The Criterion Collection Criterion Collection: Last Metro [Blu-ray] [1980] [US Import]

Franois Truffaut s first feature is also his most personal. Told through the eyes of Truffaut s cinematic counterpart, Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Laud), The 400 Blows sensitively re-creates the trials of Truffaut s own difficult childhood, unsentimentally portraying aloof parents, oppressive teachers, and petty crime. The film marked Truffaut s passage from leading critic to trailblazing auteur of the French New Wave.BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with an uncompressed monaural soundtrackTwo audio commentaries: one by cinema professor Brian Stonehill and another by Franois Truffaut s lifelong friend Robert LachenayRare audition footage of Jean-Pierre Laud, Patrick Auffay, and Richard KanayanNewsreel footage of Laud in Cannes for the showing of The 400 BlowsExcerpt from a TV program in which Truffaut discusses his youth, his critical writings, and the origins of AntoineTV interview with Truffaut about the global reception of The 400 Blows and his own critical impression of the filmTheatrical trailerPLUS: An essay by film scholar Annette Insdorf