I already have the Japanese DVD release of Betty Blue, but the US release is the “Unrated Director’s Cut”, which is supposed to have some restored and extra scenes. It’s less than $10, so I ordered it. I remember seeing this movie at the Bijou Theater in Hermosa Beach when it came out. I was really looking forward to Jean-Jacques Beineix’s follow-up film to Diva, which is my all-time favorite movie. Betty Blue is definitely up there in my list of favorite movies as well, and has much of the same style as Diva, but the story is completely different. It’s got a lot more mature scenes (the opening scene is a pretty graphic love scene), and the story has a lot of situations that aren’t appropriate for kids. Nothing violent, but just things that kids wouldn’t understand. Anyway, the film is shot beautifully, with excellent use of color and dreamy locations. The acting is great, there are good comic situations as well as serious ones, and to top it off, the soundtrack is fantastic.