French Tsukamoto Discs

[JamieL]

Let's be hoping these bad boys have English subs unlike the Takeshi Kitano discs Studio Canal released a couple of months back...

Testsuo:Iron Man/Tetsuo: Body Hammer
http://www.gorezone.net/pix/jan02/minitsukamoto1dvd.jpg
Gemini/Hiroku The Goblin
http://www.gorezone.net/pix/jan02/minitsukamoto2dvd.jpg
Bullet Ballet/Tokyo Fist
http://www.gorezone.net/pix/jan02/minitsukamoto3dvd.jpg

Bigger pics can be seen at http://www.gorezone.net/

[Hendrik]

"Let's be hoping these bad boys have English subs...

...erm... no such luck, I fear, at least if the information given on the CinéStore site is correct:

"2 DVD. 1 face, 2 couches. Chapitrage des scènes. Gemini est en Japonais 5.1 et 4. 0, Hiruko est en Japonais 5.1 et mono. Bandes annonces des 2 films. Présentation des 2 films par Jean-Pierre Dionnet. Interviews de Tsukamoto. Court métrage: Denchu Kozo (35mn). Livret Collector. Sous-titre
Français - Vidéo 16/9 Compatible 4/3 , Format cinéma respecté 1.85 - Audio: Arkamys Sound Process , Japonais Dolby Digital 4.0 , Japonais Dolby Digital 5.1 , Japonais Mono"

...which works out, roughly, as:
- 2 DVD-9 (SS-DL, RSDL) in DigiPack
- AR (for both films): anamorphic 1.85:1
- Gemini = Japanese 5.1 and 4.0
- Hiruko = Japanese 5.1 and mono
- Both films 'presented by Jean-Pierre Donnet'
- Interview of Tsukamoto
- Short: Denchu Kozo (35 minutes)
- Collector booklet
- Subtitles: French (only)

...yup...

. . . :( . . .

[Michael Brooke]

Not much consolation, I know, given the package as a whole - but <I>Tetsuo: The Iron Man</I> doesn't exactly <U>need</U> subtitles.

I first saw it without subtitles at the ICA, and even when I finally caught up with a subbed version there were only about half a dozen in the whole film!

[Hendrik]

...yup...

...from a contemporary review in the Washington Post:

"...Shot in startlingly clear black and white, "Tetsuo" has a nightmarish hyper-reality about it, feeling like a cartoon, but more disturbing for not being one. There's very little dialogue and none is really needed in a noisy film in which you have no idea what's going on but can still follow it, albeit by hanging on for dear life. Hardly a big-budget blowout, "Tetsuo" was filmed in 16 millimeter and reflects the director's urgency. It's too easy to interpret the plot as a commentary on sexual anxiety (the one mating scene makes David Lynch look like Disney) or runaway technology (we're all headed for the scrap heap), AIDS and nuclear Armageddon, but it's also apparent that in Tsukamoto's world, transformation hurts like hell. Even to watch -- check for bruises on leaving the theater."

. . . :D . . .

[JamieL]

First the Kitano discs, now these - think I may have to take some french lessons!!!

(or japanese)

[Hendrik]

...French would be much easier, believe me!...

. . . :cool: . . .