This is a spectacular picture. In my opinion it is much more convincing than Malena.

Pro-B

I´m very much looking forward to watch it. It was DVDTalk´s review that somewhat motivated the purchase. ;)

Besides, this year I´ve been collecting titles, which either have scenes or entirely are shot in Italy - English movies as well as Italian movies.

A few more will be bought today:

La Notte di San Lorenzo a.k.a Night of the Shooting Stars
Il Ladro di bambini a.k.a The Stolen Children
L'uomo delle stelle a.k.a The Star Maker
Night on Earth
Mediterraneo

The count now: 36 titles.

FYI - Yesasia is running a sale on Korean TV series at the moment.

Picked up:

Damo: The Undercover Lady Detective (45% off) series
Im Kwon Taek Collection
- Come, Come, Come Upwards
- Sopyonje
- Taebaek Mountains
- Festival
- Chunhyang
General's Son - also by Kwon-taek

Great, Italian cinema has the largest share in my collection (surely shocked a few people here who might have thought that it is French cinema :).

A few quick notes:

Avoid the R4 of Mediterraneo, get the Optimum. Night of the Shooting Stars isn't 16/9. The Star Maker has a good transfer, The Stolen Children is slightly above average.

Could I suggest also Tornatore's latest. Great, and beautiful, Valeria Golino:
http://xploitedcinema.com/catalog/sc...e-p-11920.html

Speaking of Mrs. Golino you should definitely pick Respiro (the Italian disc has DTS and it English friendly but the r1 is very cheap, don't remember how good the Tartan is). Texas is also nice but the R2-Italian disc isn't English friendly.

I believe I recommended Amatemi (Love Me) in another thread already but here's another :up: I really liked this picture. Very modern, great ambient soundtrack, outstanding Isabella Ferrari. English-friendly.
http://www.dvd.it/page/dett/arti/280...A/amatemi.html

A mandatory purchase for you should be Valerio Zurlini's double set. No Shame-USA stopped releasing and sooner or later this disc will be OOP. Violent Summer is not to be missed (in fact thematically the film will be in tune with The Second Wife...a young boy falls for a beautiful older woman...).
http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_ite...archID=3599336

You probably already have Marco Giordana's La Meglio...The Best of Youth but I am pretty sure you don't have his Cannes follow-up Quando Sei Nato...(excellent picture and a great disc to own, English-friendly):
http://www.dvd.it/page/dett/arti/280...sconderti.html

Also, Le Bambole...some of the sexiest European actresses of the 60s in some of the, well...you get the picture. I love these gems:
http://xploitedcinema.com/catalog/le...e-p-11173.html

The new restored disc of La Tera Trema from Ripley-Italia is a gem as well.

I also see that Optimum have ported Il Caimano for the UK market. I really liked this film for its brash, anti-Berlusconi tongue. Though I am an AC Milan fan (back from the late 70s when they were about even with Inter).
http://www.dvd.it/page/dett/arti/615...82_dvd%29.html

Artificial Eye's release of Paolo Sorentino's The Family Friend you should also own. I very much enjoyed this film (avoid the Italian disc, not English-friendly).
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Frien...9835563&sr=8-1

Ozpetek, the Italian Turk, has his latest out as well: Saturno Contro.

Stefano Pasetto's Tartarughe sul dorso with Barbora Babulova is also a film I strongly recommend. I made the mistake to see this on a really fuzzy Russian disc, and o boy, did I hate the transfer. The Italian disc is English-friendly.
http://www.dvd.it/page/dett/arti/297...sul_dorso.html

Speaking of Babulova and Ozpetek I hope you already own his Cuore Sacro. I believe Optimum also brought this one to the UK. Italian disc is English friendly.
http://www.dvd.it/page/dett/arti/266...ore_sacro.html

Babulova's Le Spettatrice (can you tell how much I like her) is also a fabulous disc to own. The Italian disc is English-friendly but there is also an Aussie release which is part of their Italian Festival boxset.
http://www.dvd.it/page/dett/arti/242...ettatrice.html

Not an Italian production but with one of the sexiest Italian stars around Laura Morante, Alain Resnais' latest Private Fears in Public Places was just released with a great transfer in the US (French release is also English-friendly):
http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_ite...archID=3821990

Carlo Sigon's La Cura del Gorilla is also a great laugh. I think I had a thread here somewhere (of course English-friendly):
http://www.dvd.it/page/dett/arti/494...l_gorilla.html

I've also enjoyed a great deal La Visita with Sandra Milo. Top-notch disc indeed:
http://www.dvd.it/page/dett/arti/462...la_visita.html

Finally L'aria Salata has been a great seller in Italy with very strong reviews from the critics (English-friendly):
http://www.internetbookshop.it/dvd/8...IA-SALATA.html

I forgot to mention, you should consider this UK disc as well even though it isn't anamorphic: the great Adua e Le Compagne. In my opinion one of the best Italian productions from the 60s (cameo from Marcello).
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adua-e-Compa...9837460&sr=1-2

Quale Amore, I raved so much about it on this forum, is also a mandatory buy. Beautiful and very intelligent rendition on Leo Tolstoy's classic. Italian disc is English-friendly:
http://www.dvd.it/page/dett/arti/845...ale_amore.html

...there are more to list but I am too tired to type now....:)

Ciao,
Pro-B

Tank you very much for post. Plenty of titles to look for. That should keep me busy for a while.

