Martin Scorsese's World Cinema project
By: Janus Films ; World Cinema Foundation
Contributors: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 1970- film director; Shinarbaev, Ermek, 1953- film director; Peixoto, Mário, film director; Akad, Lötfi Ö, film director; Yang, Edward, film director; Scorsese, Martin; World Cinema Foundation; Criterion Collection (Firm); Janus Films
Series: The Criterion collection -- 874, 875, 876, 877, 878, 879; Criterion collection -- 874.; Criterion collection -- 875.; Criterion collection -- 876.; Criterion collection -- 877.; Criterion collection -- 878.; Criterion collection -- 879.
Published: 2017
Language: tgl
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 595
ISBN-13: 9781681433066; 9781681433073; 9781681433080; 9781681433097; 9781681433103; 9781681433110; 9781681433127
Other titles: Insiang.; Mysterious object at noon.; Revenge.; Limite.; Law of the border.; Taipei story.; Dokfa nai meuman.; Mest.; Hudutlarin Kanunu.; Qing mei zhu ma.
Description: Insiang (1976): Insiang leads a quiet life dominated by household duties, but after she is raped by her mother's lover and abandoned by the young man who claims to care for her, she exacts vicious revenge.

Mysterious object at noon (2000): Apichatpong creates a film version of the corpse game, enlisting locals to improvise narration to create a combined story.

Revenge (1989): A child raised in Korea spends decades avenging the death of his father's first child.

Limite (1931): A man and two women lost at sea share their pasts through flashbacks.

Law of the border (1966): Smugglers working across the border between Turkey and Syria clash with the authorities.

Taipei story (1985): A washed-up baseball player and his girlfriend struggle with their relationship as they work towards marriage and emigration.
Notes: Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 (Revenge, Limite); 1.37:1 (Insiang, Law of the border); 1.60:1 (Mysterious object at noon); 1.85:1 (Taipei story).

Blu-ray, originally part of a Blu-ray/DVD combo-pack.

Credits from accompanying booklet.

Includes interviews and introductions to all films by Martin Scorsese.

Special features: remastered digital soundtrack for Limite, created from archival recordings; New introductionsto the films by World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese; new interview programs; booklet with essays.

Insiang: director, Lino Brocka ; screenplay by Mario O'Hara, Lamberto E. Antonio ; editor, Augusto Salvador ; director of photography, Conrado Baltazar ; music, Minda D. Azarcon.

Mysterious object at noon: conceived and edited by Apichatopong Weerasethakul ; producers, Gridthiya Gaweewong, Mingmongkol Sonakul ; camera, Prasong Klinborrom, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Revenge: directed by Ermek Shinarbaev ; screenplay by Anatoli Kim ; music, Vladislav Shut ; cinematography, Sergei Kosmanev ; editing, Polina Stein.

Limite: director, Mário Peixoto ; screenplay, Mário Peixoto ; cinematography, Edgar Brasil ; editors, Mário Peixoto, Edgar Brasil.

Law of the border: directed by Lüftı Ö. Akad ; screenplay by Lüftı Ö. Akad ; from a story by Yılmaz Güney ; cinematography by Ali ̇Uur ; editor, Ali Ün ; music, Nida Tüfekçi.

Taipei story: director, Edward Yang ; producers, Huang Yung, Lin Jung-feng, Liu Sheng-chung ; screenwriters, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Chu Tien-wen, Edward Yang ; cinematography, Yang Wei-han ; editors, Wang Chi-yang, Sung Fan-chen.

Insiang: Hilda Koronel, Mona Lisa, Ruel Vernal.

Revenge: Aleksandr Pan, Valentina Tyo, Kasym Zhakibayev.

Limite: Olga Breno, Taciana Rei, Raul Schnoor, D.G. Pedrera.

Law of the border: Yılmaz Güney, Pervin Par, Erol Taş.

Taipei story: Tsai Chin, Hou Hsiao-hsien.

Blu-ray, region A; monaural or 5.1 surround; requires Blu-ray player.

Insiang: In Tagalog with English subtitles.

Mysterious object at noon: In Thai with English subtitles.

Revenge: In Russian with English subtitles.

Limite: Silent with English subtitles.

Law of the border: In Turkish with English subtitles.

Taipei story: In Mandarin and Hokkien with English subtitles.

Blu ray edition. Are Criterion vol. numbers correct?
Table of contents: title: [disc 1].; title: Insiang --; title: Mysterious object at noon ; -- [disc 2].; title: Revenge --; title: Limite ; -- [disc 3]; title: Law of the border --; title: Taipei story.