Overall Rating:  4.69 out of 5, including 4 reviews
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Antoine Doinel is a 13 years old Parisian. His parents do not show much interest about him. He skips school to go to the movies or play with his friends. He will discover his mother has a lover, steal a typewriter, be suspended from school... to conceal that he suffers.
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Features:
| Newly restored widescreen digital transfer
Shot-by-shot audio essay
Additional Commentaries
Animated Movie Menus
Theatrical Trailer | Video:
| | Standard 1.33:1 B&W | | Audio: (more info) | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
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| | English
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| Studio: Wellspring
Production Year: 1959
Release Date: 7/13/1999
Length: 94 mins
Rating: NR
| Includes: Audio Commentary
Packaging: Keep Case
Number of Discs: 1
Disc: SS-SL
Item Code: FLV5078
UPC Code: 720917507828
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Overall Rating: 4.69 out of 5, including 4 reviews
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BIRTH OF A MYTH - 4.75 out of 5 (2/1/2000)
For years, I've avoided director François Truffaut's movies. I don't know exactly why. I was perhaps, like many european movie lovers, intimately convinced that Cinema = Hollywood. Or was it maybe the unanimous critical adoration surrounding this director ?
So it's really with a little reluctance that I have decided to take a look at THE 400 BLOWS, presented by Criterion. First movie of the director, THE 400 BLOWS, shot in b&w, presents the first adventures of Antoine Doinel, played by a luna
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A Staple In The Cinema. - 4.25 out of 5 (12/27/1998)
This film is breathtaking, beautiful, glorious, and just plain great. The DVD is phat, with insightful commentary, a trailer, and a beautiful transfer. The thing I don't get is the splices in the film that happen so frequently. Criterion shows you in a DVD menu how they restored some of the worst parts of the picture, but a lot of flaws remain. It still looks fabulous for being 40 years old.
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Could be Criterion's best DVD to date - 5 out of 5 (11/28/1998)
I'll hand it to Criterion - they scored a home run
here. 400 Blows is a foundation for any review of
film history, and they have provided a wonderful transfer.
Few films can be said to be truly beautiful to watch - this
is one of them. Grab a copy and prepare to be awestruck.
If you're interested in exploring non-American cinema
(which you really should do), then this is a great starting point.
You will not be disappointed.
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