Kino Lorber/Raro Blu-ray

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

UK Go Entertain OOP Blu-ray

France TF1 Blu-ray is not English-friendly and the UK Go Entertain Blu-ray is OOP

Criterion vs StudioCanal Blu-ray

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

France TF1 Blu-ray

France TF1 Blu-ray. Criterion has heavy DNR

Metrograph Blu-ray

France Spectrum 4K Blu-ray

2002 TF1 Vidéo France DVD
France 4K Blu-ray audio is in the wrong pitch, plus the new 5.1 mix is worse than DVD's

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.

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

2025 Curzon UK Blu-ray (Haneke boxset)

2025 Curzon UK Blu-ray or 2013 TF1 FR Blu-ray (caps)

Curzon has a slightly better encode and preserves all the noise of the digital source, but ends up obscuring actual detail in some shots. Both are quite good, only caveat being that the TF1 disc is slightly cropped and has a black bar on top.

2025 Curzon UK Blu-ray

2008 Artificial Eye UK and 2025 Umbrella AU discs have incorrect pitch. TF1 FR disc is missing 7 minutes of audio in the left channel. See spectrograms.