OVERALL: Draw

The 2017 and 2022 Blue Underground editions feature a new 2K restoration in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio and new extras while the 2008 edition features an older master in the 1.66:1 aspect ratio.

GENERAL NOTES:
The film exists in two primary versions:
- the original Italian version (~119min);
- the English export version (~118min) which omits 1:14 worth of material. The missing material takes the form of two isolated scenes, one involving Anna talking on the phone to the husband of one of the murdered women, and the other featuring Anna meeting her dead lover’s mother at the airport.

*Info regarding the aspect ratio from Blue Underground from Facebook at the time of their 3-disc limited edition release:
A few people have expressed concern over the aspect ratio of our upcoming release of THE STENDHAL SYNDROME, so the Italian lab that did the new scan have provided us with some frame grabs for comparison. It’s important to note that the new 2K scan was done from the Original Camera Negative (OCN), while previous transfers were done from an Interpositive (IP). When examining the OCN, the lab found that several shots were hard-matted to 1.85:1. They performed tests on several scenes, cropping the image to both 1.85:1 and 1.66:1. The 1.85:1 framing added significant picture information on both the left and right sides, while losing only a sliver of picture on the top and/or bottom (and the shots hard-matted to 1.85:1 lost nothing).

*Do note, when originally released, the Blu-ray transfer had image compression problems. Blue Underground is currently doing a replacement program featuring a new disc that corrects this problem.
To get your replacement discs, e-mail StendhalBDreplacement@gmail.com.

CUTS:

• Blu-ray ALL America- Blue Underground - No cuts - original Italian version (119:31).
• Blu-ray ALL 3-Disc Limited Edition America- Blue Underground - No cuts - original Italian version (119:31).
• Blu-ray ALL Standard Edition America- Blue Underground - No cuts - original Italian version (119:31).
• Blu-ray ALL Canada- Blue Underground - No cuts - original Italian version (119:31).
• Blu-ray ALL 3-Disc Limited Edition Canada- Blue Underground - No cuts - original Italian version (119:31).
• Blu-ray ALL Germany- X-Rated Kult Video - No cuts - original Italian version (119:34).

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Comparison added by Nigel_Badnell on 20/04/11
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 07/07/23

UPDATE LOG:

20/04/11 Initial entry.
12/07/17 Addition of the US Blue Underground Limited Edition.
04/08/17: Added Beaver, Active and Caps-a-Holic link.
06/09/17: Added replacement program info for US Limited Edition release.
28/12/17: Added notes regarding both versions of the movie.