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Paul Wegener and Stellan Rye's THE STUDENT OF PRAGUE is one of the earliest silent horror films, following Georges Melies' horror shorts and Thomas Edison's 1910 version of FRANKENSTEIN. The film, which is based on the Faust legend, along with Wegener's three versions of THE GOLEM, directly influenced future German horror films (THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, NOSFERATU). Balduin (Wegener) is the best student and swordsman in Prague, but he confides to creepy, mysterious Scapinelli (John Gottowt), that he really desires money or a rich heiress. Balduin fortuitously saves Countess Margit (Grete Berger) from a riding accident, and instantly falls in love. Margit doesn't love her fiance, the Baron (Fritz Weidemann), but Balduin's poverty discourages him from pursuing her. One day, Scapinelli appears in Balduin's room offering riches in exchange for something in the student's room. Balduin eagerly signs the proffered contract, but is shocked when Scapinelli takes his image from the mirror. Only the smitten gypsy girl Lyduschka (Lyda Salmonova) realizes the true gravity of the situation until Balduin's doppelganger begins wreaking havoc. Wegener's gripping horror classic features strong performances, lovely location shooting and some surprising special effects for such an early film.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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Jean-Luc Godard's cynical look at the art of filmmaking follows a screenwriter in his attempts to recount Homer's THE ODYSSEY. Full of insights into the compromises required of filmmakers, as well as autobiographical allusions, especially concerning the failed union of Godard and actress Anna Karina, 1964's CONTEMPT is one of the most widely recognized films about the filmmaking process. It is also considered the film that made Godard realize that lavish productions were not for him, sending him back into a lower-budget world where he could maintain complete control over his films. Shot in glorious CinemaScope by Raoul Coutard, CONTEMPT is a poignant artistic commentary and a dramatic expose of a dying marriage.Paul Javal (Michel Piccoli) is struggling with Jeremy Prokosch (Jack Palance), the manipulative American producer financing his big-budget venture, and is frustrated by Fritz Lang (playing himself), the film's egotistical director. Concomitantly, his marriage to his gorgeous wife Camille (Brigitte Bardot) founders, and the emotional distance between them weighs heavily upon him.DVD Features:Region 12-Disc SetDisc One: Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35Audio: Stereo 2.0 - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Robert Stam - Film ScholarDisc Two:Additional Release Material: Featurettes - 1. CONTEMPT: BARDOT ET GODARD (8 Mins)









2. PAPARAZZI (22 Mins)









3. THE DINOSAUR AND THE BABY featuring Jean-Luc Godard and Fritz Lang (61 Mins) Interviews - 1. Raoul Coutard - Director of Photography Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical TrailerText/Galleries: Print Excerpt - 1. Interview - Jean-Luc Godard - Director (by Francois Chalais)
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Set during the terrible Peruvian civil war of the 1980s, PALOMA DE PAPEL (PAPER DOVE) juxtaposes the beautiful landscape of the country with the horrific violence of the conflict. Juan is an adolescent trying to survive in the poverty-ridden Andean countryside while beginning to discover the adult world. But he soon learns about the dark side of that world when a group of paramilitary revolutionaries enter his town and recruit him for their army, which involves a period of soul-crushing political indoctrination. But Juan's desire to survive through the conflict and to live his own life leads him to rebel against the paramilitaries. PALOMA DE PAPEL marks the directorial debut of Peruvian actor Fabrizio Aguilar, and it won the Silver Precolumbian Circle (the second place prize) at the 2004 Bogota Film Festival.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Stereo 2.0 - SpanishAdditional Release Material: Trailers
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Brazilian college student Carlos (Murilo Benicio) waits for his girlfriend, Julia (Carolina Ferraz) to show up at a movie theater. Sandra Werneck's heartfelt romantic comedy uses this setup as a springboard to examine three different what if versions of Carlos' life. In the first, Julia fails to show, and Carlos marries another woman. Next, Julia shows up for the date and the two of them wind up married. Finally, in the third, Julia does not show, and Carlos is seen as a confused bachelor in his 30's. POSSIBLE LOVES received the 2001 Sundance Jury Prize in Latin American Cinema.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital Stereo - English
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Thai horror maestros Oxide and Danny Pang follow up their hit 2002 film with a sequel that equals the chills and creepy mise-en-scene of the first. Qi Shu (MILLENIUM MAMBO) stars as Joey Cheng, a troubled young woman who is pregnant with the child of the boyfriend who just dumped her. On holiday in Bangkok, she makes a suicide attempt in her hotel room, but is foiled by her wake-up call. Something was altered in her close contact with death, however, and returning home to Hong Kong, the realization slowly dawns on Joey that the wraith-like people she now sees everywhere are actually deceased. This knowledge does not sit well with Joey, and as she descends further and further into her own torment, she attempts to reconnect with her ex-boyfriend Sam (Jesdaporn Pholdee), who seems to be hiding some kind of secret. The Pang Brothers` characteristically excellent cinematography infuses THE EYE 2 with atmospheric foreboding, and Qi Shu hands in an outsanding performance as the haunted expectant mother.
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