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Set in Sweden, Andrei Tarkovsky's last film follows the travails of wealthy patriarch Alexander (Erland Josephson), a former actor and critic who lives in a remote home on the edge of the Baltic Sea. One year on his birthday, a sudden television announcement interrupts the celebration with news of a nuclear holocaust. His family and guests suffer through violent fits of hysteria and emotional turmoil in the ensuing days, but the previously troubled Alexander finds a clearness of mind when he makes a pact with God--offering himself as a sacrifice in order to redeem the fallen earth for his cherished son. Supremely poetic, THE SACRIFICE is filled with achingly beautiful images, expertly shot by Ingmar Bergman's trusted cinematographer Sven Nykvist. As Alexander goes from self-contented ease to crippling animal fear and existential anguish and finally to spiritual abandon, the troubled journey is illustrated with a haunting succession of images, tableaus, objects, dreams, and gestures--all sewn together in a seamlessly elliptical vision. As in all of Tarkovsky's haunting and mystical films, the characters are forced to come to terms with their own physical and spiritual existence, with redemption coming through faith--in this case, Alexander's faith in his love for his young son.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingSnap CaseDocumentary: DIRECTED BY ANDREI TARKOVSKY - A Film by Michal Leszcylowski
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The bleak but captivating story of three men who take a woman hostage and hijack a car driven by a man taking his dying son to the hospital. Mario Bava`s film was completed posthumously in 1997 by Peter Blumenstock. Told in real time.
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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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Ostensibly a teen fright-fest about a vengeful ghost, WHISPERING CORRIDORS follows in the best horror tradition of using the supernatural for displaced social commentary. The film is an illustration of the growing gap in Korean society between the values of the youth and the older generations, focused around the misogyny and cutthroat competition in the educational system. It became a huge hit in its native country after word got out that the ministry of education wanted to ban it for its critical viewpoint. The plot concerns a series of grisly murders at an all girls school, which the administration has tried to cover up as suicides. A former student, who has returned as a teacher, finds something familiar about the deaths, and launches her own inquiry into the events. She discovers that something far more sinister than simple murder is taking place. WHISPERING CORRIDORS was followed by two sequels.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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A young man from a poor family works his way up from being a chauffeur to a renowned bullfighter. While he basks in the glory of having achieved his dream and made something of his life, his beloved mother is tortured every time he gets in the ring, worrying about his safety and saying a prayer to the Virgin of Guadalupe. Another side of the sport of bullfighting is revealed in this classic of Mexican cinema.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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