Just a note: there have been plenty of artists throughout history who have never been statisfied with their work or seen it as "complete" and "finalized". In fact, many of them would prefer that the "original" would never be seen again, much like an author would throw out many drafts of his work...
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry during those scenes...it was such an odd thing to witness. The thing that made it more disturbing is that I think the woman genuinely, truly believed everything she said and did..although I suppose that could be debated.
Actually, I was thinking about this when I was watching the film..as you saw, one of the women he interviewed passed on before he even completed the documentary, so the temporary nature of their practice became even more clear...so I am certainly grateful to the filmmaker for his efforts, even...
I've been having the same problem for about 5 days now, and I can't seem to find a way around it. On my friend's computer it does the same thing, but when I tried a computer at the library, it worked fine (going to the English site), so I don't really know what the deal is with that...any ideas...
BTW, here is the art for the R2 edition (released back in Sept. 2003), which I think looks very classy: Wish they could use that teaser poster image for the new R1 cover art instead of the big head syndrome all the time!
Why? Aside from the cover, we do not really know what the packaging will be like. It could just be a regular 2-disc amaray case that only "looks" like an ammo box.
I do not think that that release is the same as this one. Looking at Amazon.co.uk I see that there was a 2-disc DTS edition released last September in Region 2, but it only added one new special feature so far as I can tell ("Return to Normandy"), whereas it seems to me that they have created...
I recommend "MEMORIES OF MURDER" (2003, R1&3 Korean DVD), "UNTOLD SCANDAL" (2003, R3 only), "TAKE CARE OF MY CAT" (2000, R0), "SAVE THE GREEN PLANET!" (2003, R3 only), and the Lee Chang-dong Collection which includes all three of the director's great masterpieces - "GREEN FISH" (1997, R0)...
I would wait for this one if I were you: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...v=glance&s=dvd It's from Fox and it's supposed to have some good extras. I think the DVD comes with the original B&W feature and a new colorized version too.
Top 10 Films of 2003 1. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING 2. THE LAST SAMURAI 3. LOST IN TRANSLATION 4. KILL BILL: VOL. 1 5. THE MATRIX RELOADED/REVOLUTIONS 6. WHALE RIDER 7. MEMORIES OF MURDER 8. THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI 9. SEABISCUIT 10. MASTER AND...
I don't like the idea of playing with history just to have an American character in there so the film will appeal more to western audiences, but if there has to be an American star, then I can't think of anyone better than Tom Cruise actually! So with that said, this is still my most anticipated...
Just got my copy of the box set in the mail today from Amazon.ca! Looks great!! BTW, I couldn't even find any of the 2-disc DVDs by themselves in the stores, never mind the actual boxed set.