1969? wow.

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Army of Shadows

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FunnyStory — 17 years ago(September 20, 2008 05:34 PM)

I've never seen a movie this old look so good. Criterion did a hell of a job with the transfer on army of shadows. This may be the best looking transfer to DVD I've ever seen on a movie, especially given the age of the print. This made me gain a whole hell of a lot of respect from the guys at criterion.
Great movie, Amazing transfer.

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GameWithStones — 17 years ago(November 07, 2008 04:25 AM)

Props should also go to the British Film Institute, in the UKtheir release predated Criterion's by several months, and the two transfers are near identical. Criterion even used the fabulous commentary from the BFI edition.

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fredgarv79 — 17 years ago(February 18, 2009 07:30 PM)

no doubt, this movie looked amazing in my blue ray player, looked almost like new, one could hardly tell when it was made

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gaiderdraco — 17 years ago(February 28, 2009 09:30 PM)

FunnyStory, you should see Kino Video's dvd release of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis". I still can not believe the astounding quality of its transfer, seeing that the film dates back to 1926.
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chilicheeze — 16 years ago(September 09, 2009 02:26 AM)

I agree - the film looks as if it was made in the 80's+ the only give away were the model planes used in the drop back into France.

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praxis1966-1 — 16 years ago(September 25, 2009 11:07 AM)

Maybe I'm just showing my age, but I preferred the model planes, sort of in the same way I preferred the puppets and costumes of the original Star Wars trilogy to the newer CGI laden latter works. If I wanted to watch cartoons I'd rent Cars or Toy Story.

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electricafroman — 15 years ago(August 09, 2010 12:12 AM)

thats the reason I'm here. '69 didn't sound right when i saw the date. besides the transfer the film seems to be shot in a more modern style
Oh dear. This calls for a very special blend of psychology and EXTREME VIOLENCE.

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PsychoDingo — 13 years ago(May 16, 2012 02:56 PM)

have you seen the blu-ray of 2001: A Space Odyssey? it looks amazing!
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FunnyStory — 13 years ago(May 16, 2012 04:51 PM)

Have I?! I picked it up about a month ago and that definitely beats all

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PsychoDingo — 13 years ago(May 16, 2012 05:13 PM)

amazing that it was made in the 1960's, using in-camera effects
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KennethWasHere — 13 years ago(February 05, 2013 08:08 PM)

Two things one should never underestimate: a) the visual quality of a Melville flick, and b) the visual quality of a Criterion release.

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Veritas_Lux_Mea — 12 years ago(April 16, 2013 05:46 AM)

Yes, this is one of the films that define Criterion for me. A film long buried gets a blu-ray release after decades and is discovered by so many people that otherwise would never have seen it. Fairly lousy that the Criterion version is now out of printStudio Canal is releasing their own versionand now it will be difficult or expensive for people that want to see it to track it down. Hopefully Studio Canal does a much better job with their version than they did with their own release of The Third Mananother out of print Criterion disc which far exceeded the Studio Canal version.