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ADDITION: Code Red Blu-ray (September 2021): Code Red have transferred Yves Boisset's The French Conspiracy to Blu-ray. It is cited as being from a "4K Restoration from the Original Camera Negative". There is a green bias in the interior sequences but it generally looks appealing with fine grain texture, pleasing detail in close-ups and occasional depth. It's also fairly clean without marks or frequent speckles and the HD presentation is smooth in motion. There are a few minor inconsistencies but aside from the 'green' indoor shots - it was a solid.

I sampled some of the, 25-minute shorter, English DUB version (not seamlessly-branched) and the 1080P quality seems on par.

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On their Blu-ray, Kino / Code Red use a DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel track (16-bit) in the original French language and the same encode for the, separately rendered, English DUB version. The French Conspiracy has requirements (brawl, torture, gunfire etc.) for depth but they come through fairly moderately. Fans may appreciate the score by iconic Ennio Morricone (Who Saw Her Die?, The Black Belly of the Tarantula, The Fifth Cord, Luna, Danger Diabolik, Two Mules For Sister Sara, A Bullet for the General, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, U Turn, Stay As You Are etc. etc.) sounding supportive of the suspense and thriller components. Kino / Code Red offer optional English subtitles, for the French version only, on their Region 'A' Blu-ray.

The Kino / Code Red Blu-ray offers no extras aside from the English DUB'ed cut that comes with this disclaimer; "The following is a reconstruction of the U.S. release version of L'attentat. It was sourced from a variety of elements and is not an exact representation of The French Conspiracy." So take that for what it's worth.

Yves Boisset's The French Conspiracy is an excellent political-crime-thriller. It has a veritable 'who's who' of French stars; unflinching Jean-Louis Trintignant, intense Michel Piccoli, loyal Jean Seberg, Michel Bouquet (bourgeois lawyer), Philippe Noiret (TV exec.) etc. - and throw in a DUBB'ed Roy Scheider! - They just need Belmondo (RIP), Jean Gabin and Lino Ventura. It's a shame there wasn't a commentary instead of the largely superfluous English DUB version. It is loosely based on the Ben Barka Affair - the Moroccan politician was an opponent of French Imperialism and King Hassan II, and he was "disappeared" in Paris in 1965. It was strongly referenced, in the film, that he was murdered (assassinated) via a complicit CIA. It was eventually determined, in 2018, to be Moroccan agents and French police, who covertly disposed of the body. The French Conspiracy was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it garnered the Silver Prize. It stays at an even keel with no easily identifiable 'white hats' - they all look to have some villainous corruption with Trintignant being the least susceptible. The script was penned by Jorge Semprun - who wrote Costa-Gavras' Z - of which The French Conspiracy frequently evokes. I was very impressed with the film and the, essentially bare-bones, Code Red Blu-ray allowed me to see it in 1080P. The film is strongly recommended!

Gary Tooze