Kurosawa dvds

[Miles Wood]

Ted Mills wrote:

> Excuse me if this has been asked previously, but I was off the list for a
> few months.
>
> Can anyone comment on the quality of the HK DVDs of Akira Kurosawa's films
> available from several online (non-US) DVD stores? Obviously, they're not
> going to be up there with Criterion, but there's many early films of his
> that may take years to get a US release, and at some going for $7 each, I
> wouldn't complain too much.

They're acceptable as a means of seeing the films, if you've not done so
before;  Displacement artifacting is sometimes a problem, and the images
generally look grainy. English subtitles offer poor translations. If you have
access to good quality VHS copies, forget the Mei Ah DVD's. If you have no
other option, and want to see the films, then at $7 (which is less than you
can find them here in HK!) you can't complain.

Miles