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Cercle rouge (Le) AKA The Red Circle (Blu-ray) (1970)
Corey is a cool, aristocratic thief, released from prison on the same day that Vogel, a murderer, escapes from the custody of the patient Mattei...Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
The Region A Criterion releases & Region B StudioCanal Collection releases each have exclusive extras.
Note that the "Code Name: Melville" documentary on the Region B releases can be found on the Region A Criterion release of Le silence de la mer.
The UK Melville box-set loses extras from the standalone StudioCanal Collection releases. It has a bonus disc with 2 additional features, but note that these features are not specific for this film and can also be found on other Blu-ray releases of other Melville films:
- "24 heures de la vie d'un clown" short film can be found on the Region A Criterion release of Le silence de la mer and the Region A Kino Lorber release of Léon Morin, Priest.
- "In the Mood for Melville" documentary can be found on the Region A Kino Lorber release of Un flic.
The identical French 4K + Blu-ray, German Remastered, and UK Vintage World Cinema have a 4K restoration transfer with a new documentary, but loses some of the extras from the previous Studio Canal releases.
The Criterion 4K + Blu-ray reissues also have a 4K restoration transfer and ports all the previous edition's 2003 trailer. -
CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (141:04).
- Blu-ray A Re-issue America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (140:59).
- Blu-ray A Canada- Criterion Collection - No cuts (141:04).
- Blu-ray A Re-issue Canada- Criterion Collection - No cuts (140:59).
- Blu-ray B France- Studio Canal - No cuts (140:17).
- Blu-ray B 4K + Blu-ray France- Studio Canal - No cuts (140:30).
- Blu-ray B Germany- Studio Canal - No cuts (140:17).
- Blu-ray B Remastered Germany- Studio Canal - No cuts (140:30).
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Studio Canal - No cuts (140:17).
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Studio Canal - No cuts (140:30).
- Blu-ray B Melville Essential Collection United Kingdom- Studio Canal - No cuts (140:36).
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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 29/09/10
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 17/03/22UPDATE LOG:
29/09/10: Initial entry.
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13/06/11: Addition of the Criterion release.
27/04/18: Updated listing, added UK Melville set.
30/05/20: Updated title; added Caps-a-holic link, France & Germany releases, & missing edition names on US Criterion/UK StudioCanal Collection releases; updated US extras/notes & Winner notes.
01/07/20: Removed incorrect capitalization of "Ray" in "Blu-ray" from title.
13/12/20: Added French 4K, Germany RE, UK VWC.
17/03/22: Added US reissue, Canada x2.
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