The Crimson Rivers (Les Rivières pourpres) 4K UHD (2000) (Curzon)

[Mattmck99]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crimson-Riv.../dp/B0F8JJJWGK

Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel star in this grisly French crime thriller, co-written and directed by Mathieu Kassovitz (La Haine) and newly restored in 4K.

Two French policemen - one an experienced detective, the other a reckless rookie - are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. As more murders occur, the two cops uncover an increasing number of horrific details that all point to a dark conspiracy.

EXTRAS:

• New interviews with Thierry Arbogast and Jean-Christophe Grangé
  
• Commentary with Mathieu Kassovitz, Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel
  
• The Investigation - a behind-the scenes documentary
  
• Featurettes
  
• Original Theatrical Trailer

[nicwood]

Nice surprise! Here are my thoughts on the master and the Gaumont 4K.

I think the old transfer is pretty good, so this new UHD is only a smaller upgrade but not insubstantial. Color grading is excellent without any lab tints and the encoding is good but not spectacular as a couple of exteriors they shot with finer-grained stock are dangerously close to collapsing due to lower bitrates (the film is often in the 30-40 MB range) and mild artifacts are visible, but no need to worry, this is fine work and can definitely be enjoyed. I checked in DV and HDR10 and couldn’t see a difference, which I take as a positive. Chroma noise is also not a problem.

[odlid]

I have this from Kino and Imprint and not liking my chances of being able to resist this.

[ronand]

I just received my Gaumont disc on Monday and haven't even looked at it yet...

[fuzzymctiger]

Fantastic, this has been on my watchlist for some time and that art is gorgeous

[trespoochies]

Originally Posted by odlid

I have this from Kino and Imprint and not liking my chances of being able to resist this.

Likewise. Now this will be added to my collection.

[odlid]

I also have the Shout Factory Crimson Rivers 2, which I assume would not end up as a UHD disc.

Special Features and Technical Specs:
4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM BY GAUMONT
NEW interviews with Thierry Arbogast and Jean-Christophe Grang�
Audio Commentary with Mathieu Kassovitz, Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel
The Investigation - a behind-the scenes documentary
Featurettes
Original Theatrical Trailer
In French, with English subtitles

Reading this having English subtitles will mean me triple dipping, I think.

[Jorvic]

Been quite some time since I last saw this. Will almost certainly be buying it though. Two really good actors. Always liked Vincent Cassel's work in particular. Look forward to the rewatch in 4K.

[VincentLord]

I’m glad that this has all the supplements of the Gaumont version. I didn’t get the French limited edition and they have the bad habit of omitting the blu-ray and thus most of the special features in regular releases, as they did here, so I’ll happily pick this release up instead sometime. I like the cover a lot as well.

[Nocheduro]

Originally Posted by nicwood

Nice surprise! Here are my thoughts on the master and the Gaumont 4K.

I wonder if this will improve on the Gaumont encode.

[nicwood]

Originally Posted by Nocheduro

I wonder if this will improve on the Gaumont encode.

If Curzon use VDMS again, which I hope and assume at this point, I think it will.

[Henrik H]

This will be a blind buy,I've only read good things about this movie and am aware that Matthieu Kassovits directed 'Gothika' with Halle Berry.
I was very impressed with his acting in the French spy series 'The Bureau' ('Le Bureau des Légendes') and I recommend this if you haven't already watched this.
This Curzon release has got a very nice front cover,but I am definitely not a fan of the upside down spine from this label,same sh*t happened with the 'Paris,Texas' release.
I'm going for the French release as it got English subs,still hoping for a 4K release of the sequel.

[RossyG]

Originally Posted by Henrik H

I've only read good things about this movie

I had the original DVD back in the day and upgraded to the Gaumont 4K. I really like it but it’s still flawed as a film.

I think the star Vincent Cassell summed up what was wrong with it at the time.

“I can't help explain the film because I didn't understand it! We cut out everything in the film that was explanatory, therefore 'boring' [according to the director]. You end up with a film that's not boring but you don't understand it [at] all.”