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NOTE : The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc. ADDITION: Criterion Region 'A' - Blu-ray - January 2017: Criterion's 1080P is cited as a "New 4K digital restoration". It advances in a few important areas over SD with the higher resolution exporting better layered contrast, there are hints of rich texture and the ratio seems more correct (where the SD was vertically stretched). It's clean and carries a film-like thickness (via the grain) and in-motion, the 1080P produces a very satisfying HD image with a notable amount more information on the bottom and right edges of the screen. Criterion go linear PCM, in authentic mono. It is 24-bit, flat but carries some pleasing resonance evident in the the iconic Max Steiner (Key Largo, Casablanca, The Caine Mutiny, Bird of Paradise, Beyond the Forest, Pursued etc. etc.) score. There are optional English (SDH) subtitles on the Region 'A' Blu-ray disc. Like the DVD Criterion include Peter Fitzgerald's 2002 TV documentary Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star, running over 1.5 hours (in HD). It has Anjelica Huston, Diane Baker, daughter Christina Crawford (Author of 'Mommie Dearest'), Judy Geeson, Virginia Grey, Margaret O'Brien, Betsy Palmer and others reminiscing about her acting and character. Criterion include a new, 23-minute, conversation with critics Molly Haskell and Robert Polito and they discuss both the book and Michael Curtiz's 1945 film. I enjoyed seeing a 1/4 hour excerpt from a 1970 episode of The David Frost Show featuring Crawford and a 24-minute Q&A with actor Ann Blyth from 2006, presented by Marc Huestis and conducted by film historian Eddie Muller at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. There is also a 10-minute segment from a 1969 episode of the Today show featuring Mildred Pierce novelist James M. Cain and a trailer. The package contains a liner notes booklet with an essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith. A melodramatic film noir, Mildred Pierce remains a classic with fine performances, a grand Hollywood' story and details like the opening credits washing onto the screen from the ocean in the background. Criterion's Blu-ray gives the best home presentation I have yet seen and the film has a noble appeal - centered in a very special time for filmmaking and the stars of the era. Our highest recommendation! Gary W. Tooze *** ON THE DVD: Perhaps mildly saturated, this is still another excellent DVD from Warner. Like the original it still has the extras on the opposite side (Geez Warner - couldn't you have improved upon that!) and exactly the same image, audio etc. It is essentially the same disc in an amaray keep case instead of a Snapper. Arguably the best film of the boxset - Warner should have added something from the initial release - if not improving the already strong image then putting it on one dual layered DVD would have been a the way to go. out of Gary W. Tooze