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Originally Posted by M A

It's the same master so expect video to be very similar, probably a slight encoding edge on the BFI.

I think it is very likely that the audio is better on the BFI given Criterion's tagline that they have performed additional audio restoration which will have done more harm than good.

As for extras, the following are on both releases:

• "Un tournage à la champagne" 1994 compilation of outtakes from the film
• Screen Tests

The following are exclusive to the BFI:

• Jean Renoir lecture & Q&A at the National Film Theatre (1963, audio only)
• Audio commentary by film historian Philip Kemp (2003)

The following are exclusive to the Criterion:

• 1962 introduction by director Jean Renoir
• Interview with Renoir scholar Christopher Faulkner
• Interview with producer Pierre Braunberger from 1979
• Video Essay by Christopher Faulkner on Renoir’s methods

Brilliant. Thanks.