Directed by: François Truffaut
Featuring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Guy Decomble, Georges Flamant, Patrick Auffay, Marie-France Pisier, Rosy Varte, François Darbon, Jean-François Adam
Year: 1959
Time: 99 min.
Series: The Criterion Collection
Edition #: 5
Licensor
MK2
Release Date: Tuesday, 24 March 2009
MSRP: $39.95
Blu-ray
1 Disc
2.35:1
French PCM Mono 1.0
Subtitles: English
Region A
Audio commentary by film scholar Brian Stonehill
Audio commentary by director François Truffaut’s lifelong friend Robert Lachenay
Rare audition footage of Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick Auffay, and Richard Kanayan
Newsreel footage from the film’s showing at Cannes
Excerpt from a 1965 interview with François Truffaut in which he discusses his youth, his critical writings, and the origins of the character Antoine Doinel
Excerpt from a 1960 interview with François Truffaut about the global reception of The 400 Blows and his own critical view of the film
Trailer
Insert featuring essay by film scholar Annette Insdorf