obtaining boxed sets of Ozu

[Lewis Cook]

I thank Don, Michael, Gerard and Mathieu for responding to my query.

It does turn out that the vendor (CDJapan) from which I ordered the  
3rd Shochiku Box of Ozu is out of stock and waiting for the product  
from the distributor. But assumes it will be available in a week or so.

About region codes, I may have mentioned this before. Apparently it  
is an open secret that any DVD player can play any DVD, regardless of  
region, if the relevant code is input via the player's remote.  
(Amazon is evidently not aware of this, given the warnings they add  
to DVDs regarding region incompatibilities...) Urban myth? I received  
this information from a professor at M.I.T. and others have confirmed  
it.

L Cook


On May 14, 2007, at 7:14 AM, Mathieu Capel wrote:

> Well, in France we can know find several Ozu's films (23 by now),
> thanks to Carlotta and Arte Video : three boxes are available, but
> only with french subtitles :
>
> Carlotta released :
>
> Box 1 : Tokyo twilight ; Late spring ; Record of a tenement gentlemant
> ; A Tokyo woman ; A story of floating weeds ; Where now are the dreams
> of youth ? + A straightforward boy ; Kagamijishi ; Fighting friends -
> japanese style
>
> Box 2 : Flavour of green tea ; Tokyo Chorus ; An inn in Tokyo ; Early
> summer ; Early spring  + I graduated, but...
>
> There was a father and Tokyo story are released separately
>
> I assume that Carlotta shall soon go on releasing Ozu's films next  
> year.
>
> Arte video released every colour films, except Floating weeds, and
> also released I was born, but...
>
> Region code is 2 for all these dvds... that's a pity
>
> Mathieu Capel
> Paris