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Avoiding all the cliches of the prison movie genre, Robert Bresson achieves the impossible in A MAN ESCAPED: he presents a highly minimalist depiction of a prisoner plotting a jailbreak, and is still able to evoke incredible suspense despite the fact that the movie frequently consists of little more than a man toiling away quietly in his cell.Neither Bresson's seemingly odd choice of a past-tense title, nor the fact that the film is based on a real WWII event in which a prisoner successfully escaped a German-run jail in occupied France, lessens the film's impact. As in many of Bresson's films, the protagonist is a possessed individual whose mission sustains him. While he may stubbornly continue planning, the viewer sees the potential hazards he may encounter and feels an incredible sense of tension each time his efforts are stalled.Bresson inserts a spiritual element into the prisoner's behavior by emphasizing the ritualistic nature of his daily activities, and by showing how group activity and trust are required to resist the evil, personified by the Nazi captors. Gripping and sublime, A MAN ESCAPED is a cinematic masterpiece.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAdditional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical TrailerInteractive Features: Scene Selections
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Ignacio Lopez Tarso, a Mexican actor whose lengthy career spanned over 50 years, turned in one of his best performances in this 1964 film. Tarso plays a man crippled by poverty who takes in a fighting rooster that is in even worse shape than he is. The man nurses the rooster back to fighting form and soon has the cockerel back in the ring. The dusty cockfighting circles bring riches to the man as his bird wins duel after duel. With a large prize in sight, the man teams with a powerful gangster and the gangster's mistress, a singer who the poor protagonist falls for. This cockfighting classic is notable for the incredible talent involved in the writing team. The script is co-written by Nobel Prize-winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez and acclaimed novelist Carlos Fuentes and is based on a novel by legendary Latin American author Juan Rulfo.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Single Side - Dual LayerAdditional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical TrailerText/Galleries: Biographies
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Nami (Megumi Okina) creates elaborate, detailed, fantastic artwork based on her dreams, and she draws on the same raw emotions and images as she begins work on a series of graphics for a new video game. In the process of following through on her visions, however, Nami and one of the game's producers visit an abandoned home, containing evidence that Nami may have had a lost twin sister, that stirs up questions about Nami's childhood and places the pair in grave danger!DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseWidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - EnglishAdditional Release Material: TrailersInteractive Features: Scene Selection Animated Menus
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A working-class tough is hired to terrorize the tenants of a Mexico City apartment complex by the landlord. He kills one of the tenants and then falls in love with the victim's daughter, only to discover that the vicious landlord is his natural father.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseAudio: Dolby Digital - SpanishAdditional Release Material:Text/Photo Galleries: Biographies Filmographies
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Daniel Wu stars in this crime drama as Long, a man who was born with a severely disfigured face. Long's brother Kwan knows that his face prevents Long from earning a decent living and decides to work as a hired killer for Dinosaur, a gangster kingpin, in order to bring in extra money for his brother. However, Kwan soon finds out that Dinosaur is an extremely dangerous and almost evil man who enjoys inflicting pain on others, especially his girlfriend. So, when two police come looking for evidence on Dinosaur, Kwan wrestles with his desire to earn money for Long when he knows he has an opportunity to help put a monster behind bars.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseLetterboxedAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1 - EnglishAdditional Release Material: TrailersInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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