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.
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NOTE: There are plenty on here that are available on PAL, but Im in the US so that wont work -- need NTSC.
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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+ - DirectorRafael CortésStarsLuis BuñuelRafael AlbertiHernando ViñesPresumablly a biography of Buñuel featuring him, his son, John Huston, Salvador Dali, Carlos Saura, Federico Fellini et al.
Amazon-not listed at all. Possibly never released - DirectorJosé Luis López-LinaresJavier RioyoStarsJosé SanchoCarlos FuentesClaudio IsaacDocumentary about spanish director Luis Buñuel.Another documentary about Buñuel. The DVD link goes to Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. Maybe its a special feature on there, but I cant tell.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsLiv UllmannErland JosephsonAino TaubeTwo psychiatrists have their marriage tested when one suffers a mental breakdown.OOP and I dont think it was ever on DVD, but Netflix has it as SAVE
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsRobert ShawMalcolm McDowellAndy BradfordTwo escapees are on the run in the wilderness of an unspecified country. Wherever they go, they are followed by a menacing black helicopter.PAL only
- DirectorAlex InfascelliStarsLorenza IndovinaClaudio SantamariaRolando RavelloA serial killer, called the Iguana, is terrorizing Bologna. He is able to change continuously identity. Grazia is investigating trying to find out the truth about the Iguana. Only a blind boy obsessioned by "Almost Blue", a jazz song, could help her.PAL only
- DirectorLaís BodanzkyStarsRodrigo SantoroOthon BastosCássia KisA trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs on his pocket. The marijuana cigarette is just the final drop that exposes the family tragedy. Send to a mental institution, Neto gets to know a completely absurd, inhumane reality in which the people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel institution system. The documentary type language used by the director give this movie a sensation of realty that increases even more the impact of the emotions Neto goes through. In the mental institution, Neto is forced to mature. The transformations that he goes through change this relations with his father.Brainstorm aka The Thing With Seven Heads aka Seven-Headed Beast
NTSC R4 only. No English subtitles - DirectorLouis MalleStarsCathryn HarrisonTherese GiehseAlexandra StewartTo escape a gender war, a girl flees to a remote farmhouse and becomes part of an extensive family's unusual, perhaps even supernatural, lifestyle.PAL only.
- DirectorRolf SchübelStarsFranka PotenteHilmir Snær GuðnasonUlrich ThomsenThe story of the first cloned human being, told in her own words: At age 30, world-famous composer Iris Sellin, who wants to live forever, learns that she has an incurable illness. She refuses to accept it. To preserve her art and also herself beyond death, for all posterity, she has herself cloned. Her daughter Siri, whom in this way she turns into her virtual twin, learns as a child that she is the world's first cloned human being; a blueprint in fact: a blueprint of her mother. From that moment, on nothing is as it was before.PAL only
- DirectorAleksandr RogozhkinStarsIgor SergeevAleksey PoluyanMikhail VasserbaumDepiction of "troika" type of mass murder trials and it's influence on those who carried out plans to mass murder million of people. Somehow Russia was able to produce such movie, which easily could be documentary about actual events.Only on VHS-OOP
- DirectorA. Hans ScheirlStarsSuzie KrügerLeonora Rogers-WrightA. Hans ScheirlDust, a split-personality cyborg of fluid gender, zooms through time and space in search of his/her own memories and a sense of understanding. S/he travels from the Planet of White Dust where war is constant, to the Planet of Blood and Swelling, a hybrid of his/her father's body.Only on VHS-OOP
- DirectorJörg ButtgereitStarsHermann KoppHeinrich EbberMichael KrauseSeven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.The Death King
R2 Only (cant tell if NTSC or PAL). German-probably no subtitles. Private sellers $66+ - DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsDirk BogardeAndréa FerréolKlaus LöwitschIn early-1930s Berlin, an elegant Russian émigré and eccentric chocolatier convinces himself that he has seen his doppelgänger, and hatches a murderous plan to trade his existence for an entirely new one. Will he get over the deep despair?Only on VHS-OOP. Some used copies on Amazon $13+
- DirectorCharles WinklerStarsMalcolm McDowellGeoffrey LewisPriscilla Pointer10 years ago the perverse Dr. Russell couldn't resist the beauty of a young patient in his mental clinic and raped her one night. When she plunged herself from the roof shortly after, he described it as consequence of her heavy depressions. Now the same urge overcomes him with his new patient Sandy. He doesn't know that she's the daughter of his previous victim and that she's come for revenge.Only on VHS-OOP. Some used copies on Amazon $2+.
- DirectorClaude MillerStarsGérard DepardieuMiou-MiouClaude PiépluA man is desperately attaining beloved woman, despite her husband and child.This Sweet Sickness
Based on Patricia Highsmith novel
Only on VHS-OOP. Some used copies available on Amazon $16+. - DirectorHans RichterStarsJack BittnerLibby HolmanJosh WhiteAfter learning how to look inside himself, a poetic bum sells people vivid dreams.PAL only
- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsKaho MinamiTakeshi WakamatsuEtsushi ToyokawaEvery Monday at 6 pm a young woman is murdered in the subway. The psychiatrist Setsuko Suma is called in to assist the police. The trail leads to another psychiatrist - Dr Rei Aku - who Setsuko used to date. As she get closer to the solution, she gets more and more convinced that Aku's deprogramming of former sectmembers is important.Angel Dust
Only on VHS. Used copies on Amazon $4+ - DirectorLadislao VajdaStarsHeinz RühmannSigfrit SteinerSiegfried LowitzHaving doubts about the guilt of the obvious suspect in the murder of an eight year old girl, a police detective decides to investigate the case on his own.It Happened In Broad Daylight
PAL only or VHS OOP - DirectorCurtis HarringtonStarsSimone SignoretJames CaanKatharine RossA young couple who are into kinky "mind games" get more than they bargained for when a mysterious woman comes into their lives.PAL only. VHS $100+
- DirectorRené LalouxStarsGlenn CloseChristopher PlummerPierre-Marie EscourrouAn evil force begins to destroy the idyllic paradise of Gandahar, where the citizens are in perfect harmony with nature.aka Light Years
VHS only and in stock new at Amazon $24.99. I know as soon as I actually buy this, 2 months later itll come out on DVD when Ive only been waiting for years. - DirectorRené LalouxStarsJean ValmontMichel EliasFrédéric LegrosPiel, a 7 or 8 year old boy, is alone on the desert planet Perdide, only survivor of an attack by giant hornets. Calling for help, Piel's father's friend Jaffar keeps contact with the kid and hurries across space toward Perdide.The other Rene Laloux film...
DVD OOP and *very* expensive much like my copy of Fantastic Planet was before they re-released it - DirectorBruce PittmanStarsSean AstinMiranda de PencierEugene LevyIn a distant future, egalitarianism has created a truly equal state. The cost? The sacrifice of everything great about humankind. The question: is peace worth the price?Only on VHS. Used copies on Amazon
- DirectorHenri XhonneuxStarsFrançois MarthouretValérie KlingMichel RobinThe scene is a pre-French Revolution Bastille, where various political prisoners are being held: a woman who was raped and impregnated by the king, a police chief who was accused of selling bad pork, and the Marquis, who was unjustly accused of working for the overthrow of the king. The Marquis is only interested in writing his deviant stories, while his penis yearns for a little action (they argue about this frequently), the prime candidate being the jailer who likes to be buggered. The corrupt priest arranges to have the pregnant woman raped by the Marquis so they can claim the king had nothing to do with it. The priest also steals the Marquis' manuscripts and publishes them for his own profit. Things come to a head as the people rise up against the tyranny.Animated tale of Marquis de Sade
Only on VHS. Used copies on Amazon $39+ - DirectorJuraj HerzStarsZdena StudenkováVlastimil HarapesVáclav VoskaIn this gothic rendition of the classic fairy tale, a merchant's youngest daughter is held prisoner by a mysterious winged beast.Beauty & The Beast
Czech dark version of Beauty & The Beast.
Only on VHS-OOP - DirectorJuraj JakubiskoStarsGiulietta MasinaPetra VancíkováTobias HoeslThe Feather Fairy lives in the sky and gives snow to the people. She lives with a boy called Jakob, who one day ventures into the human world and falls for a peasant girl.Only on VHS-OOP
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsMichael BiehnAlex McArthurNicholas CampbellAlex is an outwardly normal man who goes on killing and mutilating sprees. When he is finally captured and brought to trial, the district attorney is torn between his own liberal ideals on guilt and the crimes the accused is being tried.Loosely based on the Richard Trenton Chase case
Only on VHS. Copies on Amazon $29+ - DirectorKen RussellStarsVanessa RedgraveOliver ReedDudley SuttonIn 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier's protection of the city of Loudun from the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu is undermined by a sexually repressed nun's accusation of witchcraft.Too confusing to tell what, if any of the DVDs to buy. There appear to be two on Amazon, and since their reviews cross over editions, I cant tell which one is the crappy one. I think Ill just wait until Warner Bros. FINALLY releases this officially.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsJoan BennettMichael RedgraveAnne RevereAfter a lovely woman and her new husband settle in an ancient mansion on the East coast, she discovers that he may want to kill her.Only on VHS. Copies available on Amazon $24+
- DirectorPhilip SavilleStarsAntony SherBillie WhitelawPatrick MacneeA young man discovers that not only has he the ability to read minds, but also that if he holds a camera next to his head he can transmit the thoughts he sees onto film. He strikes a deal with a wealthy businessman to use his powers, with two conditions: that he will make enough money for a sex-change operation; and that under no circumstances shall his powers be used for military purposes. Things don't work out quite the way he planned.Dude can read minds, transmit his thoughts through a video camera...oh, and he wants a sex change. It has a 4.0, but I think its worth a watch regardless.
Only on VHS. Used copies on Amazon for $2. - DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsGiulio BrogiAlida ValliPippo CampaniniA man returns to the place where his father was murdered and tries to find closure. But he finds himself in a similar predicament as his late father instead.The Spider's Stratagem
Only on VHS. Used copies on Amazon $40+ - DirectorLarry PeerceStarsMarilyn HassettJulie HarrisAnne JacksonAs the horrors beneath the idealized 1950s come about, a successful young woman finds herself having a serious mental breakdown when she returns to New England.Theyre remaking this. And hopefully it will be better than what the critics say about this version. Nonetheless, I want to see this.
Only on VHS. Copies available on Amazon $10+ - DirectorJohn GillingStarsPaul DouglasEva BartokLeslie PhillipsAn American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the local dictator is using gamma rays to transform children into mutated henchmen.Only on VHS. Used copies on Amazon $4+. I should probably just throw the $4 at this... It looks really cool.
- DirectorJack M. SellStarsPeter SpelsonChris CarbisCurt ColbertA man discovers that he has psychotronic powers--the ability to will people to die. He begins exercising that power.I am SO looking forward to finally seeing this ONLY because I know it will be awesome to MST. I would rather not pay $73 for it on Amazon though.... There is way cheaper MST fodder out there...but for some reason Im stuck on this one..I hope I stumble across a super cheap copy one of these days.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsMichael SarrazinJennifer O'NeillMargot KidderWhen college professor, Peter Proud begins experiencing flashbacks of an earlier life, he's mysteriously drawn to a place he's never been to, but which seems familiar and where he soon finds his previous incarnation's wife.Theyre remaking this...
Only on VHS-OOP. Used copies on Amazon $25+ - DirectorNicolas RoegStarsTheresa RussellGary OldmanChristopher LloydLinda is still tormented by giving up a baby for adoption at 15. She wants a baby, but her husband has enough in his model trains, mistress and being a doctor.PAL only or VHS
- DirectorFernando BirriStarsDaisy GranadosAsdrúbal MeléndezLuis Alberto RamírezA Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
Only on VHS. Used copies on Amazon $25+ - DirectorJean-Claude LauzonStarsGilles MaheuRoger LebelCorrado MastropasquaMarcel, recently released from prison, attempt to rebuild his relationship with his girlfriend Julie (now a prostitute) and especially his father Albert (who thinks he's been away on a long trip abroad), while being pursued by two corrupt cops (one of whom bears a longstanding grudge against him) for drug money he's alleged to possess...Night Zoo
Only on VHS. Used copies on Amazon $10+ - DirectorWalter Hugo KhouriStarsVera FischerTarcísio MeiraXuxaIn 1937, in São Paulo, 12-year-old Hugo comes from Santa Catarina. His grandmother is returning him to his mother, Anna, who is now with Osmar, the most influential politician in the state.Love Strange Love
Unofficial copies available. Only on VHS - DirectorDavid BlairStarsFather BessarionDavid BlairWilliam S. BurroughsA man recalls the story of how his bees implanted in him a bee television, causing him to lose all perception of space, time, and self in the deserts of the American West.Really WEIRD trippy hallucinatory documentary. William S. Burroughs is in it.
Only on VHS. One listed on Amazon as DVD for $96.00 with nor further information - DirectorDonald CammellStarsDavid KeithCathy MoriartyAlan RosenbergSomebody's killing rich married women in their homes - latest in a rich desert community outside Tucson. A married sound expert is prime suspect.PAL only. VHS OOP
- DirectorDarko MitrevskiAleksandar PopovskiStarsLazar RistovskiNikola RistanovskiVlado JovanovskiIn the year 2019, after global destruction and descent into savagery, the immortal Kuzman discovers his destiny. As he enters the whirling circles of time, he discovers the blasphemy of our century, and how it is to close its circle.Goodbye 20th Century
Only on VHS-OOP./ Used copies on Amazon from $60 - DirectorMika KaurismäkiStarsSilu SeppäläMarjo LeinonenMatti PellonpääAntti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns to Helsinki where he's called into the army but discharged on mental health grounds after adding turpentine to the officers' soup. Zombie lives bleary-eyed in an apartment off his parents' house where his lonely, unemployed father suffers from heart disease. His girl-friend Marjo has taken up with a hairdresser but comes back to Zombie. His friend Harri hires him as a roadie for his band "Harry and the Mulefukkers" then gives him a chance as a bass player. He has his girl and he has a gig, but can Zombie put the bottle down?Zombie And The Ghost Train
PAL only or VHS $20+ - DirectorHans-Christian SchmidStarsAugust DiehlFabian BuschDieter LandurisWhen the orphaned Karl Koch and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers, an acquaintance senses that there is money in computer cracking - and travels to east Berlin to try to contact the KGB.PAL only-OOP
- DirectorNikolay KhomerikiStarsFyodor LavrovKlavdiya KorshunovaYekaterina Golubeva977 is a code number associated with an attempt to "verify the algebra of harmony", to find mathematical regularities of emotional and spiritual human.Science fiction about a scientist who discovers a forcefield
PAL only - DirectorManoel de OliveiraStarsMaria de MedeirosMiguel GuilhermeLuís Miguel CintraPatients in a mental institution see themselves as Adam and Eve, Sonia and Raskolnikov, a Philosopher and a Prophet, Alyosha and Ivan Karamazov, Jesus, Lazarus, Martha, Mary and St Teresa of Avila.The Divine Comedy
PAL only - DirectorShane MeadowsStarsMartin ArrowsmithDave BlantDarren CampbellAfter stopping 12 y.o. Romeo and Gavin from being beaten up, Morell drives them home and meets Romeo's adult sister and falls in love. The boys "help" him in his pursuit.PAL only
- DirectorJean CocteauStarsEdwige FeuillèreJean MaraisSilvia MonfortA poet plans to assassinate an unpopular queen but falls in love with her instead.The Eagle Has Two Heads
Obscure Jean Cocteau
Only on VHS or unofficial DVD - DirectorMilton KatselasStarsCandy ClarkMarjoe GortnerStephanie FaracyTeddy, a troubled Vietnam veteran, has his car break down near a Texas roadside diner. He goes inside and subjects the diners to physical and mental torture.Only on VHS-OOP. 1 used copy available $100
