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.

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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amazing that it was made in the 1960's, using in-camera effects
Baseball lies to us seductively, and we know we're being seduced, and we don't complain.

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

have you seen the blu-ray of 2001: A Space Odyssey? it looks amazing!
Baseball lies to us seductively, and we know we're being seduced, and we don't complain.

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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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.

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.

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

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.