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Posted by Tristn White on 10/04/13 11:52
"POD {ҿ}" <DONT.EVEN.TRY.IT@DEADSPAM.COM> wrote in
news:Xns97FAB6470B02AWeLovePOD@212.23.3.119:
> "Tristn White" <Tristan_White@rocketmail.com> once tried to test me. I
> ate their liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti
>
>> Why does it take the industry here SO BLOODY LONG for a DVD to come
>> out? Then they worry about losing money to pirates, P2P downloaders,
>> or people buying them for their multiregion DVD player from overseas.
>
> No, they worry about not selling any of them. You are looking at
> shifting a few hundred of many of those titles, as much as many of them
> maybe excellent films, world cinema is not a big seller in the UK.
Not a big seller (although I think Fassbinder would sell well, there's a
huge interest in him, as would Kusturica's "Underground", which is in many
people's top 10; and Kiarostami is hugely popular in the UK) but all the
same, I would have thought even a few hundred copies would be worth their
while - especially if it's just a vanilla edition.
> Like Kevin says, go buy them from abroad, no point sat their with your
> thumb up your arse waiting for some UK release of a German film from the
> 70's as it is never going to happen. R1 is going to be your best bet,
> as the US is a bastard nation with large international communities, and
> so the desire to see releases of German or French films is greater, and
> you also stand a greater chance of getting English subtitles.
>
Yes, I will ultimately get them from overseas, as I have done in the past,
and my DVD player plays them fine. But I would prefer the ease of getting
them in this country, and the fact that that my money is helping local
companies specialising in importing indie films.
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