- DirectorJames DeardenStarsBen KingsleyCharles DanceKevork MalikyanA secret agent in Turkey is persuaded by his superiors to assist a couple of English cons in the theft of a priceless Greek statue.I own this one on VHS, but its a great film...wish it was on DVD
- DirectorRaúl RuizStarsMarcello MastroianniAnna GalienaMarisa ParedesTake a walk into the dreamlike world of filmmaker Raul Ruiz as he takes us to Paris for a twisting ride. Four strangely symmetrical stories unfold involving love, lust, crime, and time.Three Lives And Only One Death
Another one I own on VHS. My favorite Ruiz film (so far) - DirectorArthur JofféStarsSergio CastellittoNino ManfrediMarie TrintignantA young Italian, living in Paris with his French wife, is about to become a father. Before the baby is born, Alberto must repay his father for every expense from his own birth until he left home. It's a family tradition, virtually a family curse. With little money in hand, he jumps on a train to Italy, the "Alberto Express," to return to his father. During the journey, he tries scheme after scheme to secure a windfall. En route, he also has a magical encounter with generations of his paternal ancestors, each of them adding again and again the sums owed them by their sons.I own this one on VHS
- DirectorJohn WatersStarsMary Vivian PearceDivineDavid LocharyA day in the lives of a hit-and-run driver and her victim, and the bizarre things that happen to them before and after they collide (sexual assault by a crazed foot-fetishist, visions of the Virgin Mary, strange chicken-foot grafting operations).I own this one on VHS. Mondo Trasho will almost assuredly never be put out on DVD (or any other format) ever simply because throughout the entire film, dozens (at least) of obscure 40s and 50s tunes are spliced throughout. Its akin to a DJ megamix by today's standards. For Waters to get the copyright to each and every snippet of song used would be nigh impossible. And forget releasing it without the music...thats like Beavis & Butthead without the videos!
- DirectorJohn WatersStarsDivineDavid LocharyMary Vivian PearceWatch as the life of a leader of a menacing group of deviants, explodes in a spectacle of debauchery. Accidentally filmed from beginning to end, on purpose.Own it. I would love to see this one get released someday
- DirectorMark RomanekStarsKeith GordonAmanda PlummerBob GuntonAn eccentric and possibly brilliant young man, troubled by the death of his parents, claims to be readying a world-changing invention.Mark Romanek's first film. A must for anyone seeking out the weird and obscure. I lucked out when Hollywood Video was selling off all their tapes indiscriminately for $3 a pop. Sorry to brag, but yes, Im pretty proud :D.
- DirectorIldikó EnyediStarsDorota SegdaOleg YankovskiyPaulus MankerTwo twin sisters, who grew up separately, Dóra, a pseudo-aristocrat, and Lili, an anarchist bomber, are reunited through Z, a mysterious traveller of the luxurious Orient-Express.This may be Ildiko Enyedi's most well-known film (which isnt saying much), but I dont count on this going to DVD anytime soon. Glad I bought my tape at that same HV sale. I had seen it a few years prior though while working at a Hollywood Video in Long Beach, CA
- DirectorGoran PaskaljevicStarsAleksandar BercekVojislav 'Voja' BrajovicBogdan DiklicRandom Belgrade citizens interact with each other in a night full of crime, frustration, betrayal and revenge.Cabaret Balkan
Excellent Serbian film. I found a copy of this at Pic-n-Save!!!! (aka Big Lots). Seriously! It was like $3. - DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsJulia OrmondRalph FiennesPhilip StonePlagued with infertility, the inhabitants of Mâcon are naturally involved in the spectacle that is a masque about the miracle child born to a virgin mother.The hardest Greenaway film to find so it seems. It looks awesome though! Amazon says its on Blu-Ray, but I cant tell if its something that would play in the US...and why would someone release something on Blu-Ray and not DVD?
- DirectorMichael Phillip EdwardsStarsMichael Phillip EdwardsCarl BradshawNadège AugustWhen Christopher confronts his own violent temper which threatens his wife and children, he flies home to Jamaica and engages in an exorcism of the spirit, from his memories of his abusive, philandering, and hard-living father Henry, whose name for his only son was "Runt".