Recent DVD Purchases

[trevor826]

Hapiness of the Katakuri's is great entertainment, adapted from the Korean film "The Quiet Family" but with the addition of some terrific claymation, musical numbers and even more absurdity than the original, I have and enjoy both films.

Miike's contribution to Three Extremes is also far more controlled than his usual fare and is certainly better than Chan-wook Park's contribution although nowhere near as good as Fruit Chan's "Dumplings."

Dolls is Kitano's most arty movie and I've got to be honest, it's one of my favourites.

In the UK, Unknown Pleasures is packaged with the excellent Xiao Wu, I was just wondering if it was the same in the US?

You certainly purchase a great variety of DVD's wpqx.

Cheers Trev.

[wpqx]

No, in the US Unknown Pleasures was released by New Yorker, without Xiao Wu, shame for me, becuase that is the only one of Zhang-Ke's films still unavailable here (considering the World is in theaters, and Platform is being released on DVD in 9 days).

Well I asked the guy what he had from Miike, and walked away with quite a bit, feel a little ignorant of his work. Wanted to pick up Audition too, but ran a little low on money.

[wpqx]

Well first for the legitamate DVD's

Together (2002) - Lukas Moodysson
Yeelen (1987) - Souleymane Cisse

Now for my artsy crap that doesn't actually exist on DVD

Meat (1976) - Frederick Wiseman
Law and Order (1969) - Frederick Wiseman
Made in USA (1966) - Jean Luc Godard
These are the Dammed (1963) - Joseph Losey
Pixote (1981) - Hector Babenco
The Passenger (1975) - Michelangelo Antonioni

And the last few Kenneth Anger films
Innauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)
Invocation of My Demon Brother (1980?)
Lucifer Rising (1972)

I have to get through my Wiseman, Godard, and Losey but as soon as that's done, Passenger here we come. It's probably gonna suck, but I've been wanting to see it for too damn long.

[wpqx]

Sideways
Motorcycle Diaries
Audition

unfortunately for me Best Buy didn't have Oldboy, so still have to wait for that

[arsaib4]

Duck Season
Exotica
My Little Sister

[hengcs]

Hey,
I have watched Duck Season at SFIFF, but I can't recall if I have written the review or the Q&A session ...
* guilty grin *

[arsaib4]

Please re-post if you wrote something which was deleted.

[trevor826]

Just received Il Mare and Art Museum by the Zoo, both region 3 imports, reviews to follow as normal.

Cheers Trev.

[lifewarp]

Tennen Shuojo Mahn Next
One Missed Call
Man Without a Past
Bubba Ho Tep
Tears of the Black Tiger
Last Life in the Universe
Shunji Iwai collection (Picnic, Love Letters, Ghost Soup, Yentown, Lily Chou Chou, April Story, Fried Dragonfish, Hana to Alice, Undo, and Shiku Jitsu)
The Quiet Family
Attack the Gas Station
A World Without Thieves
Cyclo
Fallen Angels (vcd transfer)

And on cheap nasty old video:
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Tenue de Soiree
Map of the Human Heart
Return of the Living Dead
The Magnificant Butcher
Drifting Clouds
The Match Factory Girl

[trevor826]

Interesting collection and a huge variety lifewarp, some fine films as well.

As for me, I 've been bargain hunting again and recently picked up:

My Summer of Love
Kamikaze Girls
Windstruck
Don't Look Know
Manon des sources + a couple of others.

I'm awaiting "Be With You" through the post.

Cheers Trev.