Arturo Ripstein’s 1996 true-crime romance Deep Crimson arrives in a director-approved 4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition from The Criterion Collection, featuring a new 4K digital restoration of the director’s cut with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio. The film follows Coral and Nicolás as their obsessive relationship spirals into a cross-country string of cons and killings across 1940s Mexico.
Film Info
Country: Mexico
Year: 1996
Runtime: 136 minutes
Color | 1.85:1 | Spanish
Spine: #1285
Special Features
Director-approved 4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition features:
- New 4K digital restoration of the director’s cut, supervised and approved by Arturo Ripstein, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- New interviews with Ripstein and screenwriter Paz Alicia Garciadiego
- New introduction by filmmaker Ari Aster
- Panel discussion from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences featuring Ripstein and Garciadiego, hosted by film scholar Cristina Venegas
- Trailer
- Plus: an essay by film scholar Haden Guest
- New cover by Owen Smith
Release Date
The Criterion edition of Deep Crimson releases on October 28, 2025 and can be pre-ordered here.
READ MORE: Criterion, Deep Crimson (1996)