World Cinema Project - Volume 2 aka Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project [Blu-ray] 9 discs (3 Blu-rays / 6 DVDs): Blu-ray One: Insiang (Lino Brocka, 1976) and Mysterious Object at Noon (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2000) Blu-ray Two: Revenge (Ermek Shinarbaev, 1989) and Limite (Mário Peixoto, 1931) Blu-ray Three:

Law of the Border (Lütfi Ö. Akad, 1966) and Taipei Story (Edward Yang, 1985) (Lütfi Ö. Akad, 1966) and(Edward Yang, 1985) Review by Gary Tooze Production: Video: Criterion Collection - Spine #873 (the second set of Criterion's Volume 1) All three Blu-rays are: Region 'A'-locked (as verified by the Oppo Blu-ray player ) Release date: May 30th, 2017 Resolution: 1080p / 23.976 fps Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video Subtitles: English, none (except Mysterious Object at Noon where the English subtitles are burned-in - as on Second Run's Blu-ray ) Extras: • 2K, 3K, or 4K digital restorations of all six films, presented courtesy of the World Cinema Project in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, with uncompressed monaural or 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks on the Blu-rays

• Remastered digital soundtrack for Limite, created from archival recordings

• New introductions to the films by World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese

• New interview programs featuring film historian Pierre Rissient (on Insiang), director Apichatpong Weerasethakul (on Mysterious Object at Noon), director Ermek Shinarbaev (on Revenge), filmmaker Walter Salles (on Limite), film producer Mevlüt Akkaya (on Law of the Border), and filmmakers Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edmond Wong in conversation (on Taipei Story, which Hou cowrote and acted in)

• Three Blu-rays and six DVDs, with all content available in both formats

Liner notes booklet featuring an introduction and essays on the films by Phillip Lopate, Dennis Lim, Kent Jones, Fábio Andrade, Bilge Ebiri, and Andrew Chan Description: Established in 2007, The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project has maintained a passionate commitment to preserving and presenting masterpieces from around the globe, with more than two dozen restorations that have introduced international moviegoers to often-overlooked areas of cinema history. This collector’s set gathers six works, from the Philippines (Insiang), Thailand (Mysterious Object at Noon), Soviet Kazakhstan (Revenge), Brazil (Limite), Turkey (Law of the Border), and Taiwan (Taipei Story). Each title is an essential contribution to the art form and a window onto a distinct filmmaking tradition unfamiliar to many.



As the WCF's mission statement announces: "Cinema is an international language, an international art, but, above all, it is a source of enlightenment. There are wonderful, remarkable films, past and present, from Mexico, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Central Asia that deserve to be known and seen. Composed of filmmakers from every continent, the World Cinema Foundation breathes life into the idea that when a cultural patrimony is lost, no matter how small or supposedly ' marginal ' the country might be, we are all poorer for it. " Insiang (Lino Brocka, 1976) Disc: Runtime: 1:34:29.205 Disc Size: 48,618,589,255 bytes Feature Size: 21,668,640,768 bytes Video Bitrate: 26.84 Mbps Chapters: 17 Bitrate: Video: Aspect ratio: 1.37:1 Audio: LPCM Audio Tagalog 1152 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1152 kbps / 24-bit Extras: • Scorsese Introduction (2:04) • Interview with Pierre Rissient (14:38) The Film: Description: Filipino director Lino Brocka was a force of nature in world cinema, his powerful work illuminating the harsh social realities of life in his home country. His films have been largely unavailable on DVD and Blu-ray but now, thanks to Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project, his two finest works have been rescued from obscurity and restored in 4K.

Insiang is the story of a girl who, having been raped by her mother's boyfriend, seeks comfort in the arms of her would-be suitor Bebot. Finding him little better than her attacker, she is forced to return home where she sets about exacting her revenge. Restoration: *** Lino Brocka's films combine popular melodrama, political import, and intense realism with a vivid, economical style. Made on impossibly low budgets on the fringes of the Philippine film industry, his movies have an urgency and immediacy that spring both from Brocka's burning ideological commitments (he was one of the most outspoken critics of the Marcos regime) and his resourceful, imaginative approach to the exigencies of borderline production. Set in the Manila slums, this 1976 effort is centered on a teenage girl struggling to stay afloat in the overwhelming, dehumanizing poverty that surrounds her. Her mother, who operates a tiny fish market, takes in a local hood as a lover, but the thuggish pretty-boy is clearly more interested in Insiang. After he rapes her (in a single-take sequence astonishing in its curtness and brutality,) Insiang plans her revenge—a revenge that is also a revolution against the unseen government that endorses the system of exploitation. With Hilda Koronel. Excerpt from Dave Kehr of the Chicago Reader located HER Image : NOTE : The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc. Insiang looks wonderful on Blu-ray from Criterion. The 4K restoration is the same as the one used on BFI's Lino Brocka: Two Films Blu-ray . The HD image looks identical. Colors are rich and vibrant - the high resolution supports a film-like image with pleasing depth. The film is pristinely clean showcasing some hi-def detail in the occasional close-ups. Insiang looks bright and crisp containing a bit of gloss. Texture is finely supported and this 1080P produces extremely pleasing visuals. CLICK EACH BLU-RAY CAPTURE TO SEE ALL IMAGES IN FULL 1920X1080 RESOLUTION 1) BFI's "Lino Brocka: Two Films" - Region 'B' - Blu-ray TOP

2) Criterion - Region 'A' - Blu-ray - BOTTOM 1) BFI's "Lino Brocka: Two Films" - Region 'B' - Blu-ray TOP

2) Criterion - Region 'A' - Blu-ray - BOTTOM 1) BFI's "Lino Brocka: Two Films" - Region 'B' - Blu-ray TOP

2) Criterion - Region 'A' - Blu-ray - BOTTOM 1) BFI's "Lino Brocka: Two Films" - Region 'B' - Blu-ray TOP

2) Criterion - Region 'A' - Blu-ray - BOTTOM Audio : Criterion offer a linear PCM 1.0 channel at 1152 kbps in the original Tagalog . The audio had issues that required addressing in restoration as an optical sound negative presented critical recording issues and required considerable effort to minimize the severe metallic hiss and distortion. It has a few imperfections but generally sounds clear, consistent and supports the film presentation very well after restoration. There are optional English subtitles and m y Oppo has identified it as being a region 'A'-locked . Extras : As with all, a Scorsese introduction - but also Insiang has a 1/4 hour appreciation by film historian Pierre Rissient, who supervised the color grading on this restoration, has worked with Jean-Luc Godard, as an assistant director on À bout de souffle (1960), was press secretary of Bertrand Tavernier, and for more than forty years has been artistic advisor to the Festival de Cannes.