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The Classic Collection
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
Released in 1959, Francois Truffaut's first feature, The 400 Blows [Les Quatre cents coups], is also his most personal, based on his own stormy childhood. The 400 Blows unsentimentally portrays aloof parents, oppressive teachers, petty crime, and a friendship that would last a lifetime. The film marks Truffaut's passage from leading critic of the French New Wave to his emergence as one of Europe's most brilliant auteurs
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Format:
DVD
Disc:
DVD-5 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
1/2/3/4/5/6 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Audio Options:
French Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Resolution:
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Theatrical Trailer, Insert, Restoration Demonstration
- Audio commentary by film scholar Brian Stonehill
- Insert featuring essay by film scholar Annette Insdorf
- Audio commentary by Truffaut's lifelong-friend Robert Lachenay, and co-writer Marcel Moussy
- Restoration demonstration
- Theatrical trailer
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Release Notes on Restoration
The 400 Blows
The 400 Blows is presented in its original Dyaliscope aspect ratio of 2.35:1. This D1 digital transfer was created from the 35mm fine-grain master and the 35mm magnetic audio track at Teletota Labs, Paris.