It’s an odd lot of DVDs this week, ushering us into the unofficial start of summer. Just consider this eclectic batch of titles from the Warner vault: John Boorman’s politicized 1995 jungle adventure Beyond Rangoon, David Cronenberg’s adaptation of David Henry Hwang’s Tony-winning play M. Butterfly, Michelangelo Antonioni’s trippy 1970 counterculture classic Zabriskie Point (review coming tomorrow), and a re-cut version of Hugh Hudson’s notorious 1985 flop Revolution. There’s plenty of fodder there for completist auteurists. For that matter, hardcore art-film devotees might want to take a look at Zeitgeist’s package of two well-regarded Philippe Garrel films, or Magnolia’s set of Wayne Wang’s twin indies A Thousand Years Of Good Prayers and Princess Of Nebraska, or Mamoru Oshii’s fantastical animated feature The Sky Crawlers.
It’s a good week for fans of culturally significant TV too, starting with the first season set of the groundbreaking late ‘80s sitcom hit Designing Women (review coming in two weeks), and also encompassing the complete Jeeves & Wooster and the complete Land Of The Lost—the latter packaged in a retro lunchbox. Like I said… this is a week for the connoisseurs and collectors to come out and bask.
All The Days Before Tomorrow
Vanguard, $19.95
Beyond Rangoon
Warner, $19.97
Brother’s War
MTI, $24.95
Children Of Men
Universal Blu-ray, $29.98
Cinderella Man
Universal Blu-ray, $29.98
The Closer: The Complete Fourth Season
Warner, $39.98
Designing Women: The Complete First Season
Shout! Factory, $44.99
The Devil’s Tomb
Sony, $24.96
Edward II
BBC Warner, $14.98
Falling Down
Warner, $19.98; Blu-ray, $34.99
Field Of Dreams
Universal Blu-ray, $29.98
A Film Is A Burning Place: Works By Enid Baxter Blader
Microcinema, $19.99
Forever Strong
Excel, $24.99
Harlan Ellison: Dreams With Sharp Teeth
New Video, $26.95
Hindsight
Echo Bridge, $19.99
Inside Man
Universal Blu-ray, $29.98
The Invisibles: Series One
Acorn, $39.99
Jeeves & Wooster: The Complete Series
A&E, $59.95
Killshot
Weinstein, $19.97
Land Of The Lost: The Complete Series
Universal, $59.98
Law & Order: SVU – Year Nine
Universal, $59.98
The Legend Of Fong Sai Yuk
Weinstein/Dragon Dynasty, $19.97
The Lost Treasure Of The Grand Canyon
Starz/Anchor Bay, $26.97
M. Butterfly
Warner, $19.98
Murder Most English
Acorn, $49.99
New In Town
Lionsgate, $29.95; Blu-ray, $39.99
Philippe Garrel x 2: I Can No Longer Hear The Guitar/Emergency Kisses
Zeitgeist, $34.99
Powder Blue
Image, $27.98; Blu-ray, $35.98
The Ramen Girl
Image, $27.98
Revolution: Revisited
Warner, $19.98
Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves
Warner Blu-ray, $28.99
Seabiscuit
Universal Blu-ray, $29.98
The Sky Crawlers
Sony, $27.96; Blu-ray, $34.95
A Thousand Years Of Good Prayer/Princess Of Nebraska
Magnolia, $29.98
True Romance
Warner Blu-ray, $28.99
The Universe: The Complete Season Three
A&E, $39.95
We’re Back: A Dinosaur’s Story
Universal, $14.98
Zabriskie Point
Warner, $19.98