Trainspotting and The Fifth Element

Two of the best movies of the decade presented as first-generation DVDs. They're old discs, released when the system first came out. No extras. One side of the disc Widescreen, the other pan-and-scan. Ugh.

The picture's real pretty, though.

Hopefully these will get re-released in better editions. I know 20th Century Fox is re-releasing Se7en in March as a better DVD, with commentary and trailers and such. I hope these two movies get the same treatment, although it should be noted America is the only country that didn't get a Trainspotting special edition with cut-scenes (which are really cool --- they were shown on the Independent Film Channel a couple of months ago and my friend taped them) and commentary.

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Michael Keegan
1.28.2000

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