M DVD Pushed Back…Again

I know I gushed about this before, and then cried because I missed out on the Takeshi Kitano boxset because of the wait, but it looks as if M is still not ready for private viewing. The original January release date was pushed back to an early February date, then to late February, and now, according to YesAsia, to March 4. Not only that, it looks as if retailers are getting mixed messages. DVD Asian and Sensasian had the disc ready at the beginning of the month while DVDfromKorea is still aiming for a February 28. Get it together, people!

Pre-Order M

Once in a while, along come a film that, in its sheer brilliance, reinstates the film geek inside you. For me, that most recent film is Lee Myung-Se’s M. Now yes, I know that the film has garnered less-than-favourable reviews, with most of them pulling the age-old “style over substance” card, but for me, the film is a perfect balance of said elements.

Therefore, I’m more than delighted to see that the R3K DVD is finally up for pre-order. The 3-disc set was pushed back from a mid-January release to an early February release (although the exact date is unsure, since DVDfromKorea cites it on the 5th while DVDAsian on the 11th) and raised in price by a few dollars. However, being an avid fan, a few dollars won’t detract from my joy. What will, however, and has, is the fact that waiting for the pre-order option has cost me a chance at the insanely underpriced 11-disc Takeshi Kitano boxset. However, the last time it went out of stock, it miraculously came back into stock, so hopefully such a miracle will befall me again.