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Le Corbeau Blu-ray Review

The Raven

Score: 81

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Le Corbeau, crucial in Clouzot's oeuvre and French noir, is expertly restored in Criterion's Blu-ray with a stellar 4K transfer. Highly recommended.

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Video: 94

The 1080p Blu-ray release of 'Le Corbeau', drawing from a 4K restoration, excels with outstanding clarity, delineation, and grayscale superiority, marking a definitive presentation that surpasses the older Criterion DVD in visual fidelity, offering an immaculate viewing experience in its original 1.37:1 aspect ratio.

Audio: 89

The French LPCM 1.0 audio track faithfully presents dialogue and Tony Aubin’s music with clarity, despite minor age-related hissing and distortion; exceptional performance for this classic film, surpassing previous formats on home video.

Extra: 46

The Blu-ray extras for 'Le Corbeau' provide a rich historical and cinematic context, featuring insightful interviews with Henri-Georges Clouzot and Bertrand Tavernier on its WWII backdrop and critical reception, complemented by a vintage trailer and an essay by film scholar Alan Williams.

Movie: 81

Criterion's Blu-ray release of 'Le Corbeau' preserves the tense moral exploration and striking camerawork of Clouzot's 1943 proto-noir, a film shrouded in controversy due to its German occupation backdrop and sharp societal critique, but later celebrated for its cinematic influence and taut direction.

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