yeah, the Naruse box was finally at a much less expensive sale price - I had to bite.

Hey Giles, could you tell me why you ordered the UK Blu-ray of The Thing rather than the US version? Is there added features that are not on the US Blu-ray?

Thanks!

yes, the US edition of 'The Thing' is missing some of the extras that the import has, here's what's on the UK edition:



'The Thing' will come on a BD-50 featuring 2.35:1 1080p video accompanied by a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. Extras for this release include:

U-Control Picture in Picture track with cast and crew interviews and behind-the-scenes footage
Commentary with director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell
John Carpenter's The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
Production Background Archive
Cast Production Photographs
Production Art and Storyboards
Location Design
Production Archives
The Saucer
The Blairmonster
Outtakes
Post Production
Theatrical Trailer


the UK bluray is NOT region locked

BUmmer did not know that about "The Thing" - I just got it from DD.

A few years ago, I was buying Korean dvds left and right, with nary a disappointment among them. But that all dried up as for whatever reason the Korean film industry kept repeating itself with diminishing returns.

Enter The Chaser, the new Korean flick that, while not a huge departure from what made them special, will knock your socks clean off - great fucking flick and I heartily recommend it's R3 dvd.

Thanks for the info Giles!

Man, I wait one day and the DVDs in my cart go up £5! This completes my Masters of Cinema collection, with the exception of Le Notte and the two animated titles. All from Amazon.co.uk:

1 "Asphalt - Masters of Cinema series [1929]"
Albert Steinrück; DVD; £8.68

1 "Le Silence de la mer (Masters of Cinema) [1949]"
Howard Vernon; DVD; £12.67

1 "Silence (AKA Chinmoku) (Masters of Cinema) [1971]"
David Lampson; Shima Iwashita; Yoshi Kato; Tetsuro Tanba; DVD; £11.80

1 "Bellissima (Masters of Cinema) [1951]"
Anna Magnani; Walter Chiari; DVD; £12.67

1 "Theorem [1968]"
Terence Stamp; DVD; £13.03

1 "Sansho Dayu/Gion Bayashi [Masters of Cinema] [1953] [1954]"
Kinuyo Tanaka; DVD; £13.03

1 "Satyajit Ray Collection Vol.1"
Satyajit Ray; DVD; £15.63

1 "The Satyajit Ray Collection Vol.2 [1965]"
Satyajit Ray; DVD; £15.63

1 "Radio On [1979]"
David Beames; DVD; £7.55

1 "Police [Masters of Cinema] [1985]"
Gérard Depardieu; DVD; £13.90

1 "L'Enfance-nue [Masters of Cinema] [1968]"
Raoul Billerey; DVD; £13.90

1 "Caught [1948]"
James Mason; DVD; £10.42

NoirFan, any particular reason why you preferred the MoC Mizoguchi release to the Eclipse's "Lost Women"? So far I see only two of them in your list and I may suspect you had already bought the others before the Eclipse release.

My latest shipment from Amazon.co.uk:

Oshima's The Realm of the Senses
The Night of the Hunter
Ferreri's La grande bouffe
Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief...
Crash (Cronenberg)
Altman's Short Cuts
Magnolia
Boogie Nights
Sunset Boulevard

The second film paired with Sansho Dayu, Gion Bayashi, is exclusive to the MoC edition. Four of the other six Mizoguchi films in the MoC double feature series are exclusive to R2 as well - Oyu-Sama, Yohiki, Chikamatsu Monogatari and Uwasa No Nonna. The Moc edition of Akasen chitai (Street of Shame) also includes a commentary track.

Wow, congrats on having all of the Masters of Cinema. I had The Savage Innocents but ended up trading it away after watching a polar bear massacre. I have Mad Detective on Blu-ray and since their numbering them from #1 maybe I'll collect them.

I usually don't post in this thread, because it kind of feels like bragging. However, I have gotten some great ideas for stuff to order, so in case it helps someone else:

Last shipment from Amazon.co.uk:
Torchwood Series 1&2 (Xmas gift)
The Sharpe Classic Collection (to replace my US edition)
The Glass Key (1942 film noir not available in Region 1)
Howard the Duck (gag gift ordered before I found out about the pending R1 release)
Beasts (Nigel Kneale horror series)
Dark Angel (aka I Come in Peace, guilty pleasure not in R1)
Judex/Nuits Rouges [Masters of Cinema]

November 1st order from Amazon.co.uk:
Bulldog Drummond Double Bill : Deadlier Than The Male / Some Girls Do
Tiger On The Beat (Hong Kong Legends)
Doctor Who - The Invasion (much cheaper than the US edition is going for)
Dead Set [2008] (excellent UK zombie series)
This Land Is Mine (great Charles Laughton WWII propaganda film)
Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars (Hong Kong Legends)

October's order from DDD House:
Swordsman II
Red Sun (Digital Remastered Edition) (1972)
Mad Detective
Man Called Tiger The (Fortune Star) (1973)
Red Cliff (DVD Part 1) (Hong Kong Version)
Breaking News

The Dudesons Season 2

Yet another dvd that somehow slipped by me. It came to 17 and change from ezdvd. I can't complain.

Recently ordered Sophie Scholl Blu from amazon.co.uk. Was under $19 US to my house.

