Flowers of Shanghai disc quality?
08-14-01, 08:16 AM
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Flowers of Shanghai disc quality?
Anyone get the new Flowers of Shanghai disc who can comment on picture quality, etc? I want to pick it up, but Fox Lorber no longer gets my money without some assurance that they haven't completely f**ked up the disc.
08-14-01, 09:48 AM
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...yeah, I know what you mean... this review of the movie has certainly whetted my appetite for the/a DVD version...
http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/flowshang.shtml
...but, like you, I'm rather leery of Fox Lorber discs...
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http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/flowshang.shtml
...but, like you, I'm rather leery of Fox Lorber discs...
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Digitally Obsessed has a review ...
http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/sho...w.php3?ID=1484
Brief summary: not great, but not as bad as Fox Lorber often has done.
Bear in mind there's also a region 0 disc (available from Poker Industries) that's pretty decent, although the subtitles are teensy.
Brief summary: not great, but not as bad as Fox Lorber often has done.
Bear in mind there's also a region 0 disc (available from Poker Industries) that's pretty decent, although the subtitles are teensy.
08-14-01, 02:30 PM
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Originally posted by Grimfarrow
Any reviews of the Puppetmaster DVD quality?
Any reviews of the Puppetmaster DVD quality?
Anyway, Flowers of Shanghai is in the next batch of dvds i'm getting to review for this here site, so I'll let you know what I think of it.
08-14-01, 02:38 PM
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Originally posted by buskerdog
um, what?
Anyway, Flowers of Shanghai is in the next batch of dvds i'm getting to review for this here site, so I'll let you know what I think of it.
um, what?
Anyway, Flowers of Shanghai is in the next batch of dvds i'm getting to review for this here site, so I'll let you know what I think of it.
Both the Puppetmaster and Flowers of Shanghai are part of Fox Lorber's restrospective discs on Hou Hsiao-Hsien. The next batch of DVDs will be Hou's "Good Men, Good Women" and "Goodbye,. South, Goodbye", to be released on 9/11/01.
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Apparently, the Puppetmaster has been given a full-frame transfer, but I've heard nothing about the quality.
And I won't be any help, because I no longer buy Fox Lorber discs sight unseen. Not after Yi Yi. Not even for Hou.
And I won't be any help, because I no longer buy Fox Lorber discs sight unseen. Not after Yi Yi. Not even for Hou.
08-14-01, 03:05 PM
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Originally posted by Richard Malloy
Apparently, the Puppetmaster has been given a full-frame transfer, but I've heard nothing about the quality.
And I won't be any help, because I no longer buy Fox Lorber discs sight unseen. Not after Yi Yi. Not even for Hou.
Apparently, the Puppetmaster has been given a full-frame transfer, but I've heard nothing about the quality.
And I won't be any help, because I no longer buy Fox Lorber discs sight unseen. Not after Yi Yi. Not even for Hou.
08-14-01, 03:17 PM
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I guess you're not familiar with Hou's works, then.
