Criterion would never scrub an image of its originality. Whatever this is, I'm certain this is what they received from the distributor.
With a film of this importance, it really should be recalled. And if the 4k restoration looks anything like this, I'm all of destruction of the data...
One of the major French classics of any era, Marcel Carne's Children of Paradise is a brilliant film.
Purportedly "restored," I was looking forward to bathing in this film's glow.
It didn't happen.
The image is so drained of grain, that I'm not certain what to make of it...