You should check out The Blue Dahlia, another inexpensive R2-only Universal noir also starring Ladd and Lake.

I hope you listened to the fun and informative commentary before trading it. Did you keep your Naked Prey DVD? That has some animal slaughter on it, IIRC. Doesn't one of the natives emerge from an elephant?

I don't own any of the titles that have identical or superior R1 equivalents, like F is For Fake or Nightmare Alley. The two MoC Teshigara discs have commentaries but inferior transfers to the Criterions. If they're ever 50% off, I might bite.

Yeah, it and Kiss Me Deadly (OOP in R1) are in my Saved For Late basket. Kiss Me Deadly jumped up a pound since I placed it there, but still a bargain at £3.97.

Sophie Scholl BD - on its way from Amazon.co.uk

Amazon.co.uk:

1 Black Sun [2005]
Gary Tarn; DVD; £6.07

1 Who Killed Teddy Bear [1965] (pre-order)
Juliet Prowse; DVD; £9.47

1 Fighters / Real Money (2 disc set) [1991]
Jimmy Tibbs; DVD; £9.55

1 Divorce Iranian Style / Runaway [1998] (pre-order)
Kim Longinotto & Ziba Mir-Hosseini; DVD; £7.81

Subtotal of Items: £32.90
Postage & Packing: £6.05
Total: £38.95

That's a fantastic price. Really all those Second Run prices are great.

Yikes, I haven't watched that movie yet. Actually no I didn't listen to the commentary on The Savage Innocents. I like Nicholas Ray and all, but I couldn't stomach the animal hunting scenes. I could watch Salo again, The Savage Innocents not so much.

Last few orders from Amazon UK:


Baise-Moi [2002] [DVD] £3.46

Henry And June [1990] [DVD] £3.98

The Blue Dahlia [DVD] £3.98

Innocent Voices [DVD] £4.33

It's A Free World [2007] [DVD] £4.33

XXY [2007] [DVD] £6.93

Casanova '70 [1965] [DVD] £2.58

Raging Moon [1970] [DVD] £6.93

Belle de Jour - 40th Anniversary [1967] [DVD] £5.20

Bigger Than Life [1956] [DVD] £7.11

Life For Ruth [DVD] £5.10

Ex-Drummer [2007] [DVD] £6.06

Trouble In Mind [1985] [DVD] £6.76

The Professor (aka Il Camorrista) [1986] [DVD] £5.20

Jesus Of Montreal [1989] [DVD] £6.94

Abhijan - Masters of Cinema series [1962] [DVD] £8.68

The Glass Key [1942] [DVD] £3.98

Naruse Box Set Volume One [Masters of Cinema] [DVD] £18.67

Streamers [1983] [DVD] £6.76

The Round Up [1966] [DVD] £7.81

Memories Of Underdevelopment by Tomas Alea [DVD] £5.94

Officer's Ward [2002] [DVD] £5.09

The Party And The Guests [1966] [DVD] £5.94

The Long Arm [1956] [DVD] £5.09

Princesses [2000] [DVD] £5.94

Some great titles there Jaymole, especially Bigger Than Life.

A small Amazon order:

Tropical Malady (Sud Pralad) [2004] - Banlop Lomnoi - £7.81
Syndromes And A Century [2006] - Nantarat Sawaddikul - £11.29
La Kermesse Heroique [1935] - Francoise Rosay - £6.07

Amazon.co.uk Order

Almost Famous - Extended Edition (Blu-ray)
Zulu (Blu-ray)
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Blu-ray) (not an import per se, but a good price I probably won't see over here for a while)

Total Price of the order was £31 because of a B2G1.

From Merlin.PL. All were about $12 each except for the last which was about $6.50.

The Anthology of Polish Experimental Animation
Anthology of Polish Children`s Animation
Anthology of Polish Animated Film
Polish School of the Documentary. Gryczełowska / Halladin / Kamieńska
Polish School of the Documentary. The Black Series
Polish School of the Documentary. Wojciech Wiszniewski
Polish School of the Documentary. Marek Piwowski
Polish School of the Documentary. Andrzej Munk
Polish School of the Documentary. Marcel Łoziński
Polish School of the Documentary. Maciej Drygas
Polish School of the Documentary. Krzysztof Kieślowski
O-Bi O-Ba (dir. Piotr Szulkin)

Shipping was less than $40 for the lot.

Just placed a new order at Amazon.uk:
Twenty Four Hour Party People (2-disk SE) £5.97
Shaun Of The Dead [DVD] £2.98 (i got this for the 2 extra commentaries not on region 1)
Me And You And Everyone We Know [DVD] £4.33 (i got this for the 50+ minutes of extras not on region 1)
Lars Von Trier's E-Trilogy - Element Of Crime / Epidemic / Europa - Subtitled [DVD] £17.37 (This looks like a great box set.)
Oh! What a Lovely War: The Special Collector's Edition [DVD] £2.47
Damages - Season 1 [2007] [DVD] £7.97
No Country For Old Men [2007] [DVD] £3.98
The Ultimate Hammer Collection (21 Disc Box Set) [DVD] £30.42 (This is the big one. Dont think Ive ever seen a Hammer film but this release looks quite interesting. Anyone have this and seen it? Good? Bad? Are all the extras from the (mostly) OOP R1 editions on the disks in this box set?)

Order total (in US dollars) - $123.94