Troy - Director's Cut (USA Region 1)
Tekkonkinkreet (UK PAL)
The Office Season 3 (USA Region 1)
Superman Doomsday (USA Region 1)
Fragil (Spain PAL)
Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón (Spain PAL)
Ulysses 31 Complete Series (Spain PAL)
Tirante el Blanco (Spain PAL)
El Ratón Pérez (Spain PAL)
El Guerrero Sin Nombre (Spain PAL)
Fantastic 4 Extended Version (Spain PAL)
The Aristocats (France PAL)
Animal House (France PAL)

Terminator trilogy 6-disc box-set (Australia)
Aragami (Australia)
R-Point (Korean LE)
Arang (Korean LE)
Memento Mori (Korean 6-disc LE)

Secret Sunshine (Korea LE)

Got the 2 disc set of this;

http://ngaboca.typepad.com/photos/un...zed/dealer.jpg

Feast Unrated R1
Bangkok Dangerous R2
The Hitcher SE R2
Pre-orders: Blade Runner Final Cut R2
Gilmore Girls Season 7 R1

Reprise - R2 Norway

Reazione a Catena a.k.a. Bay of Blood (R0 Italy)

Potemkine.Fr

Requiem Pour Un Massacre


Play.com

Tribe Series 1-3 (Bruce Parry) - Preorder (Superb BBC series)
Dave Gahan - Hourglass (CD/DVD) - Preorder

Amazon.uk
Naruse (MoC Box Set)
Suzhou River
Trilogy - The Weeping Meadow

CDWow
Company of Wolves
The Killing Fields
The Last Emeror
Twilight Samurai

DVD Asian

Sway (Yureru) R3
Waiting In the Dark R3
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1-disc ed.) R3

Wanted to get Secret Sunshine, too, but I'm hoping for a pared-down edition or a sale sometime, as $30 is a bit much.

Hi,

Having used this forum to start my foray into Region 3 film, and for some reason gotten out of the habit of looking for/buying R3 films (don't ask) over the last three years, I was wondering if anyone here could give me some pointers as to what I should get to rekindle the R3 love?

It obviously must have been released within the last three years (already have over 80 R3's of the usual suspects on my shelf).

Any pointers would be most gratefully received - ta!

Korea Land! Chickey, you might want to begin a new thread on this ...

But bad news first .. tough market to get popular films as they go OOP very quickly and never return. 3 years is plenty of time for that to happen. So be prepared to spend ..

But in the meanwhile, what are the "usuals" that you speak of? Give up a little get that much more in return.

Usuals, meaning mostly recognisable films like my sassy girl, JSA, ditto, il mare, christmas in august, infernal affairs, sympathy for mr vengeance, my wife is a ganster, attack the gas station, taegukgi, barking dogs never bite, bichunmoo, the classic, memento mori, memories of murder etc. You know, the 'usuals'!

I went through a phase of nothing but R3. So, I was just wondering if anyone had any recommendations as to R3 films to get that I have missed over the last three years.

Sorry if I seem to be thread grabbing - let me know and I will start a new one if that is more appropriate. Thanks.

Amazon.co.uk
Nostalgia
La Promesse/Rosetta
The Son
Black Cat, White Cat
Underground
Lukas Moodysson Box Set

:toast: Great choices! How much was Black Cat, White Cat, out of curiosity?

Great titles. I already owned La Promesse/Rosetta and Lukas Moodysson Box Set, but thanks to your post I found out that The Son, Black Cat, White Cat and Underground were on sale so I just ordered those. I love Nostalgia too, but I'm waiting for a better release.

I recently also received the following from Amazon UK:

The Return [2003]
La Separation [1994]
Romeo, Juliet And Darkness [1960]
Knights Of The Teutonic Order [1960]
Silence (AKA Chinmoku) [1971]

£7.97

Amazon has discounted a good number of Artificial Eye releases. I was hoping to pick up Werckmeister Harmonies and Satantango but those will have to wait.

The Wraith (1986) -- REGION 4 (ezydvd.com)

Did you notice that Satantango, Nostalgia, and the Lukas Moodysson Box Set were all 4-for-the-price-of-3 titles? I picked up Santantango, Come and See, Das Boot (Miniseries) and Innocence with this sale last month.

Sums that up .. and yes, I agree.

As for films, here are some that I have enjoyed the most (PM me - or start another Korean film thread if you want more in depth insight about any of them):

Cruel Winter Blues (Drama/Gangster/Self Discovery) 4.5/5
Sunflower (Drama/Gangster/Self Discovery) 4/5
Bittersweet Life, A (Drama/Gangster/Revenge/Action) 4.5/5
Bloody Ties (Drama/Gangster/Suspense) 4/5
Welcome to Dongmakgol (Drama/Thriller/Comedy/War) 4/5
Host, The * (Drama/Horror - Monster) 4/5
R Point (Horror - Supernatural/Drama/War) 4/5
3-Iron (Drama/Romance/Peculiar) 4.5/5
Be With You (Drama/Romance/Afterlife) 5/5 Japanese film
Joze, the Tiger and the Fish * (Drama/Romance/Handicap) 4/5 Japanese film
Last Life in the Universe * (Drama/Romance/Dreamlike) 4/5 Japanese film
Traces of Love (Drama/Romance/Afterlife) 4/5
Vibrator * (Drama/Romance) 4/5 Japanese Film
Sad Movie (Drama/Romance) 4/5
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (Drama/Revenge/Dark Comedy) 5/5
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (Drama/Oddball) 4/5
200 Pounds Beauty * (Comedy/Romance) 3.5/5
Please Teach Me English (Comedy/Romance/Goofball) 4/5
My Little Bride (Comedy/Romance/Cute) 4/5
Windstruck * (Comedy/Drama/Romance/Thriller) 3/5 - mixed results on this one

Basically, just about any of the Korean films (and some Japanese films released in Korea) I would recommend. Check out my collection link below ...

*edit* Films marked with a * come with the OST CD!