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The first in director Takashi Miike's (AUDITION, ICHI THE KILLER) Black Society Trilogy, the story centers around two brothers on either side of the law in the midst of a gangland war to determine control of Tokyo's seedy Shinjuku district. Kiriya is a tough, Chinese born cop whose brutal tactics for keeping the peace do not preclude a strong relationship with his elderly parents, who never really adjusted to life in Japan. He struggles to keep his brother's occupation from them: Yoshihito is a lawyer who works for Wang, leader of the Chinese Triad gang and organ trafficking profiteer. Kiriya is increasingly drawn into the chaos as racial tensions mount between the Chinese gang and the Yakuza, and the action is characterized by the sadistic violence, gore, and dark humor that have become Miike's trademark.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic WidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - JapaneseAdditional Release Materials: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Production Interview - 1. Takashi Miike, Director and Yasushi Shimamura, EditorInteractive Features: Audio Commentary - 1. Tom Mes, Writer on Japanese Cinema Scene Access Interactive Menus
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This video continues the BEST OF ZAGREB FILM series with a collection of some of the Studio's funniest moments as well as a selection of their greatest offerings to the young ones.DVD FeaturesRegion 0 EncodingSnap Case
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IN THEATRES: JANUARY 21, 2005 (NY)Siegrid Alnoy`s dark allegorical thriller tells the tale of an outsider who must confront her own personal demons after tragedy strikes. Christine (Sasha Andres) is a young secretary who works as a temp at various offices in her small French town. Consistently ignored by everyone around her, Christine desperately craves a connection of some sort. She finds it in Patricia (Catherine Mouchet), her recruiter at the temp agency. The two begin to spend time together, but when the relationship appears to be evolving into something truly genuine, Christine snaps and brutally murders Patricia. Miraculously, it is after this incident that the pieces begin to fall into place for Patricia. She gets a full-time job and moves into an apartment with her new boyfriend. But the guilt never goes away, and when a young coworker (Pierre-Felix Graviere) and a police inspector (Carlo Brandt) start asking questions, Christine commits a truly redemptive act.Alnoy`s debut feature is an attack on the suffocating, inhumane conditions of modern society. Employing an abstract visual style and subjective point-of-view, Alnoy thrusts viewers into the confused mind of a deeply troubled soul. Much like Bruno Dumont`s HUMANITE, SHE`S ONE OF US takes a heightened, symbolic approach to its subject matter, resulting in a film that is brave and challenging.
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This latest work by the 86-year-old Portuguese writer-director Manoel de Oliveira showcases his eye for beautiful compositions, and his taste for detailed, magical narratives. And for the first time, de Oliveira works with movie stars--Catherine Deneuve and John Malkovich.An American professor and his dissatisfied wife, Helene, journey to a remote monastery to conduct research. There, he hopes to find evidence to prove his thesis that William Shakespeare was actually a Sephardic Jew. When they arrive, the couple encounters the monastery's strange inhabitants, including the ancient building's sinister guardian, Baltar.De Oliveira suggests that one of the characters--maybe even Baltar or Helene--is actually Satan, and develops a complex conflict between good and evil.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseAnamorphic WidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English/French/Portuguese Subtitles - English - OptionalAdditional Release Material: TrailersInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusText/Photo Galleries: Filmographies
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Filiberto (Gerardo Tarcena) has been working in the United States for three years. Now, he returns across the border to his home in Mexico and attempts to raise awareness of the struggle that the migrant workers in the United States must endure. Speaking out only brings Filiberto more rejection and further alienates him. This social tragedy of the working classes uses Filiberto as a symbol of many disenfranchised, exploited workers who face difficulties from employers every day.
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