The German/French DVD and Blu-ray Thread

[Prince_Vajda]

Originally Posted by The Reaper Man@Cult Labs

DON'T touch the German BD of Carpenter's Vampires.
As I found out to my cost....

There's an acceptable uncut German DVD, though. ^^

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[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

No self-respecting artwork fan should be without one of these....

[Daemonia]

Originally Posted by Zann

I still remember how pleased I was to get an English language DVD of Anthropophagous over ten years ago on the Astro label...

Ah yes, Astro. The owner landed himself quite a lot of trouble with the German authorities, I believe. I think he was even facing prison time. His crime? Releasing films that weren't FSK-approved (or whatever the ratings board is called).

I'm sure others here probably know the full story and will fill us in.

[Criterion7]

Ive never bought a dvd from the german amazon and am wondering how they are. Are they cheaper, pricey. Thnking I may give them a try. Any suggestions?

[Zann]

Originally Posted by Criterion7

Ive never bought a dvd from the german amazon and am wondering how they are. Are they cheaper, pricey. Thnking I may give them a try. Any suggestions?

Compared to North American prices German DVDs and BDs may seem pricey but there's quite a few things that have only been released on BD in Germany or Austria, Enter The Ninja for instance.

[Zann]

Originally Posted by Daemonia

Ah yes, Astro. The owner landed himself quite a lot of trouble with the German authorities, I believe. I think he was even facing prison time. His crime? Releasing films that weren't FSK-approved (or whatever the ratings board is called).

I'm sure others here probably know the full story and will fill us in.

Wow I hadn't heard that! That's interesting, if anyone knows the background I'd like to hear about it

[Paul@TheOverlook]

Excellent!

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by The Reaper Man@Cult Labs

No self-respecting artwork fan should be without one of these....

Cool!

[Roughale]

Originally Posted by Zann

Don't be so hard on your homegrown and neighbour grown There have been a number instances where German or Austrian releases have been the only way to go. I still remember how pleased I was to get an English language DVD of Anthropophagous over ten years ago on the Astro label...and then there's the Guinea Pig box set, Deranged, the 156min novelty Dawn (albeit auf Deutsch) and many others.

That was in the past, it still sucks that they have not moved any further and they repack the old VHS quality films and squeeze the cash out of the German-needing fans - it is ridiculous, mostly... And do not say anything positibve about the Dqawn of the Dead Ultimate Final Cut - that is a craime against all people who love films - it is a very poorly made affair, cutting together all the creep behind it had - not taking any care about the sound and picture quality, it just plain out SUCKS!

[BAKA]

Out of interest, does the regular Blu-ray edition of Anguish (Im Augenblick der Angst) have a reversible cover without the massive FSK logo?

Also, on a non-related note, anyone have any contact information for the german label RetroFilm?