RE: Re-Cycle
 

the 5.1 soundtrack was quite good - but the movie's pro-life stance was very oft putting if you ask me.

Catching up a bit...

Hou Hsiao-Hsien Boxset (Chinese/Taiwanese) - back in stock, and still the more recent "blue box" version (I was hoping to get the initial release box). And for around $30 shipped, an absolute bargain.

Millennium Mambo (R4/Australia) - best looking transfer of any Hou film I've seen. I understand this wasn't necessarily embraced by longtime fans, but I love this film and I think it's as great as any of his others. In a way, I found it to be something like a millennial version of "Flowers of Shanghai".

Labyrinth of Passion (R2/UK) - OK transfer of a lousy quality print (but only DVD of this film in existence). Worth having if you're an Almodovar maniac - but IMO nowhere near as good as certain other early works like "Matador" and "What Have I Done To Deserve This?!?". And if you get the disc... be sure to watch the trailer afterwards. No spoilers, per se, but the quality of the transfer/print of the trailer is a million times better than the feature. Really makes you doubly aware of the lousy source element.

I've watched about half of them so far. Not sure how I managed to live without being region free - every day I discover wonderful new films that are unavailable in the US. Need to chill out on the spending though - even at 50% off, these titles end up being at least sixteen bucks each.

Oooooh, I LOVE "Open Hearts" and second the recommendation! My #1 film seen theatrically that year.

Taking care of another Korean fix:

The General's Son Trilogy - R3
The Show Must Go On - R3
May 18 - R3
M (preorder) - R3

Not an import, but I just picked off Oshii's Cinema trilogy (perfectly new) for $6 - Talking Head, Stray Dog and Red Spectacles.

Thinking about the new Kyung-gu film Venus and Mars but I'm left undecided until I can get some more feedback.

Just ordered "Cache". Looking forward to watching it.

Amazon.co.uk

Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down
High Heels (Amazon.uk Marketplace)

Ordered a bunch from Amazon.co.uk:

Belle de Jour
Code Unknown
Cul de Sac
Repulsion
Close Up
Life is a Miracle
Last Year at Marienbad
Three Times
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

Also, from sendit.com:
The Apu Trilogy
Werckmeister Harmonies/Damnation

And from blahdvd.com:
Satantango

The Bela Tarr and Apu Trilogy has been on my wishlist for a long time now and finally came down in price.

dvd.co.uk:

The Smoking Room - Series 1 R2
On-Bike TT Experience 2 R2

Amazon.co.uk:

The Claude Chabrol Collection - Vol. 2 R2
Cold Comfort [1990] R2

Amazon UK

BTCC: The 2007 British Touring Car Championship

Vexille - R3 DTS (apparently DVDAsian is having supplier delays - grrr!! Supposedly released on 3/3 and still has not shipped)
No Mercy for the Rude R3LE
The Show Must Go On R3SE
Le Grand Chef R3LE

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Crazy Korean release limited to 1000 in a rice steamer package. Apparently Yesasia and DFK are already out of stock on this preorder. It was only posted 3 days ago.

The Old Grey Whistle Test Volume 2 R2

Histoire(s) du Cinema

Where did you order this from? Was it insanely expensive?
Is it worth it?

It's an essential set. You can order it from XploitedCinema but it's a little cheaper to just buy it straight from Amazon.fr

February purchases:

Gone To Earth
Black Narcissus
Blood on Satan's Claw
Night of the Eagle
The L-Shaped Room
Hell Drivers
Russ Meyer Collection
Cul-De-Sac
The Phantom Carriage (w/ The Image Makers)
The Ultimate Hammer Collection
The Third Part of the Night
Claude Chabrol Collection - Vol. 2
The Party and the Guests
The Ear
Rocco and his Brothers
Chikamatsu Monogatari/Uwasa no Onna
Science is Fiction/ The Sounds of Science
The Cook, Thief, His Wife and Her Brother
Poor Cow
A Kind of Loving
Il Bidone
Onibaba
Kuroneko
Kwaidan
Satantango
Werckmeister Harmonies

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and her LOVER.

Slight correction.

*Ebay UK* (Though technically not "ordered" :))

Dellamorte Dellamore (R2/PAL Medusa)
Iron Monkey (R2/PAL HKL 2-Disc Platinum Edition)

Been wanting those for a while and I was happy to get a deal on both of them. Was able to get the Dellamore disc for $14 shipped and the 2-Disc of Iron Monkey for $12 shipped.

Sukiyaki Western Django (R2)
My Blueberry Nights (R3)
Warlords (R3)

Just ordered:

2 RHV releases of Before the Revolution and La Terra Trema from Xploited.

Worked out to be around $70-75 - I'll let you know if it was worth it when it arrives.

Phantasm (5-disk box Set w/ all 4 films and bonus disk) R2
Last Exit to Brooklyn (2-disk Special Edition) R2
Manderlay (2-disk Special Edition) R2

The Monocled Mutineer from Amazon.co.uk - finally got it!

Mother of Tears (R5) (Xploited Cinema)

Giles, regarding your purchase of Argento's latest (and given your previous feedback to me regarding the OAR for "Katyn"), are you aware that the Russian DVD has been cropped from 2.35 to 1.78...the UK disc (uncropped) is coming at the end of April. I actually asked DVDTalk member dvdigitall about this - meaning the Russian disc they were selling - but was not offered a reply.