Re: FN-FORUM: Amazon foreign films!

date posted 18th January 2005 14:39

Jamie,

Have a look at http://www.yesasia.com

Do a search for black rose under videos and they have em both. Only
about £7 each on DVD. I think they do free delivery to the UK, though
not sure of the minimum order quantity!

HTH

Chris.

Jamie Wilson wrote:
>
> Richard Monk wrote:
>
>> Solo un beso is Ae Fond Kiss.
>>
> Let's see if freelancers can work it's collective magic and find me a
> source for
>
> "92 hak mooi gwai dui hak mooi gwai" (Black Rose)
>
>
> or
>
>
> **"Hei mei gui yi jie jin lan" (Black Rose 2)
> **
>
> two of the greatest films i've ever seen (the first on SBS TV in
> Australia, and the second (which is the sequel to the first) entirely by
> accident in Hong Kong when I went to the cinema and asked for a ticket
> to the first local film with english subtitles), and apparently both
> with pretty heavy-weight Cantonese actors, but neither have ever seemed
> to have gotten decent Western releases.
>
> They excel in random eastern humour - no one does random humour like our
> eastern friends. Both films are similar to **Takashi Miike's
> "Katakuri-ke no kôfuku" (The Happiness of the Katakuris), or
> "****Jigureul jikyeora!"**** (Save the Green Planet). Having said that,
> Takashi Miike's "****Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô: Gozu" (Gozu) is probably a
> better film all-round. All of those had UK cinema release last year.
>
> ...j
> (who likes quoting random foreign film titles)
> **
>