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An evil fembot with super powers terrorizes Hong Kong and perpetrates sundry evil deeds--until she`s reprogrammed to be nice. Features an especially memorable performance by celebrated Hong Kong producer-director Hark afore the camera.
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This documentary takes a posthumous look at the life and work of Jorge Negrete, the beloved Mexican film star known as
The Singing Cowboy.
Footage of some of Mexico`s biggest film stars of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s--including Cantinflas, Pedro Infante, Marma Filix (who was Negrete`s wife), Luis Aguilar, and more--are shown saying goodbye to Negre in between clips from his films.
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This surreal Gothic drama by Swedish master Ingmar Bergman stars Max von Sydow as Johan, a troubled artist who is literally haunted by demons from his past, and Liv Ullmann as his loving wife Alma, who eventually experiences the same nightmarish delusions. A local aristocrat (Erland Josephson) and his clan, who reside in a forbidding castle and appear to possess supernatural powers, might have a hand in Johan's undoing. The film is told mostly in retrospect after Johan has disappeared, leaving behind only a diary from which his mental and emotional decline (perhaps an allegory on the difficulties of the creative process, one of Bergman's favorite themes) can be reconstructed. Borrowing stylistic elements from classic Hollywood horror movies and occasionally featuring graphic material (one scene prompted a contemporary reviewer to recommend averting one's eyes from the screen), this unusual (black-and-white) film also retains the psychological astuteness and technical finesse that earned Bergman worldwide critical acclaim and his status as Sweden's premier filmmaker.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreen - 1.66Audio: Mono - SwedishAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Marc Gervais - Bergman Biographer Featurette - 1.The Search For Sanity On-Camera Interviews with Liv Ullmann and Erland JosephsonText/Image Galleries:Bergman at Work Photo Gallery
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This epic drama tells a propagandistic tale of the birth of China's first nuclear bomb. Sanctioned by the Chinese government, the film turns the potentially grave subject matter into a rousing drama about the rise of two everymen who become national heroes. Beautifully photographed, ROARING ACROSS THE HORIZON is another eye-opening reminder of China's opinion of the United States.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseWidescreenAudio: Stereo - Mandarin
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Elem Klimov`s stunning COME AND SEE is a relentlessly brutal condemnation of war hidden in the guise of a surrealistic coming-of-age nightmare. A physically and emotionally draining viewing experience, the film follows Florya (played brilliantly by Alexei Kravchenko), a 12-year-old boy living in 1943 Byelorussia. When he digs up an abandoned gun, Florya gleefully signs up with the Russian Army, looking forward to life as a soldier. But that fantasy rapidly deteriorates when the reality of the situation confronts him head-on. Abandoned by his fellow comrades, he stumbles across the weeping Glasha (Olga Mironova), a pretty teenager who has also been left behind. Together, the pair returns to Florya`s village only to discover that everyone has been slaughtered--Florya`s mother and younger sisters included. The journey continues as Florya embarks on a mission to find food for the stranded inhabitants of a neighboring village. He eventually lands in the middle of another German massacre, where the animalistic Nazis stuff the Russians into a barn and torch it, obliterating Florya`s innocence completely. Klimov`s unflinching masterpiece is all the more affecting because of the beauty of its imagery. Working on a variety of levels, COME AND SEE speaks both as personal statement and broad metaphor, making it a timeless, unforgettable achievement.
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