Money (1928) ( L'argent ) ( Jazz-Bank ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ]

Money (1928) ( L'argent ) ( Jazz-Bank ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] Review

Money (1928) ( L'argent ) ( Jazz-Bank ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] Feature

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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: Silent ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Silent ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Black & White, Booklet, Documentary, Interactive Menu, Making Of, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Adapted from Émile Zola's novel of the same name, Marcel L'Herbier's L'Argent [Money] is an opulent classic of late-silent era cinema. Filmed in part on location at the Paris stock exchange, it reveals a world of intrigue, greed, decadence, and ultimately corruption and scandal when business dealings and amorous deceit combine. Business tycoons Saccard and Gunderman lock horns when the former attempts to raise capital for his faltering bank. To inflate the price of his stock, Saccard concocts a duplicitous publicity stunt involving the unwitting aviator Hamelin and a flight across the Atlantic to drill for oil, much to the dismay of his wife Line. While Hamelin is away, the lascivious Saccard attempts to seduce Line, whose own temptation by the allure of money puts herself and her husband in danger pawns in a high-stakes chess game played out by unscrupulous speculators. With an all-star cast (Brigitte Helm and Alfred Abel, fresh from Fritz Lang's Metropolis, alongside Pierre Alcover, Yvette Guilbert, and luminary of the French avant-garde Antonin Artaud) and a mammoth budget, L'Argent is comparable in period and scale with other celebrated epics of the silent era, such as Abel Gance's Napoléon. With its use of portable cameras that literally descend into the Bourse and revolve around its lavish contours, L'Argent represents a type of cinematic Impressionism distinctive to the silent art a poetry that would change forever with the coming of sound. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to pres

The Discovery of Heaven (2001) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ]

The Discovery of Heaven (2001) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] Review

The Discovery of Heaven (2001) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] Feature

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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: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Deleted Scenes, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: God wants the original Ten Commandments back. But no Angel is allowed to travel to earth to get them. The Angels have to 'create' a human being smart enough to find the Stone Tablets, and willing to sacrifice his or her life in order to return the Tablets to Heaven. The Angels design an ingenious and at the same time merciless plan to achieve their goal. The plan shapes up when two men on earth meet each other apparently by coincidence. One is Onno Quist (Stephen Fry), an eccentric linguist and son of a former Prime Minister. The other is Max Delius (Greg Wise), son of a Nazi father and a Jewish mother. The two men become friends. Only one person can intrude into the intimacy of their friendship: Ada Brons (Flora Montgomery), a young cello player. Ada becomes pregnant. She doesn't know whether Max or Onno is the father. The boy born, Quinten, rapidly develops as a very special and very gifted child. Is he the chosen one? Will he be capable to complete the Angels task? SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Catalonian International Film Festival,

The Faithful Heart ( Coeur Fidèle ) ( Coeur fidèle (The Faith ful Heart) ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, Blu-Ray, Reg.B Import - United Kingdom ]

The Faithful Heart ( Coeur Fidèle ) ( Coeur fidèle (The Faith ful Heart) ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, Blu-Ray, Reg.B Import - United Kingdom ] Review

The Faithful Heart ( Coeur Fidèle ) ( Coeur fidèle (The Faith ful Heart) ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, Blu-Ray, Reg.B Import - United Kingdom ] Feature

• THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER

United Kingdom released, Blu-Ray/Region B : it WILL NOT play on regular DVD player, or on standard US Blu-Ray player. You need multi-region Blu-Ray player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: Silent ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), Silent ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio ), English ( Subtitles ), French ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black & White, Booklet, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Jean Epstein's Coeur Fidèle (True Heart) established the great French filmmaker as one of the most inventive directors of the (then still silent) art form. A pared-down tale of a barmaid oppressed by an exploitative foster family who attempt to push her into the arms of an unscrupulous regular-about-town, Marie's heart (exuberantly vivified by Gina Marès) belongs, as far as she's concerned, to the tenderly blank Jean (Léon Mathot)... Coeur Fidèle drives its simple story (which, with its infamous and exhilarating "carousel sequence", helped pave the way for he narrative tradition of such Murnau masterworks as Sunrise and City Girl) on into the realm of what might be considered an early incarnation of French poetic realism - all while still anticipating Epstein's magical, post-surrealist, later works.

