World Cinema sale at Bensons
 

Hey I just noticed that Bensons Wrold has a world cinema sale going right now. All the titles are 11.99 and include the Tartan Bergman dvds, Ring series, Idiots, Code Unknown and quite a few others. Check it out at the link.

http://www.bensonsworld.co.uk/tartan_a.htm

These guys are killing my wallet. :)

aargh... so many choices, so little money
(so where's my credit card?)


Hemulen

Hehe, YES!!!!! KILL MY WALLET KILL MY WALLET KILL MY WALLET!!!!

Sheet!, Sheet! another sale!!! are there any ones on that list that should be first choices? I seem some Artificial Eye releases there which I would go for since AE released them but I don't know anything about the films.

Is that a good version of "Dobermann"? Or is it cut?

thank you for posting this ! i was going to do it myself :)

it'd be great to know what titles on the sales list are worth getting.

This is a good deal for Lars Von Trier's "The Idiots." I actually bought that from Bensons a while back. It is the uncut version, opposed to the R0 version from Japan.

Anyone have feedback on these versions of Ring and Ring 0?

The ones on the list I think should be avoided or have releases in the US already. Dvds with * are best from the UK.
Audition - The German has the best picture and the US dvd has a lot of extras.
Battle Royale - The Tartan NTSC dvd or the upcoming directors cut special edition are probably both better than this. Also there is the upcoming Korean directors cut.
Place Vendome - Has a new anamorphic dvd in the US from Wellspring. I don't know what the quality is like, but the UK dvd seems like it's non anamorphic.
Time Regained - Has a US release, but neither the UK or US are anamorphic from what can tell. I don't know which has better video.
*Affliction - US dvd is non anamorphic and doesn't sound too hot in the image department. The UK dvd is anamorphic and is probably the way to go
*Code Unknown - US dvd is non anamorphic and no extras. The UK dvd has quite a few extras(27 min making of and other interviews) and is anamorphic
Cries and Whispers - Cirterion dvd is available from US and has some very good extras.
*Tetsuo 1 and 2 - I'm pretty sure I read on Asian Dvd Guide that these were better than the US releases from Manga, but don't hold me to it.
Wild Strawberries - Criterion avialbale in the US with great extras.
Terrorist - I don't know what is the best version.
*Freezer(Freeze Me) - I think the US dvd is supposed to be the best, but I can't rember for sure. I might have just heard about the US dvd compared to HK which is supposed to be a little soft.

Ichecked the BBFC site and it looks like it is uncut, but the dvd is supposed to be pretty bad. I still might pick it up though depending on how long the sale goes on for. I want to get Code Unknown, Ring 0, all the Bergman's except Cries and Whispers, Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries, Beau Travail and maybe the Tetsuo dvds.