French DVDs and Blu-Rays of Asian Movies

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 01 Nov 2006, 05:12

hey,

Mongolian Ping Ping I've been meaning to get (the director of Crazy Stone did it) and there is perhaps a sufficient R1...

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 04 Nov 2006, 15:13

Update:

I've heard so many bad things about Lorelei... it can only be a masterpiece.

To be released on January 17th by M6 Vidéo. No specs yet.

14 Amazons:

To be released on January 23rd by Wild Side Vidéo.
Probably in a 2-disc edition with about 80 minutes of extras.

The Tiger Blade:

To be released on January 15th by Fox Pathé Europa.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 04 Nov 2006, 15:23

hey,

woah, believe it's Ivy Ling Po at front and she looks like a monster now!

Fuckin' awesome film, apparently cut by Celestial in scenes they were too lazy to understand were intentionally slowed down speed-wise.

Linn · Post by **Linn** » 05 Nov 2006, 18:54

FYI, the French DVD of 14 Amazons is going to be the uncut version according to a review I found on another site. And the film wasn't cut by Celestial, they just don't know when they have cut prints. They used a already cut "International" version of the film and found out later it was cut up. This is one film that's pretty famous for having many different versions all over the world with different lengths.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 05 Nov 2006, 19:18

FYI, the French DVD of 14 Amazons is going to be the uncut version

How do you know ?

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 05 Nov 2006, 20:22

hey,

Linn, from what I gathered after discussing the Celestial dvd with people, they intentionally cut out the sped-up shots because they looked ridiculous! Some of those cut shots are even in the original trailer on the HK DVD!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 05 Nov 2006, 20:38

No English subs?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 05 Nov 2006, 20:41

On a french dvd ?
Get real.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 05 Nov 2006, 21:17

Guess it was a silly question.

Never seen 14 Amazons so I'll be happy with the HK DVD I'm sure.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 05 Nov 2006, 21:23

hey,

the HK dvd looks great but the remix isn't pretty. At any rate, self plug:

http://www.sogoodreviews.com/reviews/no.htm#amazons

Linn · Post by **Linn** » 06 Nov 2006, 16:50

tom2681 wrote:
FYI, the French DVD of 14 Amazons is going to be the uncut version
How do you know ?

LOL, I know everything!

A friend of mine works on all the French Shaw Brothers DVDs. He made sure they got the uncut version for Cannes and this DVD is the same.

THE FOLLOWING IS BASED ON WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY CELESTIAL. And having seen multible versions of these films:

As for the cut version, so far Celestial hasn't cut anything from a print except the Hung Fist doc from Heroes Two. And that was an problem where the person doing the remastering thought it was a trailer attached to the print, which they put on to other DVDs later to make up for the problem. Every release from them that has been cut (not speaking of frame cuts done during remastering), have been a result of it being an alternate cut of the film made for other markets back in the 70s/80s or of HK censorship at the time of the original release. The issue is, they have people working on the remasters that don't know the films. It's only after someone tells them there's a longer, better version that they look for that and usually find it. This has already happened with Human Lanterns, Killer Snakes, Clans of Intrigue, Chinatown Kid, and now 14 Amazons. Coming direct from Celestial, they did not touch the film. The version released on HK DVD was a export version with slow motion scenes, action, and dialog removed. I believe them because: A. This was a huge release in HK complete with theater showing. It makes little sense they would cut anything from such a well known film. And B. Not just slow motion shots were touched, but bits and pieces throughout the film were cut out.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 06 Nov 2006, 17:40

A friend of mine works on all the French Shaw Brothers DVDs.

I like you.

palplathune · Post by **palplathune** » 06 Nov 2006, 23:38

Linn wrote:
tom2681 wrote:
FYI, the French DVD of 14 Amazons is going to be the uncut version
How do you know ?
I know everything! LOL. A friend of mine works on all the French Shaw Brothers DVDs. He made sure they got the uncut version for Cannes and this DVD will be the same.

Well, he wasn't able to make sure Wild Side released Martial Club with the right language.

On the 14 Amazons, they have a few internal pressure to make it the best possible so I guess it will really be the uncut version and loaded with extras (even if many questions were already asked throughout the other releases of WS... in order to create an interest for the movie in WS itself!).

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 06 Nov 2006, 23:40

@Palplathune:
Bienvenue to Bullets.

palplathune · Post by **palplathune** » 08 Nov 2006, 01:15

tom2681 wrote:@Palplathune:
Bienvenue to Bullets.

Thank you

To continue on the subject, I got guarantee the upcoming Lau Kar Leung boxset would have the right languages. At least, this one should not be screwed

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 14 Nov 2006, 01:00

Update:

Lee Myung-Se's slow-motion swordplay film The Duelist will be released by Paramount on december 7th.

No specs yet.

MK2 will release Jia Zhang-Ke's The World on november 22nd.

Extras:
"Made in China", a 65-minute documentary.
"The World viewed by Jia Zhang-Ke", a 24-minute behind the scenes featurette.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 14 Nov 2006, 02:10

The Duelist any good? Opinions from people who aren't Tom, Romero and Bisc would be preferred (no offence meant guys). Thanks.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 14 Nov 2006, 14:55

Opinions from people who aren't Tom, Romero and Bisc would be preferred

The general opinion is:
-OK film.
-The slow-motion fights are annoying.
-The actors are annoying.
-The humour is unnecessary, not funny, and downright stupid.

-LD didn't like it.
-Recon didn't like it.
-Romero didn't like it.

Godzooki · Post by **Godzooki** » 14 Nov 2006, 18:38

EvaUnit02 wrote:The Duelist any good? Opinions from people who aren't Tom, Romero and Bisc would be preferred (no offence meant guys). Thanks.

I aint seen it, gonna wait till it hits UK cinema's early December until i decide if im buying or not.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 16 Nov 2006, 15:52

Update:

Gaumont will release She's on Duty (korean comedy) tomorrow.

It's tempting... Same extras as the korean edition + french subs.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 16 Nov 2006, 16:10

"The Duelist" has some of the most beautiful visuals in recent cinema and a really wonderful soundtrack which I listen to on my mp3 player quite often.

What a shame that the film just sucked!

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 18 Nov 2006, 01:52

Thanks, I'll pass on The Duelist then.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 Nov 2006, 14:37

Is She's on Duty any good?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 18 Nov 2006, 16:17

It's pretty much a korean remake of Stephen Chow's Fight Back to School.

Very fun, very cute. Reminded me of My Wife is a Gangster.

Bisc gave it a 3/5.

Bisc wrote:She's on Duty 3/5

Aye you guys seen this? As a comedy it's pretty naff. I mean we've all seen this before. It's like My Boss, My Hero all over again. However the last quarter was entertaining and threw in some unexpected twists.

However the lead actress looked way too old to pass as a school girl. Plus her voice started to give me a headache... what a pitch!

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 25 Nov 2006, 16:56

Update:

Ghost of Mae Nak... KubiK Vidéo... 2-disc edition... lots of extras.

January 25th.

Riding alone for thousands of miles ("Riding Alone: for a son" is the french title)... Gaumont... no specs yet.

January 9th.

The Wig... Gaumont... no specs yet.

February 6th.

Bullets 'n' Babes

French DVDs and Blu-Rays of Asian Movies

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