Giles

A question was posed in the DVD Talk forum as to what the best Region 1 discs were. I was wondering what people here in this forum consider to be the best non Region 1 releases of the year are. Mine so far:

1. Spirited Away (even though flawed with a transfer issue)
2. Futurama Season 2
3. Sleeping Beauty (2-Disc French DTS edition)
4. Monsters Inc (2-Disc DTS edition)
5. Amelie (2-Disc DTS edition)
6. Battle Royale: Special Edition (2 Disc UK 'Tin' edition)

Others?

stingo

Yes, I too thought Amelie R2 was a very good DVD. Unfortunately, I don't have many recent releases so can't comment much. I will say that Red Dwarf, Season I (R2) would be on that list. Going to buy it for Christmas!

cirrus888

Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance is a great package and film to boot.

Shiv Shankly

I would have put Spirited Away on my list, but the transfer screw-up negates any qualities it might otherwise have. My favorites would be:

Red Dwarf Season One (UK)
Godzilla-Mothra-King Ghidorah: Etc (Jpn 3 disc set)
The Italian Job (UK)
Salo (France)
Battle Royale (UK alternate cut version)

Hopefully, the Japanese releases of Kurosawa's Dreams and Takahata's Pom Poko will make my list as well when they come out next month. Not to mention the first wave of Shaw Bros films coming out in a couple weeks.

babka

German 2-DVD set of the Fifth Element!
UK 2-dvd set of Crimson Rivers
French 3-DVD set of Man Who Wasnt there (The Barber)
French 2-dvd set of Mulholland Drive
Uk special edition of Drive

Doc Moonlight

STRAW DOGS SE, far and away the best DVD released this year in any region (IMHO, of course)

jtkv

By R1, you prabably mean US release, so I say the Canadian 3-disc R1 release of Brotherhood Of The Wolves is great.


J.T.

stingo

Let me add bfi's Nosferatu to the list...

mlindber

1. JSA- Joint Security Area
2. Friend Limited Edition Tin
3. Battle Royale Special Edition (Korean version)
4. Project A (Platinum Edition)
5. The Killer (HKL)

That's all I can think of right now.

axolotls return

What's wrong with Spirited Away transfer? Mine looks real nice.

Heliosphann

Both the Spirited Away R2 Japan and R3 HK/Taiwan releases have the dreaded RED TINT SYNDROME! Which is exactly as it sounds, there is a reddish tint on the picture.

The Korean R3 release that's out Dec 7th will not have the tint though... That's the release I"m going to pick up. I can't wait long enought for a R1 release!

Zeratul1000

Black Hawk Down (France)

axolotls return

Thanks. I did remember reading that. I guess I was too enveloped in the movie to notice.

Dragonslayer

The R2 "All That Jazz"!!

babka

Our region 1 counterpart is to have 3 discs!

Gypo66

I'll second those nominations for the UK Straw Dogs and the French Sleeping Beauty, and I'll throw in the beautiful new Mondo Macabro editions of Alucarda and The Vampire.

Also, was the Italian DVD of The Leopard this year or last year? Same question for the UK editions of Three Colours: Red, White & Blue. All of 'em definitely deserve Best Of status.

And how about Best EVER international discs? If that's the case, let's not forget the French DVDs of Fantomas and my all time fave, El Dorado (no, it's not the Disney thingie)....

Civic2oo1

1. JSA- Joint Security Area
2. Friend Limited Edition Tin
3. Battle Royale Special Edition (Korean version)
4. Project A (Platinum Edition)
5. The Killer (HKL)

That's a great list.

stingo

It was my first instinct to include the Three Colors Trilogy, but I checked and it was released in 2001. Awesome set though regardless.

I was looking at getting The Leopard from dvd.it - was wondering about the transfer.

Gypo66

The Leopard is an absolute must-have. The film's been very nicely restored and presented in a widescreen anamorphic transfer that, while not perfect by any stretch, is pretty damned gorgeous. Tons of extras too.

mlindber

Thanks. I also picked up Take Care of My Cat (Korean film), which I absolutely loved. That definitely makes it in my top 10. Course, I haven't bought 10 "new" international DVDs this year.

mdm67

Hi there
my choice is rather easy since it's a release of the best movie of an underrated director, Marco Ferreri, the title is Dillinger è morto - Dillinger is dead

Gypo66

So, do tell... what's this edition of Dillinger è morto like, and just where the heck did you find it??

mdm67

Hi Gypo66
it's a region 2 - Italy - release.
3 audio tracks: italian, english and french
2 subtitles: italian and english
the audio track is mono
extras: intreviews with Bazzini - the co-writer - and Vulpiani - the director of photography.
I haven't received the DVD yet, so this is all I can tell you.

mdm67

Gypo66

Sounds interesting, but I still can't locate it on dvdland.it. Where did you get yours?

Beowulf99

Nobody else will agree with this list, but what the hell! All are UK discs.

1) I'm Alan Partridge (2-disc edition, BBC)
2) Ghostwatch (BBC)
3) Ed Wood
4) The Killer (HKL)
5) Brass Eye


Dave