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This is a jaw-droppingly bizarre movie from Korea that mixes scenes of gruesome torture and violence with comedy and heartbreaking profundity. Perhaps as a result of too many amphetamines and violent incidents in his past, beekeeper Lee Byeong Gu (Sin Ha-Gyun) has become convinced that an unscrupulous business tycoon (Kan Man-Shik) is actually an alien from the planet Andromeda. Lee's frumpy acrobat girlfriend (Hwang Jung-Min) helps him abduct the alien and torture him into confessing. Meanwhile, a hangdog detective is following a trail leading to Lee's hideout high in the mountains.Let the timid be warned: this is not the antipollution comedy that the title might indicate. Man's inhumanity to man is certainly depicted--as in events like Korea's 1980 Kwangju riots--but there's more going on here than any one summation could describe: bees attack, a pet dog named Earth dines on human remains, alternate theories of evolution are posited (i.e. Noah's Ark was a deep submarine carrying DNA samples); an entire lifetime of films, political turmoil, anime and manga are boiled down and distilled into one profound, multi-textual allegory. Adventurous viewers will be in for one hell of a ride, as this film dares go where few have gone before, yet it does so with heart and intellect to match its wicked humor and headlong momentum.
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Sent to Italy to retrieve Philip, an American industrialist's wayward son, Tom Ripley, a charming young man whose social skills allow him to insinuate himself into most any situation, finds his target and gets seduced by Philip and his decadent lifestyle. Deciding to take Philip's father's money as far as it will go, Tom begins to make himself a part of Philip's circle of privileged friends in Europe. However, when Tom's money is cut off and Philip begins to tire of his company, Tom resorts to desperate measures to retain his new lifestyle. An acclaimed adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseLetterboxed - 1.66Audio: Mono - French Mono - English Subtitles - English - OptionalInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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After the success of his low-budget CHAN IS MISSING, the story of a couple of Chinese cabdrivers and some missing money in Chinatown, Wayne Wang returned to the exploration of the melding of Chinese and American culture. In DIM SUM: A LITTLE BIT OF HEART, he moves away from the streets of San Francisco s Chinatown and concentrates on a simple story about the interactions of a Chinese family. Laureen Chew, who appeared in CHAN IS MISSING, cowrote the story with Wang and Terrel Seltzer. She portrays Geraldine, a 30-year-old woman who still lives with her widowed mother. Geraldine has a boyfriend, Richard (John Nishio), who wants to marry her, but she doesn t want to leave her mother (Kim Chew) alone. She is, as her uncle Tam (Victor Wong) says,
a good Chinese daughter.
Tam, a lifelong friend of Geraldine`s father and not really her uncle, wants to marry her mother, but she also is
too Chinese,
and doesn t want to remarry. As the most Americanized of the characters from his generation, Uncle Tam tries to find some common ground so the mother and daughter can each find happiness in life. Wong, in a wonderfully written and acted part, projects a warmth and earthy wisdom about both Chinese and American culture in this funny, perceptive look at family life.
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A part of the TALES FROM EUROPE COLLECTION, this follows the story of Klaus, a kind and gentle shoemaker, who receives as a gift a goose with feathers made of solid gold.
Of course, it possesses some other powers as well, such as the ability to to hold fast all those envious and greedy people who chance across it. Soon enough, Klaus and the goose have their very own collection of groupies. But even though he now has a motley collection of followers, will Klaus ever find true love?DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Stereo - English Mono - Spanish Mono - French Mono - German Subtitles - English - OptionalAdditional Release Features: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
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A Korean comedy about the sterility of a white collar existence, FOUL KING is the story of PK, a dissatisfied bank clerk who decides to dedicate himself to his true passion: wrestling. Surprisingly, PK sheds his usual meek persona in the ring and shows a competitive fire that helps him win every one of his matches. Nicknamed the Foul King because of his reputation for underhanded tricks in the ring, PK begins to gain the confidence to change his life into the one he's always wanted.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseLetterboxedAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1 - MandarinInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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