-ray
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StudioCanal 50th Anniversary Blu-ray uses a newer 4k scan than Criterion Blu-ray or older StudioCanal Blu-ray see https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=4373
Director: Luis Buñuel
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4k transfer, no disc https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2019/films/lage-dor/
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
StudioCanal has 4k, good encode, accuracy of the color grading is debatable vs Criterion
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Luis Buñuel
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Criterion and StudioCanal very similar
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Director: Rudolph Maté
Director: William Beaudine
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: William Dieterle
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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