Most Wanted Films That Are Unavailable On DVD
There are a number of these films that have been on my list for about a decade now and still no findey. Im sure I could do the piratebay thing on a number of them, but thats a pain in the ass and Id much rather just have the "real thing" (its not so much an ethics thing as it is an aesthetic thing). Still, I dont mind if people want to email me links to the films or somewhere to find said film (and not for a gajillion dollars!)
NOTE: There are plenty on here that are available on PAL, but Im in the US so that wont work -- need NTSC.
**WORK IN PROGRESS-STAY TUNED**
NOTE: There are plenty on here that are available on PAL, but Im in the US so that wont work -- need NTSC.
**WORK IN PROGRESS-STAY TUNED**
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- DirectorJack SmightStarsStacy KeachMarianna HillBud CortStacy Keach is electrifying as Jonas Candide, an ex-carny who in 1918 travels around the bayou with a portable electric chair. At $100 a head, he renders his services with loving care. But then he falls for a female "client".Its finally available as an on-demand title through the wbstore! I just ordered my copy moments ago!
- DirectorPil-sung YimStarsCheon Jeong-myeongEun Won-jaeShim Eun-kyungAfter meeting a mysterious girl on an dark stretch of road, a young salesman is invited to a beautiful house with bizarre secrets and no way to escape.Crazy Korean f-ed up cinematographically awesome version of Hansel And Gretel! Its supposed to be out by now!!!! Ive been waiting since '06!
- DirectorElio PetriStarsFranco NeroVanessa RedgraveGeorges GéretAfter moving into a dilapidated rural villa to reinvigorate his creative energies, a neurotic artist becomes obsessed with a beautiful countess who died there many years prior.A Quiet Place In The Country
Most wanted Elio Petri. Listed on Amazon as an exclusive VHS-currently unavailable - DirectorElio PetriStarsGian Maria VolontèFlorinda BolkanGianni SantuccioA chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion
Listed on Amazon (sign up to be notified...). Currently OOP - DirectorElio PetriStarsGian Maria VolontèIrene PapasGabriele FerzettiA leftist professor wants the truth about two men killed during a hunting party; but the mafia, the Church and corrupt politicians don't want him to learn it.We Still Kill The Old Way
Amazon-not listed at all. - DirectorPeter FleischmannStarsEdward ZentaraAleksandr FilippenkoHugues QuesterAnother planet in the period of medieval times. An employee of the institute of experimental history from Earth, who is send under the name of noble don Rumata of Estor as a spy with a mission to contact the local resident of the institute, arrives in the city of Arkanar. But the resident perishes under an unlucky attempt to make a palace coup, and Rumata have to take his place as the resident. Soon he meets all the horrors of the medieval society - a peasant war, palace coups, mass executions. To continue to be an indifferent watcher of all these horrors turns out to be simply impossible...Hard To Be A God
Based on the Strugatsky Brothers novel
Not on Amazon at all. - DirectorJohn Erick DowdleStarsStacy ChboskyBen MessmerSamantha RobsonIn an abandoned house in Poughkeepsie, New York murder investigators uncover hundreds of tapes showing decades of a serial killer's work.Ive been tracking this film since it was first announced somewhere around '05 if memory serves and for some reason it just disappeared into oblivion. I know people have seen it because I get it recommended to me all the time (which just makes it all the more frustrating!)
Amazon-not listed at all. - DirectorPen-Ek RatanaruangStarsNopachai ChaiyanamPorntip PapanaiWanida TermthanapornAn urban husband and wife travel to the jungle and learn just how precious their relationship is.Nymph
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang is an amazing director. Both 6ixtynin9 and Last Life In The Universe are amazing. The former a high energy fun romp and the latter a brilliant understated masterpiece. Now I desperately want to see the rest of his canon and its nowhere to be found.
Amazon-not listed at all. - DirectorPen-Ek RatanaruangStarsAnanda EveringhamLalita PanyopasPorntip PapanaiEvery relationship has an expiration date. Every relationship needs its fantasies...some more real than others... A violent death of a relative brings Wit and his wife, Dang, back to Bangkok from America, where they own a Thai restaurant, for the first time in 7 years. As soon as they arrive in Bangkok at 5.30 am. Wit and Dang check into a five-star hotel downtown. Wit finds out that he is out of cigarettes once they are inside the room. He goes down to the lobby bar. After getting his pack of cigarette from the bartender Wit decides to order a cup of coffee and smoke his cigarette there. The girl from the table in the dark corner comes to Wit to ask if she could borrow his lighter. Wit hands her his lighter. Then she asks if she could borrow one cigarette too. The girl sits down and lights up one of his cigarettes and they somehow strike up a conversation. Wit learns that her name is PLOY. This is how our little tale of love and jealousy begins. A highly detailed psychological drama with three strangers locked inside one hotel room. It starts with subtle suspicions and builds up to hilarious jealousy, as the appearance of the young woman triggers the couple to suddenly realize how they had grown apart in their seven-year marriage, before reaching a devastating climax. In the final act, the couple is faced with the choice of going separate ways or turns around and embraces each other for a new beginning.Another Pen-Ek film
Amazon-not listed at all. - DirectorPen-Ek RatanaruangStarsTadanobu AsanoKang Hye-jeongEric TsangAfter inadvertently killing his girlfriend, a man (Asano) flees Macau for Thailand in an attempt to cope with his guilt, and avoid possible arrest. But the relocation doesn't prevent his problems from following him, as his new friends could be potential enemies.Another Pen-Ek film and this one has Tadanobu Asano in it!
