I have the original Criterion 2-disc set of this - bought it long ago when it was in print - and yes, highly recommended for any fan of crime movies.DaveA wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 3:28 pm Announced today: 4k transfer of Le Cercle Rouge coming out on Criterion early next year.
Had heard there was a new DCP of this playing places in the past year and was wondering if/when it would surface for home use and, if it was still going to be on Criterion, whether they would retain the excellent Art Chantry cover art. They wisely have! There was a blu-ray--of the original transfer, I believe--available for a limited time, but after it went out of print it was selling on eBay/etc. for absurd amounts of money, more than any "normal" person would/should pay for a movie disc. Glad this has all been rectified.
If you haven't seen it, Le Cercle Rouge is one of the most watchable, well paced crime movies out there. It's honestly kind of hard to say where it falls on the spectrum between genre/crime cinema, on the one hand, and arthouse cinema, on the other. This unspoken ambiguity, the movie seemingly playing by its own style rules, is part of what makes it great.
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