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.
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 print...Studio Canal is releasing their own version...and 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 Man...another out of print Criterion disc which far exceeded the Studio Canal version.
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