Ted Todorov
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Also, unlike previous MK2 releases, you do realise the upcoming edition of The 400 Blows WILL NOT have English subtitles. Irritating, as the previous Truffaut discs had subtitles for EVERYTHING - commentaries, extras, etc., it is a huge shame, as the French version looked set to trounce the Criterion edition with an anamorphic PAL transfer, commentary by Robert Lachenay, scholarly introductions, an early short film by Truffaut and a mass of archival footage (including interviews and footage from the legendary Cannes premiere).
In fact both us were wrong: it DOES have English subtitles, as do all six new Truffaut DVDs from MK2. See this menu screen shot from The 400 Blows: http://www.musicbox.fr/cgi-bin/music...012131_01;1306
There are similar shots available from all the other DVDs as well. So it looks like Criterion has in fact been trounced.
I can see why all the wrong info and confusion started: the back of the box (which also available at http://www.musicbox.fr/ ) is very poorly & ambiguously worded. musicbox.com interpret it as meaning an English dub with French subtitles, but when you look at the actual menus, musicbox.com are plainly wrong.
Ted