Editing Love Affair (1939 film) (section)

==Availability==
In 1967, the film entered the [[List of films in the public domain in the United States|public domain in the United States]] because the claimants did not renew its [[copyright registration]] in the 28th year after publication.<ref>{{cite journal |first=David |last=Pierce |date=June 2007 |title=Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain  |journal=Film History: An International Journal |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=125–43 |issn=0892-2160 |oclc=15122313 |jstor=25165419 |doi=10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125 |s2cid=191633078 }}</ref> Because of this, the film is widely available on home video and online. The film can be downloaded legally for free on the [[Internet Archive]]. However, since the only film prints available were in lower-resolution 16mm (along with poor quality web video), in 2020 the Museum of Modern Art and Lobster Films (Paris) worked on a new 4K version created from film elements that MoMA had in its archives.<ref name="criterion"/>{{Additional citation needed|date=July 2023|reason=The Criterion website mentions the film was restored by MoMA and Lobster Films, but additional source is needed to support the claims about the previous prints and the restoration date.}}

The [[Criterion Collection]] released this newly restored version on [[Blu-ray]] and [[DVD]] in February 2022.<ref name="criterion">{{cite web|title=Love Affair|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/32533-love-affair|website=[[The Criterion Collection]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608194502/https://www.criterion.com/films/32533-love-affair|archive-date=June 8, 2023|url-status=live|access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Best of Criterion's New Releases: February 2022|date=March 4, 2022|work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/criterion-collection/criterion-new-releases-february-2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601233553/https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/criterion-collection/criterion-new-releases-february-2022|archive-date=June 1, 2023|url-status=live|access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref>