Archival clips from television broadcasts found within this disc’s features also suggest this is the intended look, and even if the clips end up presenting what I would say is more of a blue tint it still all leads to a look similar to what's delivered here, just bluer. One aspect to that footage making it questionable, though, is the fact it's in rough condition, looking far darker, and it's hard to say if the colours have deteriorated through the years. The look of the film overall does appear to be going for a “black-and-white in colour” type of appearance, similar to Le cercle rouge, and that appropriately desaturated look is effectively delivered through the grading on this disc. The only aspect I do question a little bit, and it's one I find myself questioning frequently, is the presentation’s colours, which lean a green-ish/yellow-ish hue, differing from the natural look presented on the HVE DVD. The screen grabs show that it's not up to par with a couple of other recent Criterion releases (like Written on the Wind) but I can't say it impacted the picture while watching it, even looking fine in darker sequences. On screen the encode also looks good and grain is mostly clean. Details are crisp and clear and there’s a nice texture to everything, a silk robe on one character looking particularly lifelike with a nice-looking sheen on it to boot. In general, it’s a nice-looking image, the restoration having cleaned things up impeccably, all damage and marks appearing to have been erased. Encoded at 1080p/24hz, the presentation is sourced from a new 4K restoration performed by StudioCanal, scanned from the 35mm original camera negative. Klein makes a return to home video in North America through a new Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection, presenting the film in its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1 on a dual-layer disc. With the previous Home Vision Entertainment DVD long out-of-print, Joseph Losey’s Mr.

Mr. Klein 1976 casino 1995 poster