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Solid Metal Nightmares: The Films of Shinya Tsukamoto Blu-ray Arrow | 1987-2018 | 10 Movies | 754 min | Not rated | Apr 28, 2020
One of the most distinctive and celebrated names in modern Japanese cinema, there s no other filmmaker quite like Shinya Tsukamoto. Since his early days as a teenager making Super 8 shorts, he has remained steadfastly independent, garnering widespread acclaim while honing his own unique and instantly recognizable aesthetic on the margins of the industry. Frequently exploring themes of urban alienation, physical transformation and psychosexual obsession, his films cross genre boundaries, defying straightforward classification. This exclusive collection gathers together eight feature-length films and two shorts from Tsukamoto s diverse filmography, including his most recent offering his samurai drama Killing, making its home video premiere.
Includes:
Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Tetsuo II: Body Hammer, Tokyo Fist, Bullet Ballet, A Snake of June, Vital, Kotoko, Killing, The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo, Haze
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of all ten films Original lossless PCM 1.0 mono audio
An F/A-18C Hornet breaks the sound barrier during an air power demonstration over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). https://wrhstol.com/2SFyLO0
An American posing with a captured Tiger I tank, near Tunis, North Africa, circa 1943. https://wrhstol.com/37FppXR
This is compilation of Tankfest’s over the past few years highlighting some of the best tanks and armoured vehicles from The Tank Museum, Bovington in England.
“Hounds of Love” is a song written and performed by English singer Kate Bush. It is the title track and the third single from her hit album by the same name. It was released on 24 February 1986 and reached a peak of No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart on 2 May.
The song is about being afraid to fall in love; the lyrics compare this feeling to being chased by a pack of hounds, with no control over the situation. The versions worldwide differ slightly: the US single mix included an additional chorus just after the second chorus. The words “it’s in the trees, it’s coming!” heard at the beginning of the track are sampled from the British 1957 horror film Night of the Demon and are mouthed by an actor from the film, Reginald Beckwith.
The music video for the song was created and directed by Bush herself. It was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller film The 39 Steps (1935) and a Hitchcock lookalike also features in the video (a nod to the director’s famous cameo appearances in his movies).
