When one reviewer gives the rating 'EXCELLENT' for the image on the Koch Lorber (US) disc, and an other reviewer writes of the Artificial-Eye (UK) disc that it's in 'quite poor condition', I wanted to find out, how much better could the US disc possible be! The difference is in the eyes, and rating system of the viewer. The source material for these two versions is exactly the same. Unfortunately the source material is an old analog tape transfer, that should rest in peace in some basement instead of being used as a master for DVD production. Both transfer are quite week and certainly doesn't give justice for these wonderful film. The Koch disc has analog combing visible. The framing, scratches and everything else is identical. I have seen these from a 35 mm film print, and the sensuality in the scenes with Dino and Dolly Bell on the attic has very little of the mood left. What a pity.

On the audio front both have the original mono sound in DD 2.0, and the Koch disc has also a false DD 5.1 mix.

Both editions have used the same interview with Emir Kusturica. The interesting thing is that the length of the interview on the AE disc is over ten minutes longer. The main difference is that the KOCH disc has only focused on the parts were Kusturica speaks about the communist regime, were the AE disc has an extended part of the interview were Kusturica explain the creating of his style and film studies in Prague. The AE disc has inserts of the film during the interview, were the KOCH disc has left the voice of an clumsy interviewer.