Eyes Without a Face

[rapta]

DVD Beaver says image basically identical to Criterion.

Yes, and with a slightly higher file size for the feature. I'm just glad it's not worse than the US equivalent, though I had a feeling it would be up to scratch. It would've been the ultimate package had they manage to clear the rights for Le Sang des Bêtes - the reason this was held up for over a year - but it's still worth getting as it has different extras to the Criterion release. For those that already have the Criterion and are region-free, might be worth getting this when it falls in price sometime in the coming months, but as I'm Region B only this is still day-one for me!

[TMDaines]

Yeah, real shame about the missing short, but it seems they were doing their best given all the delays. I will still be buying.

[MichaelB]

A rave from Mondo Digital.

[yoloswegmaster]

Extras:
   
4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)

New audio commentary by film critic and writer Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
 
Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas (2015)
 
Monsieur et Madame Curie (Georges Franju, 1953, 14 mins): a study of the life and work of the Curies, told through the words of Marie Curie

La Première nuit (Georges Franju, 1958, 20 mins): a young boy spends a night in the Métro

Les Fleurs maladives de Georges Franju (2009, 50 mins): an overview of Georges Franju's career

For Her Eyes Only - An interview with Edith Scob (2014, 17 mins)
 
**FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring archive essays by Kate Ince, Isabel Stevens, Roberto Cueto Llera, Raymond Durgnat, Kevin Jackson and Michael Brooke 

[Finch]

I just remembered the BFI BD was the only edition with the wonderful La Premiere Nuit short and this is still the case with all the 4Ks. The Umbrella 4K has Blood of the Beasts so I'll keep that and get the BFI for La Premiere Nuit and the encode might be better on the main feature.

[andyli]

It’s time to rather have these Franju shorts properly restored and collected in one release.