ADDITION: Kino Classics - Region 'A' - Blu-ray (August 14'): Kino Classics' new 1080P transfer looks green/grey at times beside the MoC SD transfer. And the DVD can look overly blue beside the HD. Flesh tones on both vary - looking both cooler and warmer depending on the scene. Neither seem to have tight colors. The Blu-ray shows more information in the frame. Despite the inconsistency, I think the Blu-ray provided a smoother presentation touching occasionally on depth and the colors were deeper. Detail rises - you more prominently see Jobert's freckles. It has issues - but more source-related than a fault of the dual-layered, high-bitrate, transfer. Audio gets the DTS-HD Master stereo treatment at a healthy 2000 kbps. It sounds good - no score to speak of but supports the dialogue with an occasional and unusual sync issue (I recall noting this, as well, on the DVD) The English subtitles are optional and supplements include a 4-minute video appreciation by Alex Ross Perry, a 20-minute, 2008, interview with hottie Marlene Jobert (same as on the MoC) and a, lengthy, theatrical trailer. Masters of Cinema win on the extras-front.

If you haven't seen this - I rate it as a favorite Pialat film - and Marlene Jobert is pretty easy to watch. I might not suggest a double-dip, unless you are heavily PAL (speedup) sensitive - but I still recommend seeing this one - and the Blu-ray is the best presentation option.

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ON THE DVD: Thanks to Masters of Cinema for their screeners, which showed up at the same time as Passe Ton Bac D'abord.

This is another in MoC's line of Pialat films, with L'enfance nue, La gueule ouverte, and Police already available and this, Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble, and Passe Ton Bac D'abord, with Sous le soleil de Satan and À nos amours yet to come. Pialat made only ten feature length films in his career and it's such a pleasure to own and watch much of his fine work through such a competent DVD production outfit like The Masters of Cinema.

As with L'enfance nue, MoC have made use of the HD restoration from the French release - it's presented here in its original 1.66:1 aspect ratio, anamorphically enhanced and progressive, and with a very pleasing video transfer. The image is very bright - great colors - with a high level of detail. The results of the video transfer provides an impressive SD preseentation.

Audio is original mono - clear and consistent.  MoC have added thorough English subtitles.

Supplements are stacked including Pialat's 6-minute short film La Camargue - this is fairly rare and I couldn't even find a listing on IMDb. There is a 2003 interview with actress Marlène Jobert at almost 20-minutes and she still looks gorgeous. There are 1972 interviews with Pialat and Jean Yanne, including two scenes deleted from the film and a 1972 interview with François Truffaut about Pialat’s films. Included are a conversation between Pialat and associates about the film from around 1972 running about 12-minutes. We also get the original trailer, along with those for the other six Pialat titles MoC, have already or, are releasing. A solid selection of extras. The enclosed booklet is at their usual high standard - 32-pages with a new essay by critic Emmanuel Burdeau, and newly translated interviews with Pialat.

I connected much more intimately with this particular Pialat film than any of the others I've seen so far. I'd be very inclined to use the term 'masterpiece' to describe Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble. Without question, DVDBeaver gives this DVD their highest recommendation!