Martin Scorsese's World Cinema project. No. 2 / Janus Films ; World Cinema Foundation.

Insiang; Insiang leads a quiet life dominated by household duties, but after she is raped by her mother's lover and abandoned by the young man who claims to care for her, she exacts vicious revenge. Mysterious object at noon: Apichatpong creates a film version of the corpse game, enlisting locals to...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: World Cinema Foundation
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Janus Films
Other Authors: Brocka, Lino, 1939-1991 (Film director)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 1970- (Film director)
Shinarbaev, Ermek, 1953- (Film director)
Peixoto, Mário (Film director)
Akad, Lütfi Ö (Film director)
Yang, Edward (Film director)
Scorsese, Martin
Berlin, Eve
Language:Tagalog
Thai
Russian
Turkish
Chinese
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Insiang: In Tagalog with English subtitles.
Mysterious object at noon: In Thai with English subtitles.
Revenge: In Russian with English subtitles.
Limite: Silent with English subtitles.
Law of the border: In Turkish with English subtitles.
Taipei story: In Mandarin and Hokkien with English subtitles.
Published: [New York, New York] : Criterian Collection, 2017.
Edition:Dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 873.
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Physical Description:9 videodiscs (595 minutes) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (59 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm).
Variant Title:
World Cinema Project.
Format: Video DVD Blu-ray Disc
Description
Summary:
Insiang; Insiang leads a quiet life dominated by household duties, but after she is raped by her mother's lover and abandoned by the young man who claims to care for her, she exacts vicious revenge.
Mysterious object at noon: Apichatpong creates a film version of the corpse game, enlisting locals to improvise narration to create a combined story.
Revenge: A child raised in Korea spends decades avenging the death of his father's first child.
Limite: A man and two women lost at sea share their pasts through flashbacks.
Law of the border: Smugglers working across the border between Turkey and Syria clash with the authorities.
Tapei story: A washed-up baseball player and his property girlfriend struggle with their relationship as they work towards marriage and emigration.
Note:3 volume set accompanied by a 59-page booklet with photographs and an essay on each movie. Each vol. contains 2 DVDs & 1 Blu-ray in the jewel case = 6 DVDs & 3 Blu-ray in the set.
Credits from accompanying booklet.
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 (Revenge, Limite); 1.37:1 (Insiang, Law of the border); 1.60:1 (Mysterious object at noon); 1.85:1 (Taipei story).
Includes interviews and introductions to all films by Martin Scorsese.
Call Number:PN1997 .M375 2017 Blu-ray & VideoDVD
ISBN:9781681433066
1681433060
9781681433073
1681433079
9781681433080
1681433087
9781681433097
1681433095
9781681433103
1681433109
9781681433110
1681433117
9781681433127
1681433125
Credits:Insiang: director, Lino Brocka ; screenplay by Mario O'Hara, Lamberto E. Antonio ; editor, Augusto Salvador ; director of photography, Conrado Baltazar ; music, Minda D. Azarcon.
Mysterious object at noon: conceived and edited by Apichatopong Weerasethakul ; producers, Gridthiya Gaweewong, Mingmongkol Sonakul ; camera, Prasong Klinborrom, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
Revenge: directed by Ermek Shinarbaev ; screenplay by Anatoli Kim ; music, Vladislav Shut ; cinematography, Sergei Kosmanev ; editing, Polina Stein.
Limite: director, Mário Peixoto ; screenplay, Mário Peixoto ; cinematography, Edgar Brasil ; editors, Mário Peixoto, Edgar Brasil.
Law of the border: directed by Lüftı Ö. Akad ; screenplay by Lüftı Ö. Akad ; from a story by Yılmaz Güney ; cinematography by Ali Uǧur ; editor, Ali Ün ; music, Nida Tüfekçi.
Taipei story: director, Edward Yang ; producers, Huang Yung, Lin Jung-feng, Liu Sheng-chung ; screenwriters, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Chu Tien-wen, Edward Yang ; cinematography, Yang Wei-han ; editors, Wang Chi-yang, Sung Fan-chen.
System Details:Blu-ray, region A; monoaural or 5.1 surround.
Blu-ray disc: Not compatible with standard DVD players; requires Blu-ray disc player.
DVD, NTSC, region 1; monoaural or 5.1 surround.
Cast:
Insiang: Hilda Koronel, Mona Lisa, Ruel Vernal.
Revenge: Aleksandr Pan, Valentina Tyo, Kasym Zhakibayev.
Limite: Olga Breno, Taciana Rei, Raul Schnoor, D.G. Pedrera.
Law of the border: Yılmaz Güney, Pervin Par, Erol Taş.
Taipei story: Tsai Chin, Hou Hsiao-hsien.