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"Blue Collar" marked the directorial debut of the great Paul Schrader, whose previous credits included Martin Scorsese's classic "Taxi Driver". This semi-forgotten drama has been rescued from cinematic oblivion and restored to its rightful place on UK Blu-ray. Three friends who work at an auto plant rob their local union's safe but net only a few hundred dollars. The union, however, claims that thousands were stolen. Cue an involving and dramatic tale where friends wonder who they can trust: can they even trust each other? Richard Pryor is great in a straight role, but just as good are Harvey Keitel - barely known at the time - and the great Yaphet Kotto, already seen in Live And Let Die and later to be seen in Alien and Midnight Run, amongst many others. Unfortunately I can't comment on the quality of the Blu-ray itself because it's out of my price range, and I'm hoping to win Zavvi's review voucher so I can finally get it! The Powerhouse/Indicator label has released some great titles, but they really need to reduce the price just a little … since the arrival of Criterion in the UK, these admirable boutique labels have, sadly, adopted the Criterion route of charging ultra-high prices. Thankfully labels like Eureka are keeping prices at a reasonable level, so let's hope that the other smaller labels follow suit: we're not all mega-rich!