Raro USA gets "the rage" with Pasolini and Guareschi's LA RABBIA (review)

Raro Video USA/eOne's NTSC Region 0 DVD of THE ANGER (LA RABBIA) has hit DVD in a packed special edition.  A left-wing filmmaker (SALO's Pier Paolo Pasolini) and a right-wing nutjob "humorist" (DON CAMILLO author Giovannino Guareschi) tackle the question of why "our lives are dominated by discontent, by anguish, by fear of war, by war" in two films made up entirely of footage from newreels and short film (Pasolini's segment is narrated by GARDEN OF THE FINZI CONTINI author Giorgio Bassani).  Pasolini cries out for the proletariat while Guareschi offends any and all pining for Nazis, fascists, the colonies, and decries the permissiveness of cinema and the existence of "the third sex."

REVIEW LINK: Raro Video/eOne (USA) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

LA RABBIA (THE ANGER) DVD specs:

• 1.33:1 fullscreen 4:3 original aspect ratio transfer
• Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio
• Optional English subtitles
• "The Anger 1, The Anger 2, The Anger 3... Arabia" documentary (71 minutes)
• Short Film: The Walls of Sana'a
• Theatrical Trailer
• Original Trailer
• Original Trailer (color)
• Pasolini Trailer
• Guereschi Trailer
• 21 page booklet

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Arrow Video goes to PIECES (review)

It's exactly what you think it is!  Arrow Video's new Region 0 PAL DVD celebrates another film that would never have gotten through uncut in the video nasty days.  Juan Piquer Simon's absurdly gory Spanish slasher - produced by SLAUGHTER HIGH and DON'T OPEN TILL CHRISTMAS' Dick Randall and Steve Minasian - PIECES stars Christopher George  (CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD) and Lynda Day George (MORTUARY) as cops investigating a series of chainsaw dismemberments at a Boston college.  Edmund Purdom (THE FIFTH CORD), Frank Brana (RETURN OF THE EVIL DEAD) and Jack Taylor (GRAVEYARD OF HORROR) co-star.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (UK) Region 0 PAL DVD vs Grindhouse Releasing (USA) Region 0 NTSC DVD at DVDBeaver

PIECES DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.66:1 widescreen transfer
• English and Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio
• Optional English subtitles
• Introduction by actor Jack Taylor
• Audio Commentary by Fangoria Magazine's Tony Timpone
• Interview with Jack Taylor
• Deconstructing PIECES featuring Fangoria's Michael Gingold, filmmaker Howard Berger, producer Scott Spiegel, and horror Santos J. Ellin
• Liner Notes booklet by Stephen Thrower
• Reversible Cover
• Double-sided Fold-out Poster

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Cult Epics extends Radley Metzger's CAMILLE 2000(review)

Radley Metzger's erotic masterpiece CAMILLE 2000 has finally hit DVD in a transfer worthy of the format.  Mastered in high definition, Cult Epics DVD features an extended cut of the film in a new 16:9 transfer with an audio commentary by Metzger and a wealth of extras.  Nino Castelnuovo (STRIP NUDE FOR THE KILLER), Daniele Gaubert (SKIJOB), Silvana Venturelli (THE LICKERISH QUARTET), and Robert Bisacco (TORSO) star.

REVIEW LINK: Cult Epics (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-In)

CAMILLE 2000 (extended version) DVD specs:

• Never-before-released extended version
• Restored high definition transfer
• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Audio Commentary by Radley Metzger, moderated by Michael Bowen
• On the set of CAMILLE 2000
• Sylviana's bare striptease (cut from the final version)
• Cube Love Scene - newly discovered alternate take
• Restoration of CAMILLE 2000 featurette
• Trailers

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Palisades Tartan's SWORD IN THE MOON (announcement)

