Region 4 Winners and Losers

    The Golden Coach has been issued in Region 1 in the Unites States as part of a box set entitled, Stage & Spectacle: Three Films by Jean Renoir. This box set also includes the films French Cancan which marked a return for Jean Gabin in working with Renoir and Elena and her Men which starred Ingrid Bergman. This box-set is packed with extras including introductions by Renoir, Martin Scorsese and Peter Bogdanovich, an interview with designer Max Douy, a three-part interview by Jacques Rivette with Renoir and a superb BBC one hour documentary by David Thompson; Jean Renoir - Hollywood and Beyond. This box-set release also includes essays by Andrew Sarris, Jonathan Rosenbaum and Christopher Faulkner.

     The Region 1 release is fantastic, replete with extras. If you want to see just The Golden Coach, which is usually thought of as the best of the three films, then the Region 4 Directors Suite is a good option also, especially as both releases share the same transfer.