Brazil (The Criterion Collection Three-Disc Special Edition) Review
Brazil (The Criterion Collection Three-Disc Special Edition) Feature
BRAZIL (BOX) - DVD Movie
Brazil (The Criterion Collection Three-Disc Special Edition) Review
BRAZIL (BOX) - DVD Movie
The Criterion Collection (3-Disc Boxed Set) Review
Black Orpheus (The Criterion Collection) Review
1960 Academy Award Winner and winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, Marcel Camus' Black Orpheus retells the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice against the madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its magnificent color photography and lively soundtrack, this film brought the infectious bossa nova beat to the United States. Criterion is proud to present the extended international version of Black Orpheus in a gorgeous new transfer.
The Coffin Joe Collection Review
United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: Portuguese ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Box Set, Interactive Menu, Multi-DVD Set, Remastered, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Unholy undertaker, sinful savant, denizen of dreams and hallucinations... a living legend amongst horror and gore fans across the world and the foremost Brazilian director of any genre, José Mojica Marins - better known to most as `Coffin Joe' - remains one of the most unique and peerless directors in the world today. With his trademark top hat, black cape and talon-like fingernails, Coffin Joe is a horror icon in his own right. Whilst as a director, Marins has an unrelentingly original and outlandishly personal filmmaking style that can only be compared to a dep Films Comprise: 1. At Midnight I Will Take Your Soul (1964): Zé do Caixão is a grave digger in a small Brazilian town searching for the perfect woman to bear him a perfect child. He kills his wife, who is unable to conceive a child, and sets out to find someone else who can produce a child to continue his bloodline, and thus, grant him his only chance at immortality. 2. This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse (1967): Zé do Caixão returns to continue his quest for the perfect bride. Aided by a hunchbacked assistant he embarks on an even more brutal campaign of terror. For his sins Zé is dragged head first into the underworld. 3. Strange World of Coffin Joe (1968): A triptych explores the dark side. In "The Dollmaker," when four tough guys set out to rob a dollmaker, they're sidetracked by his beautiful daughters. While assaulting the women, they discover how the dollmaker gets such life-like eyes in his dolls. In "Obsession," a lame and destitute balloon man falls in love from afar. When
The Coffin Joe Collection Review
United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: Portuguese ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Box Set, Interactive Menu, Multi-DVD Set, Remastered, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Unholy undertaker, sinful savant, denizen of dreams and hallucinations... a living legend amongst horror and gore fans across the world and the foremost Brazilian director of any genre, José Mojica Marins - better known to most as `Coffin Joe' - remains one of the most unique and peerless directors in the world today. With his trademark top hat, black cape and talon-like fingernails, Coffin Joe is a horror icon in his own right. Whilst as a director, Marins has an unrelentingly original and outlandishly personal filmmaking style that can only be compared to a dep Films Comprise: 1. At Midnight I Will Take Your Soul (1964): Zé do Caixão is a grave digger in a small Brazilian town searching for the perfect woman to bear him a perfect child. He kills his wife, who is unable to conceive a child, and sets out to find someone else who can produce a child to continue his bloodline, and thus, grant him his only chance at immortality. 2. This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse (1967): Zé do Caixão returns to continue his quest for the perfect bride. Aided by a hunchbacked assistant he embarks on an even more brutal campaign of terror. For his sins Zé is dragged head first into the underworld. 3. Strange World of Coffin Joe (1968): A triptych explores the dark side. In "The Dollmaker," when four tough guys set out to rob a dollmaker, they're sidetracked by his beautiful daughters. While assaulting the women, they discover how the dollmaker gets such life-like eyes in his dolls. In "Obsession," a lame and destitute balloon man falls in love from afar. When
Erotic Tales Collection Review
Australia released, PAL/Region 4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Anamorphic Widescreen, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: EROTIC TALES is a collaborative experiment with the sensual imagination. Conceived by one of Germany's most successful producers, Regina Ziegler, EROTIC TALES is a series of short films by prolific international directors, including Bob Rafelson (USA), Paul Cox (AUSTRALIA) and Nicholas Roeg (UK), who were given carte blanche to create films that captured their vision of the erotic in their cultures. EROTIC TALES are, for the most part, short stories of fantasy, sometimes spiced with humorous touches; occasionally poetic or exotic. Moreover, as has often been praised in festival catalogues, the series features top professional filmmakers - directors and screenwriters intrigued by the possibility of making a personal statement on what he or she feels may constitute in a visual context the realm of the erotic. TITLES IN THIS VOLUME 1. THE DUTCH MASTER (USA) by Susan Seidelman 2. WET (USA) by Bob Rafelson 3. VROOM, VROOM, VROOM! (USA) by Melvin Van Peebles 4. THE CLOUD DOOR (India) by Mani Kaul 5. THE INSATIABLE MRS. KIRSCH (UK) by Ken Russell 6. TOUCH ME (Australia) by Paul Cox 7. SWEETIES (Italy) by Cinzia Th. Torrini 8. HOTEL PARADISE (UK) by Nicholas Roeg 9. DEVILISH EDUCATION (Poland) by Janusz Majewski 10. SAMBOLICO (Finland/Brazil) by Mika Kaurismäki 11. ELEPHANTS NEVER FORGET (Germany) by Detlev Buck 12. THE WAITING ROOM (The Netherlands) by Jos Stelling 13. GEORGIAN GRAPES (Georgia) by Georgi Shengelaya. 14. DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME (Greece) by Antonis Kokkinos 15. CAN I BE YOUR BRATWURST, PLEASE? (Germany) by Rosa von Praunheim SCREENED/AWARD
Erotic Collection Review
Germany released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), German ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), Silent ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), German ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Booklet, Box Set, Interactive Menu, Multi-DVD Set, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: ***WARNING***The following films don't have Englsh: The Elephant Never Forgets, The Night Nurse, Why Don't We Do It in the Road?, An Erotic Tale, Did You Ever & Nr. 23*** Germany's most successful film producer Regina Ziegler commissioned renowned filmmakers from around the world to tell their most erotic stories. 24 directors contributed - each of them award winners from Israel, Greece, Germany, Italy, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Russia, Ukraine, India, Finland, England, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Latvia and the U.S. The result are 29 films, about sensuality, fantasy, poetry, oddities, humor, controversy and convincing poignancy - and sometimes seduction. The Dutch Master (1994) The Cloud Door (1994) The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch (1995) Wet (1995) Vrooom Vroom Vrooom (1995) Touch Me (1993) Caramelle / Sweeties (1995) Hotel Paradise (1995) Devilish Education (1995) Sambolico (1996) The Elephant Never Forgets (1995) ***German audio*** The Waiting Room (1995) Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? (1999) Georgian Grapes (2001) Dream a Little Dream (1999) Kimono (2001) The Night Nurse (2000) ***German audio*** On Top Down Under (2002) The Gas Station (2000) Angela (2002) The Summer of My Deflowering (2000) Powers (2001) Why Don't We Do It in the Road? (2001) ***German audio*** Porn.com (2002) An Erotic Tale (2002) ***German audio*** Did You Ever (2003) ***German*** Nr. 23 (2006) ***German audio*** Music (2003) The Gallery (2003) SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Oscar Academy Awards,