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The Ring Cycle

  
  

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Seth
19:06 / 12.05.02
SPOILER (of a sort): There's also a similar moment in Ring 0 where they go to the guest house when Sadako's mum is still alive (Ring 0 being a prequel). It's made worse by the fact that my mate who owns all these movies has exactly the same mirror in their hallway. Not nice.
 
 
Captain Zoom
19:42 / 12.05.02
I have never heard of these films. Are they on general release do you think, or am I only likely to find them in independant video stores? I haven't seen a good scary film for a long, long time.

Zoom.
 
 
The Strobe
20:09 / 12.05.02
Ring is a superb Japanese horror movie with no gore or cheap thrills; it's a really rather scary suspense ride.

Unfortunately, it's being remade by Dreamworks, with the blonde lass from Mulholland Drive in it.

This means that it can't be shown in the US (and at a guess, probably Canada too). At all. Well, at least until the (most likely substandard) American remake is released.

Hunt for "Ringu" on the imdb. The sequels aren't as great AFAIK, but the first one is a stunner.

(Oh, and expressionless - I've seen the link before, and I really want translations of the books, if only beacuse Rasen sounds fucking brilliant...)
 
 
The Strobe
20:13 / 12.05.02
...to explain that - why Rasen (look at the novel timeline link on the site linked) is great:

just the whole idea of the report of what happened early on becoming the carrier for the Ring virus and the seemingly undending cross-media spread of the thing - that's great, even if the scientific angle kills the straightforward suspense a bit.
 
 
Seth
20:13 / 12.05.02
Depends where you live, Zoom.
 
 
videodrome
22:27 / 12.05.02
Paleface has it right. A friend runs the local art theatre and happened across a print of the first film. He wanted to show it, but knowing the Dreamworks deal, he talked to a rep there who said in no uncertain terms there was no was my frind could legally run a print of the original. I don't have proper epithets to throw.

I've recently found that the remake was to be shot in Boston, until Sept 11 made Hollywood types not want to fly cross country. Had it been shot here, chances are I'd have worked on it, which has made me wonder about the ethical choice I would have been forced to make.

Zoom, if you have a PC or Mac that can play DVDs, you can order the UK disc, which is PAL but region-free, so any computer DVD playback will do the trick. Luminous, Poker and Diabolik are all good sources for this disc in the states.
 
 
The Natural Way
08:33 / 13.05.02
Like Naomi Watts, but find the prospect of Dreamworks remaking Ring more terrifying than Sadako.
 
 
Mystery Gypt
09:37 / 13.05.02
hmm...
 
 
rizla mission
15:45 / 14.05.02
Paleface has it right. A friend runs the local art theatre and happened across a print of the first film. He wanted to show it, but knowing the Dreamworks deal, he talked to a rep there who said in no uncertain terms there was no was my frind could legally run a print of the original.

That's absolutely horrific! Talk about a shitty thing to do..!
I mean, not only do they insist on a wank remake, but they stop anyone seeing the proper version! BASTARDS!
 
 
Tryphena Absent
16:55 / 14.05.02
Stay calm, typical Hollywood shit, we must learn to find our spiritual balance in the face of American Imperial threat(the dark side). They won't even translate Eric Rohmer films anymore which means no English speaking country gets to see them and you're upset about refusal to show a film that will, eventually, become available?
 
 
videodrome
17:46 / 14.05.02
But it probably won't, Janina. That's the point. They've got theatrical and video distribution rights to the film, so the only way to see it in the states will remain an import purchase of a PAL DVD, which most people can't watch. My firend's cinema would have played the film to probably about 1000 people, tops, requiring no marketing/investment outlay from Dreamworks. And they wouldn't allow it. That's insanity, pure and simple.

BTW, do you have a source for the non-translating/Rohmer info? Curious.
 
 
Sensual Cobra
13:28 / 15.05.02
The Sundance Channel is having a month of Modern Japanese Horror, all of which look really good. I've only seen Cure, which I'd recommend.
 
 
Mystery Gypt
22:23 / 19.06.02
ain't it cool says the new verbinksi version rocks the house.
 
 
Spatula Clarke
16:55 / 27.02.05
How cool?
 
 
Triplets
17:43 / 27.02.05
Christ.

I hope that towel is sewn on with adamantium.
 
 
Spatula Clarke
23:06 / 27.02.05
There's a Sadako one, too, but it's not as classy. And it's way expensive.
 
  

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