Lars von Trier's disturbing masterpiece "Dogville," starring Nicole Kidman and Paul Bettany, is out on DVD. Also, the hilarious Hong Kong hit "Shaolin Soccer," the early Fellini gem "I Vitelloni," and Neil Young's stirring epic musical "Greendale."
Academy Award winning actress Nicole Kidman gives a bravura performance in Lars Von Trier's controversial masterpiece, leading an illustrious cast that includes Lauren Bacall, Paul Bettany, Patricia Clarkson, Stellan Skarsgard, and Chloe Sevigny.
With action, special effects, and humor, here's a martial arts comedy about a team of misfits who take their best shot at winning a soccer championship. Asian comedy superstar Stephen Chow stars as an impoversished Kung Fu genius and Vicki Zhao is his unlikely love object, a kung-fu bun chef with bad skin. Special features both the original 111 minute version and the cut 87 minute American version.
This DVD profiles the extraordinary life and legendary work of music producer/recording engineer Tom Dowd. The former Manhattan Project scientist responsible for building one of the first multi-track recorders and for producing the likes of Eric Clapton, Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin. The disc features performances and interviews from Bob Marley, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk and many others.
Folk-rocker Neil Young's latest artistic endeavor produced an elaborate stage show, a concept album, and this film, all of which tell the story of intertwined lives in the town of Greendale.
Federico Fellini's second solo directorial effort is a semi-autobiographical tale of post-adolescent wastrels (the title means, literally, "the overgrown calfs") in a small coastal town. The episodic tale follows five buddies who have technically passed into adulthood but continue an adolescent way of life: living at home, wasting their evenings away, avoiding work and responsibility at all turns.
