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Madame de... (Directors Suite)R1

    Madame De... has been released in Region 2 in the United Kingdom on DVD in September, 2006. The image and audio transfer is identical to the Madman Entertainment Region 4 Directors Suite release. The extras included the interview with Alain Jessua and a 17 minute video essay by Tag Gallagher which compares the film in relation to Max Ophüls' career and his style.

    A Region 1 DVD version of the film was released by The Criterion Collection in September, 2008. This version has a picture-boxed image transfer but the the transfer is more sharper and not as dark as the region 2 and region 4 releases. The same three interviews are included on this release as the region 4 Directors Suite release, as is the region 2 video essay by Tag Gallagher. Unique to the Criterion version are a 14 minute introduction by director P.T. Anderson (Magnolia, There Will Be Blood), a 4 minute interview with novelist Louise de Vilmorin, an audio commentary by Ophüls scholar, Susan White and Gaylyn Studlar and 78-page book which includes de Vilmorin's original novella, an essay by Molly Haskell and an excerpt from costume designer Georges Annenkov’s 1962 book Max Ophuls.

    Although the Region 4 Directors Suite release has a great commentary by Dr. Martin, I'll still be holding onto my Region 1 copy of the Criterion Collection's release of Madame de... with it's comprehensive extras and packaging and better video transfer.