Sound:
The film is presented, as it should be, in it's original French language with easy to read English subtitles. Mixed in Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, it's a pretty solid track with some decent mild surround effects coming from the left and right channels. The score comes through nicely, with the music balanced properly against the dialogue and the sound effects, one never really overpowering the other at any given time.

Extras:
The good news is that Miramax have ported over all of the supplements from the fine R2 release that came out a couple of years ago, the bad news is that they've added nothing else in terms of supplements which means that those who already own that release really don't have much of a reason to upgrade.

At any rate, first up is a running director's commentary (subtitled in English) from Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who handles this chore alone with out the aid of his co-director, Marc Caro, who apparently hates commentary tracks and for that reason did not participate. Jeunet is interesting to listen to and talks about a lot of the themes and ideas that the pair wanted to work into the film and his feelings on how they turned out in the final product. He also covers how, when it was all said and done, he and Caro realized that they'd made a film that had scenes in it that might be familiar, maybe a little too familiar, to a few specific older movies though he states that this is completely coincidental.

There is also a great making of featurette entitled Fine Cooked Meats: A Nod To Delicatessen which is a retitled version of the Fine Slices (and Delicacies) from Diane Bertrand making of documentary that was on the PAL release. It's presented here in French (with easy to read English subtitles) and it runs about thirteen minutes long. For a shorter piece, there is quite a bit of interesting information and gives us a nice look at the filmmakers in action. The most interesting part is seeing how some of the locations and sets were shot and how the filmmakers got the 'perfect look' that they were going for with this project. This clocks in at thirteen and a half minutes in length and is well worth checking out, if only for the sequences where they need to shoot in and around water.

The other main extra is an almost nine minute clip of 'Archive Footage from the archives of Jean-Pierre Jeunet' which is a compilation of screen tests and rehearsals presented here for more for completions sake than anything else as they're really not all that interesting. Those who enjoy watching people read lines in front of a camera half heartedly might get a kick out of it and it's nice to see it here but it doesn't add much to the package overall though some of the location footage is very cool.

Rounding out the extra features are a theatrical trailer for the film, a handful of Delicatessen teasers spots, animated menus, and chapter stops.

Final Thoughts:
If you were patient and didn't spring for the PAL release of the film, then this domestic release from Miramax of Delicatessen comes highly recommended. Those who own the other disc won't find much reason to upgrade here but those who don't should enjoy the supplements and the very nice audio and video presentation that the film has received...