NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.

ADDITION: Kino Blu-ray (February 2023): Kino have transferred four Francois Truffaut films; The Wild Child (L'enfant sauvage), Small Change (L'argent de poche), The Man Who Loved Women (L'homme qui aimait les femmes) and The Green Room (La chambre verte) as part of their Francois Truffaut Blu-ray Collection. We had done ancient DVD reviews of Small Change HERE, The Man Who Loved Women HERE and The Green Room HERE of which we have compared some frame captures below. For the DVDs it's a case of 'Nolo contendere' with the higher 1080P resolution advancing in every visual facet from more information in the frame, better color balance, excellent contrast (notably The Wild Child), grain support and they are all in the correct 1.66:1 aspect ratios. Quite and upgrade for all four - two films per Blu-ray.

NOTE: We have added 100 more large resolution Blu-ray captures (in lossless PNG format) for DVDBeaver Patrons HERE

On their Blu-ray, Kino use a DTS-HD Master dual- mono track (24-bit) in the original French language. The films are fairly passive - audio-wise with none of the films carrying demonstrative aggressive sequences. Aside from minor diegetic music, the films don't have advanced scores - Vivaldi's Concerto in C Major, RV 443 in The Wild Child - Charles Trenet's Les enfants s'ennuient le dimanche in Small Change and in The Green Room; a score credited to Maurice Jaubert (Le Jour Se Leve, L'Atalante, Drole de Drame, Port of Shadows, Hotel Du Nord) all sounding clean as an upgrade from the DVDs. Kino offer optional English subtitles on their Region 'A' Blu-ray.

The Kino Blu-ray, uncharacteristically, offers only trailers for each of the four films. Unfortunately no commentaries this time.

Francois Truffaut, one of the founders of the French New Wave, has such an exceptional body of work that initiated with films like The 400 Blows (1959), Shoot the Piano Player (1960), Jules and Jim (1962). After being expelled from several schools, at age fourteen Truffaut opted for self-education with goals of watching three films a day and reading three books a week. The four films in Francois Truffaut Blu-ray Collection; The Wild Child, Small Change, The Man Who Loved Women and The Green Room are all magnificently entertaining with comedy, romance and drama. We get the unfettered joy of children, the fascination of the true events regarding the 'wild child Victor of Aveyron, saluting male obsession of the female form and, lastly, honoring and remembering the dead. Each brilliant in their own way - and I hope there are additional Francois Truffaut volumes coming soon. The, bare-bones, Kino double Blu-ray package's current prices is less than $10 a film. A strong endorsement at that bargain price.

Gary Tooze