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Popular singer-actor Takeshi Kaneshiro stars in the Japanese crime thriller SLEEPLESS TOWN (FUYAJO). Director Lee Chi Ngai provides noir lighting and a gritty urban setting against which his hero struggles with the forces around him. Kenichi (Kaneshiro) is a low-level crook, making his living as a fence for stolen goods. He is enveloped into a gangland dispute when an old friend, Fu-Chan, returns to town years after killing the partner of mob boss Yuan. At the same time, Fu-Chan's girlfriend Natsumi reappears as well, with an offer for Kenichi he will find difficult to reject. Through its many twists and turns, SLEEPLESS TOWN explores a criminal underworld where outlaws from all over Asia interact, creating unlawful alliances and initiating brutal turf wars.
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Sword of the Beast - Criterion Collection (DVD)
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Banned in Russia for over a decade for its blasphemous portrayal of Nicholas II, Elem Klimov`s (COME AND SEE) intense drama brings to life the controversial figure of the
mad monk
who wielded a legendary power over the royal family. Klimov`s portrayal is indeed an indictment of the ruling class, depicting the Czar (Anatoli Romashin) as an ineffectual ruler blindly led by the charismatic, power-hungry Grigory Rasputin (Aleksei Petrenko), while the politically decrepit aristocracy degenerated into decadence and hedonism. Arriving at court with a strange healing power that many attributed to hypnotism, Rasputin was the only person capable of treating the Tsar`s young heir, stopping his uncontrollable bleeding later recognized as hemophilia. Once his place in the palace was secure, however, the monk embarked upon a downward spiral of sexual vice, drunkenness, and violence that made him many enemies among society`s upper echelons. Eventually deciding that Rasputin`s power threatened the security of Russia`s monarchy, a group of noblemen plotted a demise that would enter history as one of the most fabled murders of all time. Petrenko`s performance is nothing less than spectacular, channeling the spirit of Rasputin in a chillingly apt depiction of insanity.
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This controversial, yet humorous, film captures an unfortunate side of Mexican life. When a film director becomes fed up with the crime and corruption in his homeland, he decides to singlehandedly take on a powerful band of criminals. Directed by Fernando Sarinana, who was driven to make the film after being robbed at gunpoint four times.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreen - 1.85Audio: Dolby 5.1 Surround - Spanish
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An extraordinary documentary about an extraordinary man, Werner Herzog's LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY details the life of Dieter Dengler, a survivor of both WWII and Vietnam. Dengler grew up in Germany, and, dreaming of one day flying a plane,
left for the US when he was 18, unable to speak English. Soon, he was in the Navy, flying bombing missions over Laos and Vietnam, where his plane was shot down and he was taken prisoner. He and six others escaped the prison, but only he was known to have survived. Herzog turns Dieter's story into something much different than one might expect by putting Dieter back into scenes from his past and recording his amazingly understated reactions. For instance, in Laos, where he was taken prisoner, Herzog bounds Dengler's hands and feet as they were in 1966 and uses Vietnamese actors, complete with rifles, to play Viet Cong. It's a startling technique, one that lends this film an intensity and sense of danger that Dengler consistently plays down.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.85:1Audio: Mono - English/German Subtitles - EnglishInteractive Features: Scene Access Interacitve FeaturesText/Photo Galleries: Production Notes Biographies - 1. Werner Herzog - Director
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