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ADDITION: Kino Blu-ray (February 2020): Kino have transferred Claude Chabrol's Line of Demarcation (La ligne de démarcation) to Blu-ray. It is from a "Brand New 4K Restoration"... and looks like it. This black and white film looks beautiful with deep rich black levels, well-layered contrast, grain textures and pleasing detail in the close-ups. The 1080P presentation in the original 1.66:1 aspect ratio is unblemished and almost looks brand new at times. An impressive HD video.

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On their Blu-ray, Kino use a DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel mono track (16-bit) in the original French language. Line of Demarcation has fairly passive film requirements and a score by Pierre Jansen (Claude Chabrol's The Third Lover, Ophelia, Ten Days Wonder, Le Boucher, La femme infidèle and Les Biches to name a few) sounding very supportive and the film's audio has clean, consistent, audible dialogue. Kino offer optional English subtitles (see sample below) on their Region 'A' Blu-ray.

With the Kino Blu-ray we are privileged to have another optional audio commentary by Samm Deighan who cites Line of Demarcation as an important, neglected, title - because it was made during one of the most ignored periods of Chabrol's career. The director works in moral grey areas that seem to permeate his films... she sees less of Hitchcock and more Fritz Lang in Chabrol's work and spends much of the commentary making a great case for that keen observation. She states that she finds Chabrol one of the most exciting filmmakers of the 20th century - I agree in that he is subtle and endlessly watchable. She goes on to analyze how characters are often not so much good or bad - but just trying to survive. Chabrol's non-judgmental expression is referenced in some of his other films. It's another fabulous commentary by Samm and there are trailers of other films also included.

Claude Chabrol is our most reviewed director here at DVDBeaver. Yet, like The Third Lover, we hadn't covered Line of Demarcation (La ligne de démarcation) as it is rarely shown and unjustly discussed. This is a GREAT film! The 4K restored Kino Blu-ray is a fantastic package - a less-exposed Chabrol effort - with HD a/v and a brilliant Samm Deighan commentary! Absolutely recommended!

Gary Tooze