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A legendary production plagued by problems almost from the outset, the making of QUE VIVA MEXICO cured Sergei Eisenstein of the desire ever to work in North America again. On the verge of leaving Hollywood in disgust in 1930, Eisenstein accepted financing from a group of investors, led by writer Upton Sinclair, to make an ambitious film on Mexican culture. When the director ran out of money before shooting was completed, Sinclair shut down production and seized the extant footage. More than 40 years later, the film was turned over to Eisenstein's assistant, Grigori Alexandrov, and he edited what remained according to the director's notes. The film consists of three vignettes: Sandunga, Manguei, and Fiesta. The first explores the precolonial world of the Incas, observing ancient architecture and detailing pagan religious practices and langorous mating rituals. In the second, a murderer is punished for his crime in an unusually graphic and barbaric manner. The third features a brilliantly photographed bullfight. There was to be a fourth episode, Soldadera, dealing with the 1910 revolution. Although it was never shot, Alexandrov describes Eisentein's intentions with the aid of still photos and sketches. Despite its fragmentary nature, this unique document, permeated by images of eroticism and death, contains what is likely the most breathtaking photography of Mexico on celluloid.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAdditional Release Material: Short - 1. ROMANCE SENTIMENTALE (Eisenstein, 1930, 20 min.)




2. MISERY AND FORTUNE OF A WOMAN (Eisenstein, 1929, 20 min.












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This thriller follows a group of tourists vacationing in the Philippines as their trip takes a turn for the worse and they find themselves the prisoners of Communist guerillas. Forced to endure grueling torture, the tourists eventually
hatch a plan to stage a daring attack on their captors and make an attempt to escape.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseLetterboxedAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1 - MandarinAdditional Release Material: TrailersInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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Seijun Suzuki, the legendary Japanese director probably best known for the cult hit BRANDED TO KILL, returns with this movie about a league of killers of hire. Something of a sequel to BRANDED TO KILL, the film stars Makiko Esumi as a killer named Miyuki Minazuki but known as Stray Cat the number three assassin in Japan's professional killer guild. As in its predecessor, number three is contacted by the guild and ordered to kill number one. Knowing that if she succeeds she will become number one, Miyuki embarks on a difficult and dangerous mission to kill the elusive number one. Told in Suzuki's trademark style that blends a fractured narrative with lurid and heavily stylized action sequences, PISTOL OPERA is another brilliant work from a great director.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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After having her memory reprogrammed by her government mentors, the Black Cat returns for her second mission in this halfhearted sequel. This time out, she's got to thwart an assassination attempt on Boris Yeltsin.DVD Features:Region Encoding: All RegionsKeep CaseTrailersChaptersFilmographiesSubtitles in English, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Thai, and Spanish
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