Since my TV has been fixed, I have been watching a lot of DVDs.

Movies :-

Zatoichi (2003 version) - Pretty good revisionist samurai movie from Beat Takeshi. The CGI blood are a bit of a letdown but it doesn't detract from the intensity of the swordfights. Nice smooth-flowing plot as well, if a little predictable. Very out-of-place ending hip-hop dance sequence.

Kagemusha - Zzzzzzz!

Fistful of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More - the other two of the Dollars trilogy I got. Fistful is extremely stylish, and pretty violent for its time, especially the machete sequence. "More" is the least inspiring of the trilogy, I guess, with only the standout music and the "chimes end" duels sustaining interest. Funny how Lee van Cleef and Eastwood are frens here and in the next movie, they turn on each other.

Tetsuo 2: Body Hammer - Crap follow-up with none of the visual appeal of the original.

Organ - A listless horror movie borrowing elements from most of the first Tetsuo. Boring, incomprehensible, visually staid and quite possibly the worst movie I've ever seen.

Angel Guts : Red Vertigo - More rape-themed pinku roman. This one is short but extremely effective. As a reviewer commented, an extremely feminist porn movie.

Perversion Story - Lucio Fulci's lost giallo from 1969. Borrows a lot from French New Wave and encapsulates the spirit of the 60s but otherwise, displays none of the ingenuity of his "classics".

Der Golem - Renews my interest in Weimar cinema, really. Sustains a generally uneasy mood and probably the launchpad of the Universal version of Frankenstein. The third Golem movie from Paul Wegener. The first two are lost.

Documentary :-

The Filth and the Fury (The Sex Pistols movie) - Sheds no new light on the Pistols. I don't really like the music all that much either. All the time I think about this movie, The Buzzcocks' "Breakdown" plays in my head. The Pistols I think are more remarkable for their peers:- The Clash, The Jam, Buzzcocks. Only reveals how punk can be carried to its extreme idiocy in the form of Sid Vicious. Pitiable bastard, though.

Concerts:-

Cream Reunion - Hellishly boring with none of the great hits. The shredding is mind-numbingly rote. I got this on the mistake that it was a 60s concert.

Wu Tang Clan : Disciples of the 36 Chambers - Pretty rivetting concert spliced with interviews. Too bad my DVD jams halfway through. No way to get it changed as the shop I got this from has closed down. Damn!