Tears of the Black Tiger
In late summer 2001, my brother and I went to a movie we had never heard of while vacationing in Dublin. The movie, called Tears of the Black Tiger, turned out to be a Thai western notable for its hypersaturated colors and its Tarantino-esque editing. I've wondered why the movie, which I enjoyed greatly, never made it stateside, and I hadn't thought of it for a few years until I saw this Slate review published on Friday.
Turns out that Miramax bought the rights and sat on it for over five years, evidently hesitant about its ending (at least according to Wikipedia). Magnolia Pictures has bought the rights from Miramax, and is releasing the movie in limited release for several months in early 2007 -- which probably means we can expect a U.S. DVD release by the end of the year. In truth, I can't really remember many details about the film, but my memory of the experience is sufficient for me to search out a screening or wait for the DVD and watch it once again.
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This was out when I was in London but I never got around to seeing it despite the obvious draw of a Thai western.
That is awesome. It was such a fun movie. Also, CW, we saw the trailer for Battle Royale when we went to see this film. That blew us away as well. Having an all region DVD player, I bought the UK version of Tears of a Black Tiger. When you are in NYC, we shall have a little screening.
What, am I a fifth-wheel TV network now?
You're totally right about Battle Royale. What a night.
i saw Tears in london, too...i liked it but do recall thinking it got slow towards the end. i never got around to Battle Royale...
I'd never heard of this before reading it here, and then saw a preview the other night at Pan's Labyrinth -- it looks campy, violent, and pretty awesome, although my fellow film-goers seemed nervously perplexed.
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