Posted by NYC XYZ on 01/16/55 11:47

ggull wrote:
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> Out of print, you mean?

Well, a few sites list it, but none have actually been able to provide
a copy!

> You should be able to rent it or get it from the library if you're in NYC.

Nope, haven't seen it around!

> While I would neither encourage nor condone illicit behavior, I do note that
> it doesn't seem to be copy protected.

Well, now that X-Copy has been outlawed, I don't know what other
"fire-and-forget" program is available....

> I didn't necessarily mean actual "focus group", just the bean-counters
> deciding it needed a happy ending, a virtual focus group if you will. If I
> understand your comment, I don't think the happy ending would be needed for
> US/European distribution .. if anything, the opposite. It seemed me more
> like reverting to some sappy, soap-opera'ish, HK flicks I've had in my DVD
> player (names blessedly forgotten). Though I guess every nationality has
> them, they just don't get around a lot.

Hmm, interesting. I actually thought the sappy stuff worked! I mean,
it's a chick flick after all, but for some reason not as incredible,
though on paper it sounds corny enough and very unrealistic.

A real shame it never saw distribution outside HK and even worse that
it's now MIA.

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