PAL only - DirectorAlex van WarmerdamStarsAlex van WarmerdamHenri GarcinOlga ZuiderhoekA well-to-do, shut-in thirty-something faces city life, family secrets and his own quirks when he is finally thrown out by his parents.I really enjoyed Grimm by this director and every other film he's done looks really good and right up my alley. Little Tony and The Dress are in my Netflix queue (which I havent gotten around to yet), but I REALLY want to see this one most of all and also Ober and The Northerners
PAL only (part of 5 DVD boxset-Golden Calf winners) - DirectorAlex van WarmerdamStarsAlex van WarmerdamAriane SchluterJaap SpijkersA downtrodden waiter decides to take up matters with the screenwriter determined to make him suffer.Amazon-not listed at all.
- DirectorAlex van WarmerdamStarsJack WouterseAnnet MalherbeRudolf LucieerDuring the summer of 1960, the idiosyncratic residents of a one-street Dutch suburb collide in intertwining stories of desire and frustration.The Northerners
Only on VHS - DirectorAlex van WarmerdamStarsMarlies HeuerGene BervoetsAnnet MalherbeA woman living in a large country home drives her servants to mutiny with her outrageous demands as she waits for death to come for her.The Last Days Of Emma Blank
SAVE only and not on Amazon at all. - DirectorChristian AlvartStarsKonstantin GraudusDetlef LutzAndreas ErfurthWriter gets curious about the violent and sado-masochistic ongoings in his neighbour's apartments.Christian Alvart's (Pandorum, Case 39) first film. Seems to be completely unavailable on any medium
Not on Amazon at all - DirectorBrad AndersonStarsMike BrunelleSteve WaldfogleThree female astronauts are tricked into landing on a barren planet ruled by a Frankenstein monster. They promptly get thrown in a dungeon and are later attacked by a swarm of monstrous creatures.Brad Anderson's first film. It doesnt look that good, but as a completist, I want to see it. I also need to see Darien Gap (his 2nd film), but I just discovered that one is on Amazon VoD for $2.99
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsArturo de CórdovaDelia GarcésAurora WalkerA husband's suave exterior unravels after his marriage, and he unleashes his paranoid and volatile temper on his wife, which escalates to more dangerous and unpredictable tantrums.Only on VHS-OOP. Some used copies on Amazon
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsGérard PhilipeMaría FélixJean ServaisAroused citizens assassinate an unpopular Caribbean despot, then two men vie for his gorgeous widow Ines. Ojeda is a steamy, isolated island, the penal colony for an oppressive dictatorship. A reactionary seizes the murdered governor's post, and rushes to eliminate his romantic rival, an idealistic underling. The bureaucrat Vazquez hopes to marshal the angry residents of the capitol, El Pao, plus the many political prisoners, to oust Governor Gual.Fever Mounts at El Pao
One of Buñuel's lesser known films.
Not on Amazon at all. - DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsFernando SolerRosario GranadosAndrés SolerA father decides to teach their bratty kids a lesson about the value of money.The Great Madcap
Another lesser known...his second feature length film
On Amazon in a 7-DVD set OOP. Available from private sellers $57+ - DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsLilia PradoCarlos NavarroFernando SotoConfronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin".Illusion Travels By Streetcar
On Amazon in a 7-DVD set OOP. Available from private sellers $57+ - DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsFernando SolerAlicia CaroFernando SotoAfter discovering he's being cheated on by his wife María, Quintin kicks her out of the house. Upon leaving, his wife confesses that their daughter Martha is actually not Quintin'd daughter. Quintin abandons the child in front of a poor family's house. Ten years after, María is on her death bed, and tells Quintin that Martha is actually his daughter. Quintin must set out and look for his abandoned daughter.Daughter Of Deceit
On Amazon in a 7-DVD set OOP. Available from private sellers $57+ - DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsErnesto AlonsoMiroslavaRita MacedoThe delirious journey of a mentally disordered man, who is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.The Criminal Life Of Archibaldo De La Cruz aka Rehearsal For A Crime
Amazon lists NTSC R1 DVD, but complaints about it not having English subtitles. Used copies of VHS by private sellers - DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsCatherine DeneuveFernando ReyFranco NeroShortly after her mother's death, an innocent and youthful woman will find refuge into the household of her middle-aged aristocratic guardian, who will submit her to his sexual advances.PAL only
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsGeorges MarchalLucia BosèJulien BertheauOn a Mediterranean island, an honorable doctor hides a hunted criminal. The doctor is soon hunted by a police commissioner.That Is The Dawn
Not on Amazon at all. - DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsColumba DomínguezMiguel TorrucoJoaquín CorderoIn a backward village where members of two rival families have kept killing each other for generations, a young doctor is expected to avenge his father.The River And Death
On Amazon in a 7-DVD set OOP. Available from private sellers $57+