Which editions to get? "The Stranger"

[telamonides]

Hello,

I am reading through "This is Orson Welles" at the moment and came across a bit of info while the conversation was taking place in Beverly Hills. Orson mentioned several minutes/scenes cut from the film and I was wondering if the 115 minute version of the film is the 'original' cut by Orson? I have found a few versions of this on Amazon, but would like to know what is the best quality one to get for the 115 minute cut? What is the best version to get of the 95 minute cut (assuming it is not the blu-ray)? Thank you very much!

[Jeff Wilson]

There is no 115 minute version, any such listing is a mistake. There is only the 95 minute version. The MGM DVD is the best as far as I am aware.

[telamonides]

Wow, well there are quite a few dvds listed with 115 minute run times. Thank you for heads up!

[Roger Ryan]

The MGM DVD is the best issue I've seen. The Blu-ray version is a public domain release which took a print of the film and did a digital clean-up including a lot of digital noise reduction. The result was a soft image that looks less film-like and less clear than the MGM DVD.