SWORD IN THE MOON on Region 2 PAL DVD August 15 from Palisades Tartan.  "From commercially successful Korean director Eui-seok Kim (THE MARRIAGE LIFE, HOLIDAY IN SEOUL) and starring, Jae-hyeon Jo (BAD GUY, THE ISLE) and Min-su Choi (LIBERA ME,
PHANTOM: THE SUBMARINE), comes SWORD IN THE MOON, a historical martial arts saga featuring lush cinematography, spectacular fight choreography and masterfully orchestrated battlefield swordplay from Hong Kong’s prolific action choreographer Yuen Bin (THROW DOWN) and Korean martial arts legend Weon Jin (MY WIFE IS A GANGSTER).  The film also gained recognition and praise at Cannes as an Official Selection in the Un Certain Regard section."*

* FROM PRESS RELEASE

NOTE: stock of this title was damaged in the Sony DADC warehouse fire.  It has been re-pressed and a new street date is forthcoming.

SWORD IN THE MOON DVD specs:

• 2.35:1 16:9 anamorphic widescreen transfer
• Korean Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
• English subtitles

Raro Video's LIVE LIKE A COP, DIE LIKE A MAN (review)

Ray Lovelock (LIVING DEAD AT MANCHESTER MORGUE) and Marc Porel (THE PSYCHIC) are two badass cops with criminal tendencies who like to put perps away... permanently in CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST director Ruggero Deodato's LIVE LIKE A COP, DIE LIKE A MAN on Region 0 NTSC DVD from Raro Video USA/eOne.  Silvia Dionisio (MURDER OBSESSION), Renato Salvatori (TWO WOMEN), Adolfo Celi (THE BOSS), Franco Citti (OEDIPUS REX) and Marino Mase (LADY FRANKENSTEIN) also star.  Click on the review link below!

REVIEW LINK: Raro Video USA/eOne (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

LIVE LIKE A COP, DIE LIKE A MAN DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen transfer
• English and Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio
• Optional English subtitles
• "Violent Cops" featurette with Ruggero Deodato, Ray Lovelock, Al Cliver, Gilberto Galimberti, and others
• Vintage TV commercials directed by Ruggero Deodato (with commentary)
• Filmography/Biography
• Liner Notes Insert 

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Raro Video's LIVE LIKE A COP, DIE LIKE A MAN (review)

Ray Lovelock (LIVING DEAD AT MANCHESTER MORGUE) and Marc Porel (THE PSYCHIC) are two badass cops with criminal tendencies who like to put perps away... permanently in CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST director Ruggero Deodato's LIVE LIKE A COP, DIE LIKE A MAN on Region 0 NTSC DVD from Raro Video USA/eOne.  Silvia Dionisio (MURDER OBSESSION), Renato Salvatori (TWO WOMEN), Adolfo Celi (THE BOSS), Franco Citti (OEDIPUS REX) and Marino Mase (LADY FRANKENSTEIN) also star.  Click on the review link below!

REVIEW LINK: Raro Video USA/eOne (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-In)

LIVE LIKE A COP, DIE LIKE A MAN DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen transfer
• English and Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio
• Optional English subtitles
• "Violent Cops" featurette with Ruggero Deodato, Ray Lovelock, Al Cliver, Gilberto Galimberti, and others
• Vintage TV commercials directed by Ruggero Deodato (with commentary)
• Filmography/Biography
• Liner Notes Insert 

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Code Red's JULIE DARLING (another review)

New stempother Sybil Danning (CHAINED HEAT)  squares off against against "bad seed" stepdaughter Isabelle Mejias (SCANNERS II) in Paul Nicolas' JULIE DARLING (aka DAUGHTER OF DEATH).  Anthony Franciosa (TENEBRE) co-stars as "Daddy."

REVIEW LINK: Code Red Releasing (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

JULIE DARLING DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic widescreen transfer mastered in HD from the 35mm interpositive
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio
• Interview with Sybil Danning
• Interview with Isabelle Mejias
• Audio Commentary with Isabelle Mejias
• Audio Commentary with Sybil Danning
• Trailers for other Code Red titles

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