TF1

5 films on Best Blurays

Based in FranceFounded 1989studiotf1.com ↗

The French broadcaster TF1 set up TF1 Vidéo in 1989 to publish its programmes and film rights on video, later DVD and Blu-ray. Its catalogue arm, now Studio TF1, holds a large French and European film library and restores titles each year. Own-label disc releases slowed sharply after 2019, so most restorations now reach Blu-ray through French labels such as Coin de Mire, Tamasa and Le Chat Qui Fume.

Aliases: tf1

The Golden Coach (1952)

Director: Jean Renoir

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber/Raro Blu-ray

Best Video:

Raro (Kino Lorber) and France TF1 Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Raro (Kino Lorber) and France TF1 Blu-ray are very similar. Unsure on Japan Blu-ray

3.7

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion vs StudioCanal Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion, UK StudioCanal, France TF1 Blu-ray all new resto, no comparison

4.1

Funny Games (1997)

Director: Michael Haneke

Best English-Friendly & Video:

France TF1 Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Criterion has heavy DNR

3.9

Millennium Mambo (2001)

Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Metrograph Blu-ray

Best Video:

France Spectrum 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2002 TF1 Vidéo France DVD

Audio Notes:

France 4K Blu-ray audio is in the wrong pitch, plus the new 5.1 mix is worse than DVD's

Additional Info:

The version screened at the Cannes International Film Festival ran 119 minutes. Hsiao-Hsien Hou then re-cut the movie following its Cannes premiere and reduced the running time to 105 minutes, this is the only version available on home video. Most of the deleted footage came from the "Vicky in Japan" sequences and is included as an extra on some releases.

3.8

Time of the Wolf (2003)

Director: Michael Haneke

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video:

No comparisons available, UK Curzon Blu-ray boxset, Australia Umbrella Blu-ray boxset, US Strand Releasing OOP Blu-ray, or very old France TF1 Blu-ray

3.5

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