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BLOODY TERRITORIES is another action-packed, blood-soaked tale from cult director Yasuharu Hasebe. Set in the murky underworld of late-1960s Tokyo, the film begins as the police force an influential yakuza into breaking up. One group refuses to be deterred, however, and embarks on a dangerous mission to take full control of Tokyo's illegal operations. Stylish and engaging, this early Hasebe film contains all the elements that have made him one of world cinema's most celebrated cult figures.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreen - 2.35Audio: Mono - JapaneseAdditional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Japanese TrailerText/Image Galleries: Liner Notes - 1. Chris D. - Japanese Film Expert Biographies - 1. Yasuharu Hasebe - Director Filmographies - 1. Yasuharu Hasebe - Director
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Collected here are both parts of Fritz Lang's spectacular and groundbreaking film version of the Nibelungenlied, the Norse and German myth, that are known separately as SIEGFRIED and KRIEMHILD'S REVENGE. Complete with never before seen footage, re-translated intertitles, the original 1924 score, and a total of 135 minutes added to both films, due in part to the correction of the film's projection speed, this is the definitive version of DIE NIBELUNGEN SAGA. See individual titles for details.DVD Features:Region 12-Disc SetFull FrameAudio: MonoAdditional Release Material: Behind the Scenes Footage Featurette - 1. A Comparison of the Dragon-Slaying Scenes in SIEGFRIED and THE THIEF OF BAGDAD Film-to-Storyboard ComparisonInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusText/Photo Galleries: Stills/Photos Production Art
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This World War I mystery finds limitless beauty in the nostalgia of loss. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, whose whimsical AMELIE riveted audiences, A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT also stars Audrey Tautou--the 21st century's Audrey Hepburn--in the stubbornly emotional role of a widow in denial. Here she is Mathilde, a waifish young woman with a pronounced limp from childhood polio. Living with her quirky aunt and uncle in a farmhouse by the sea, and waiting desperately for her fiance Manech (Gaspard Ulliel) to return from the war, she believes that if he were truly lost she would feel it in her heart. Thus, when the bad news arrives--Manech and five fellow soldiers were exiled to No Man's Land for shooting off their own fingers in hope of being discharged--Mathilde refuses to believe he is dead. Instead, she begins her own investigation into Manech's infantry, hiring a private detective and tracking down the wives and girlfriends of each of Manech's compatriots. Conducting countless interviews, Mathilde pieces together Manech's war stories--which are told in earthshaking flashbacks involving gruesome explosions, flying guts, and massive suffering. And yet, the all-in-this-together humanity of these awful scenes, and the heartfelt bravery with which Mathilde absorbs the details of each battle, is undeniably moving. Jodie Foster appears as Elodie, one of the widows, in a charismatic yet muted performance and with a flawless accent. However, the most intriguing of the widows is Tina Lombardi (Marion Cotillard), a thrilling dominatrix-assassin bent on avenging her lover. A timeless masterwork that raises the bar for breathtaking camerawork, vivid landscapes, and fantastical storytelling, A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT is adapted from the novel by Sebastien Japriscot.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseWidescreen2 Disc Set
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Raoul Ruiz's GENEALOGIES OF A CRIME is based on the case of Hermine van Hug, a 1920s psychoanalyst who believed that criminal tendencies are formed at age five and who labeled her nephew a murderer before he reached adolescence. The nephew proved her right by strangling her. The always compelling Catherine Deneuve plays Solange, a lawyer who loses every case she represents and nevertheless decides to represent the young accused killer. Ruiz's film is an intelligent, darkly comic meditation on family, free will, and the nature of the criminal mind.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseLetterboxed
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Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung Ka Fai star in this film as a pair of would-be bank robbers who are planning a major heist. Setting their sights on a bank in Okinawa, the pair decide upon renting out a house next door to the bank to make scouting the location and escape easier. They rent the house, but find themselves sharing it with Jenny (Wong), a beautiful young woman both men begin to fall for.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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