Normally we don't focus on just one label, but this past week Criterion has released 3 great, desirable arthouse films on DVD that we recommend the most!
Sweet Movie DVD (Criterion) (NTSC Region 1)
There is no film in the world quite like Dusan Makavejev`s revolutionary, offensive and gleefully joyous SWEET MOVIE that ranks with the works of Arrabal, Jodorowsky and early Matsumoto in the realm of international cinematic weirdness
Price: $24.99
if.... (Criterion) (NTSC Region 1)
Lindsay Anderson’s If. . . . is a daringly anarchic vision of British society, set in a boarding school in late-sixties England. Before Kubrick made his mischief iconic in A Clockwork Orange, Malcolm McDowell made a hell of an impression as the insouciant Mick Travis, who, along with his school chums, trumps authority at every turn, finally emerging as violent savior against the draconian games of one-upmanship played by both students and the powers that be. Mixing color and black and white as audaciously as it mixes fantasy and reality, If. . . . remains one of cinema’s most unforgettable rebel yells
WR: Mysteries of the Organism DVD (Criterion) (NTSC Region 1)
What does the energy harnessed through orgasm have to do with the state of communist Yugoslavia circa 1971? Only counterculture filmmaker extraordinaire DuĊĦan Makavejev has the answers (or the questions). His surreal documentary-fiction collision WR: Mysteries of the Organism begins as an investigation into the life and work of controversial psychologist and philosopher Wilhelm Reich and then explodes into a free-form narrative of a beautiful young Slavic girl’s sexual liberation. Banned upon its release in the director’s homeland, the art-house smash WR is both whimsical and bold in its blending of politics and sexuality.
Don't forget Ace in the Hole DVD (Criterion - Billy Wilder) (NTSC Region 1) from Criterion next month!
For fans of Oldboy director Park Chan-wook - we have his new comedy (what!!!) I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK DVD (Park Chan-wook) (NTSC Region 1)
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