{"id":14876,"date":"2012-04-16T16:17:04","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T15:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=14876"},"modified":"2012-04-16T16:17:04","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T15:17:04","slug":"uk-dvd-blu-ray-releases-monday-16th-april-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2012\/04\/16\/uk-dvd-blu-ray-releases-monday-16th-april-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"UK DVD & Blu-ray Releases: Monday 16th April 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DVD & BLU-RAY PICKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Naqoyqatsi<\/a><\/strong> (Miramax): Godfrey Reggio’s third and final film in his\u00a0Qatsi trilogy<\/a>, which previously consisted of\u00a0Koyaanisqatsi<\/a>\u00a0(1983) and\u00a0Powaqqatsi<\/a>\u00a0(1988), explores the concept of ‘life as war’. This was highly apt as on its release in 2002, the world had recently plunged into conflict. As before, the music of Philip Glass provides a haunting backdrop to images of the world.\u00a0[Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a> from Amazon UK]<\/p>\n

Bad Lieutenant<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Fabulous Films): Harvey Keitel gave one of his greatest performances in Abel Ferrara’s intense drama about a corrupt New York cop. Playing like a darker version of Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets (1973), it came out the same year as Reservoir Dogs (1992) and like Tarantino’s film is a bold, dark work that lingers long in the memory.\u00a0[Buy on DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>\u00a0from Amazon UK]<\/p>\n

Last Tango In Paris<\/a><\/strong> (20th Fox Home Entertainment): Bernardo Bertolucci’s erotic drama about an ageing American\u00a0widower (Marlon Brando) who has an affair with a younger Parisian woman (Maria Schneider<\/a>) scandalised audiences in its day but seems relatively tame today. Chiefly notable now for Brando’s performance and Vittorio Storaro<\/a>‘s visuals.\u00a0[Buy the DVD<\/a> or Blu-ray<\/a>\u00a0from Amazon UK]<\/p>\n

ALSO OUT<\/strong><\/p>\n

54<\/strong> (Miramax) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nA Midnight Clear<\/strong> (Second Sight) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nBattle Royale<\/strong> (Arrow Video) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nDream House<\/strong> (Warner Home Video) [Blu-ray \/ Normal \/ Triple Play]
\nEarthflight<\/strong> (Acorn Media UK) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nGriff the Invisible<\/strong> (Matchbox Films) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nRecoil<\/strong> (Entertainment One) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nRob Roy<\/strong> (MGM Home Entertainment) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nThe Accidental Spy<\/strong> (Miramax) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nThe Ledge<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nThor – The Hammer of the Gods<\/strong> (KSM) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nTitanic<\/strong> (ITV DVD) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nWest Is West<\/strong> (The Movie Partnership) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]<\/p>\n

>\u00a0Recent DVD & Blu-ray picks<\/a>
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The Best DVD and Blu-ray releases of 2011<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Including Naqoyqatsi, Bad Lieutenant and Last Tango In Paris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[983,1828,2524],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}