Kokoro (The Heart)

Kokoro (The Heart) Review

Kokoro (The Heart) Feature

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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: Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black & White, Booklet, Interactive Menu, Remastered, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Kon Ichikawa's rich adaptation of Natsume Soseki's classic novel depicts a complex relationship between a student and an older man he calls "sensei." The older man's relations with his wife seems curiously strained to the student. When the boy goes to the country to tend to his dying father, he learns that "sensei" committed suicide. A letter reveals that the older man never recovered from an incident that occurred during his student days.

Sanctuary: The Complete Second Season

Sanctuary: The Complete Second Season Review

Sanctuary: The Complete Second Season Feature

• SANCTUARY: COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (DVD MOVIE)

New Faces, Amazing Places, Bigger Myths and Greater Surprises Await… As Seen on Syfy. Dr. Helen Magnus (Amanda Tapping) is a beautiful and enigmatic scientist who seeks out all manner of monstrous creatures. Aided by forensic psychiatrist Dr. Will Zimmerman (Robin Dunne), tech expert Henry Foss (Ryan Robbins), professional con artist Kate Freelander (Agam Darshi), and the mysterious and unpredictable John Druitt (Christopher Heyerdahl), the Sanctuary team tracks down, studies and protects the strange and often terrifying creatures that secretly populate our world.

Humanity and Paper Balloons ( Ninjo kami fusen ) ( Ballad of the Paper Balloons ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ]

Humanity and Paper Balloons ( Ninjo kami fusen ) ( Ballad of the Paper Balloons ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] Review

Humanity and Paper Balloons ( Ninjo kami fusen ) ( Ballad of the Paper Balloons ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] Feature

• THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER

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: Japanese ( Mono ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Booklet, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Remastered, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Widely regarded as Yamanaka's greatest achievement, Humanity and Paper Balloons [Ninjo kami fusen] was, tragically, his last film, and only one of three that survive today. In a short, six year, 22 film career Yamanaka quickly earned a reputation for exceptionally fluid editing and a beautiful visual form likened to the paintings of Japanese masters.The story develops in the Tokugawa era of the 18th century, in a poor district of Tokyo, where impoverished samurai live from hand to mouth among equally poor people of lower social classes. One such ronin (masterless samurai) Matajuro, spends his day looking for work whilst his wife, Otaki, makes cheap paper balloons at home. One rainy night, Shinza, a barber, and equally penniless, impulsively abducts the daughter of a wealthy merchant, hiding her at Matajuro's home. Their desperate plan has grave consequences when a ransom attempt backfires. The film, which starts and ends with suicide, is deeply pessimistic, insisting that life in feudal Japan was hellish and short for those at the foot of the social ladder. Humanity and Paper Balloons premiered the day Yamanaka was drafted to the frontline at the start of WWII. He died in Manchuria, 1938, aged just 29.

Eureka Seven: Vol. 12 (Episodes 47-50)

Eureka Seven: Vol. 12 (Episodes 47-50) Review

Deep within the Scub Coral Command Center, Renton is reunited with his long lost sister Diane. In a vast and mysterious library the origins of the Scub Coral and the history of mankind are revealed. Learning from the follies of the past can the two races create a future united? Dewey stands before the final precipices of his mad plan, prepared to destroy a world he has judged as beyond redemption. Using the suborbital super Weapon Oratorio #8 a hole is driven through the crust of the very world and Anemone is dispatched on one final mission. As The End descends upon the Command Cluster, Dominic follows through the rapidly closing hole in a desperate attempt to save not only the world, but the girl he loves.