CHICAGO – In anticipation of the scariest week of the year, HollywoodChicago.com launches its 2024 Movie Gifts series, which will suggest DVDs and collections for holiday giving.
In the Realm of the Senses
DVD Review: ‘Gate of Hell’ Gets Extra-Free Criterion Release
Submitted by mattmovieman on April 29, 2013 - 7:28amCHICAGO – Beneath every honorable warrior is a cold-hearted opportunist hell-bent on dominating his victimized prey at all costs. That’s a theory indelibly illustrated by Teinosuke Kinugasa’s revered 1953 classic, “Gate of Hell,” a melodrama populated by such frustrating characters that it nearly loses the viewer’s interest before its admittedly splendid finale, when the tale takes on grand dimensions of Greek tragedy.
Blu-Ray Review: Criterion Releases Controversial ‘In the Realm of the Senses’
Submitted by BrianTT on April 29, 2009 - 10:30pm Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – It’s interesting that Criterion has chosen to give their unmatched treatment to two films in the same week that were drastically censored upon their initial releases - “In the Realm of the Senses” and “The Wages of Fear”. The latter was edited for issues of perceived anti-Americanism and for issues of length. The former was censored for, well, everything.
