Beautiful graphic, Klick!

I have no idea why Black would aim for a position in which his king-side is completely undeveloped and he has no concrete attack that I can see.  Other than that, I can't explain why the position you show hasn't been played.  

(I don't think trading the only two pieces Black has developed on c2 for a R+P after Rd2 is an attack.  White also has the very boring Ne1 when Black still has no real claim to equality.)

Well I had in mind the analysis given by Watson in his "Play the French".  I don't have access to that now.  It's a great book so if you don't have it you should get it.  I think one idea involved playing ...Nb4 but I can't remember the details unfortunately.

I should also mention Chesspublishing.com has some suggestions for Black in this variation (4...Bg4) as well as analysis on 4...Nf6, 4...Bd6, 4...Nc6, as well as 4...c5.

I think every move you listed gives Black an equal game if followed up correctly.  I have both played and studied 4.Nf3 but I don't think White can expect any advantage with it.  I never looked at 4...Bf5, but it wouldn't surprise me if that were fully adequate as well, it is a natural move.  If I were Black playing for the win I think I would lean towards 4...Bg4.  Black has improvements over what Kasparov faced years ago.

[quote author=Uberdeker link=1148915570/0#1 date=1148921628]In Alekhine's opinion, Black always has the chance to complicate the game in the French Exchange, despite White's peaceful intentions.
4. ...Bd6 usually followed by ...Kte7/...c6/...Bf5 or ...Bg4 in some order should give Black a good game.
4. ...Bg4 is also an enterprising continuation, though I vaguely recall reading somewhere that it has certain specific drawbacks. Should take a closer look sometime.

From the viewpoint of fighting for the initiative with Black, I regard 4. Bd3 as being more troublesome than 4. Ktf3. [/quote]

Here I fully agree. 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Bd6 6.Nge2 Qh4!? or Qe7 followed by Bg4 and castling queenside is a plan, which came from Alekhine. It is sharp and Black has done well in practice. After 4.Nf3 I prefer Bf5. As this is not rubbish, I have not voted. It cannot be bad to activate the only problem piece.
I think 4.c4 is White's best try, but then play is certainly not symmetrical and boring anymore.

And by the way Martino, I don`t agree that it`s boring   

4.Nf3 I think is the only serious way for White to play the exchange variation. I dont like saying it but probably 4...Nf6 is objectively best after we wade through all the subjective bias us French fans have

Its the boring choice from White...proceed