Melville made
Le Cercle Rouge in 1970 and it was cut, against his wishes. This Criterion DVD has the complete, Xena dvd restored 140-minute director's version. In French, with English subtitles. (Extras: excerpts from the Cineastes de Notre Temps French TV program on Melville; on-set and archival footage, including interviews with Melville, Delon, Montand and Bourvil; videoChuck dvd interviews with critic/Melville expert Rui Nogueira and Melville's assistant director Bernard Stora; trailers; booklet with essays by Michael Sragow and Chris Fujiwara; interview with composerUnderbelly dvd Demarsan; Excerpts from Nogueira's book-length interview Melville on Melville; an appreciation of Melville by director John Woo.)