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I was wondering the very same thing! Being a collector of Orson Welles material, not to mention a great admirer of John Huston, I was eagerly looking forward to this appearing in my Xmas stocking. Oh, well. There's always my birthday, I suppose.

They are very rare. As are the Remains of the Day lunchboxes.

As someone who has actually lost everything before (I live in New Orleans, do the math), I must say that the stuff you think you'd replace instantly ain't necessarily so. A year on, my small collection -- I have about 80 DVDs at the present time -- bears little resemblance to my old one. Money...

I used to own the double-sided disc. The day I bought it, I tried it in both of my girlfriend's DVD players -- a Sony and a CyberHome -- and it refused to load in either. Dejected at losing the chance to impose (what she sees as) my bizarre taste in movies once again, I trundled home. Lo and...

In a word: no. This question raises its head frequently, Anderson's masterpiece being among the most highly anticipated of all potential, future DVD releases. Paramount remastered it several years ago, and a Malcolm McDowell commentary was recorded at that time. However, the DVD has failed...

Re. DVDfromKorea.com: nice to see their website has been right-click disabled … to prevent potential customers from adding it to their favourites folders, no doubt. Smart move, kids.

I'm not that pissed about it, but I WILL have my money back. $28 is $28, and it's better in my pocket than in some French bank account. But it's the principle at the end of the day; I don't like being ripped off. Bank of America just didn't want to deal with it because a) it was a foreign...

Well, the whole credit card thing has been a pain in the arse ever since I moved to America -- from Britain -- five years ago. For the first two years I was here I couldn't get a card to save my life, even though my credit in Britain was perfect. America is so solipsistic. Then, as if from...

Amazon.fr are my first stop for French stuff, but they don't always have everything I am looking for. Sometimes you've got to shop around the less-established websites, and that's when problems can arise. Devendenaute consistently ignored my e-mails, and have since removed the Welles title...

Irina: Once you go hack, you never go back, baby ;) The most you can do -- unless you know someone in the relevant country who is willing to act as a middle-man -- is to bundle your orders together to save on shipping. But it isn't always as easy as that, I know. I have an issue at the...

You're not having an easy time of it of late, are you, Irina? Have you, by any chance, considered going region-locked? :)

That sucks. Have they charged your credit card yet? Luckily, I don't have any orders outstanding with them at the moment. I love that site, though ... everything is dead cheap -- even the postage -- and always beautifully packaged. I'm interested to know how you get on.

Yeah, it's been down for a couple of weeks now, at least -- just vanished overnight. I do hope it's just a Web issue, and they haven't gone out of business; they are one of my favourite e-tailers for Far Eastern stuff.

The reason why dvd.it are so expensive, shipping-wise, is that they send American orders by courier. I ordered a DVD from them a few months back, and it arrived in New Orleans three days later. THREE DAYS from Italy! I ordered on Monday (with the seven-hour time difference, it was already...

I can't believe no one has mentioned "The Devil Rides Out" yet. Christopher Lee plays a good guy for once, while the hisses from the gallery go to the underrated Charles Gray for a wonderfully creepy performance as leader of the Satanist cult. Some nice special effects, and even an appearance by...

I agree with Irina that Amazon.fr are probably the best. That said, they don't always have everything you might want in stock, so it pays to shop around. Some other useful sites: http://www.alapage.com/ http://www.fnac.com/ http://www.devedenaute.fr/

I, too, own the Prism DVD, and I must say it is poor, even for a budget release. Apart from the picture quality, which is riddled with artifacts throughout, the disc is badly authored. I can't remember the precise details, and I'm loathe to dig out the DVD for the purpose of this post, but I...

Bastards! Witchfinder General is one of my all-time favourites, and a key slice of late-'60s British cinema. John Coquillon's photography is stunning. The current R0 Metrodome/Prism release simply doesn't do it justice. But while I love the Midnite Movies series, I truly believe that...

There are two issues at hand here: 1. It is technically more difficult to convert a PAL signal to NTSC than vice versa. The lines of resolution and the frame-per-second output are different for each format. It is easier to do with today's digital technology, but back in the days of VHS it was...

Thanks, guys. There is life after collecting, I promise! Scott: here are those BOB easter eggs in full. Some of them are a little awkward to cue up, but it's worth persevering. The alternate "OYPT" is great. 1. 'Oh! You Pretty Things' (Old Grey Whistle Test, Take 2) — DVD 1: click on 'Play...

I don't know that there's much of a difference, to be honest. Jazzin' for Blue Jean is available as an easter egg on the Best of Bowie DVD. Click on the ) symbol on the tracklisting display. You will notice the picture change on the right hand side. Highlight and click to play. Hey presto...

The standard Ryko edition was in print for about eight years, although they did repackage it a couple of times during the mid-'90s, first replacing the original CD-V with a CD-Rom, and then in a simple slipcase, which dropped the bonus disc entirely. Actually, the real psycho collectors among...

Well, you can never have everything, but there was a LOT of stuff. I was considered one of the biggest collectors on the Bowie scene, particularly when it came to CDs. I actively pursued every CD single, every promo, and every bootleg, worldwide. Then there was the memorabilia, original artwork...

Thanks, Aaron. I'm getting there - slowly :) Never again will I collect music as rabidly as I did before the storm. I mean, how do you even begin to replace a lifetime's collection? The Bowie stuff alone was worth over $100,000... Still, I'm one of the lucky ones. I have my life and a new...

My days as a Bowie collector are over - wiped out by Hurricane Katrina - but you can read a fan review here: http://www.bowiewonderworld.com/cols/ardent.htm Ste

Alas, nothing so highbrow :) I'm not sure whether the British Nightingales series was ever shown in the States; it's late-night scheduling meant that few people saw it even in Britain. Still, for those who prefer their comedy on the surreal, and slightly anarchic, side, this was top-notch...

Possibly the most underrated British sit-com ever gets a UK R2 DVD release on March 27th. Is there anybody there?

Brett: I don't mean to sound obtuse, but it really does come down to individual titles. There are thousands of R3 DVDs - good, bad, and indifferent. Just like R1, it's a toss-up between quality, extras, and price. All I know about your tastes (from your Japanese e-tailers post) is that you...

It's not a dumb question, but it cannot be answered with a simple yes or no. Individual titles vary, and you really have to do some research if you're looking for the best available quality worldwide. The Cross of Iron DVD that I mentioned is arguably the best version out there right now, but it...

Hmm. Amazon may be cheaper to Australia, but not to North America. The last DVD I ordered from CDJapan cost 1,200yen airmail to the United States. They also have a discount points system of 300yen for the first order and varying amounts (depending on the total amount spent) for each successive...