13 Blissfully Yours

[Matt]

Blissfully Yours



Innovative and enigmatic, Blissfully Yours is a languid celebration of the pleasures of the moment. In Apichatpong's heady, sensual and playful film, a leisurely road trip and a picnic in the jungle give way to uninhibited emotion and eroticism.

A meditation on happiness, superstition, politics and sexuality, nothing really happens except that it happens with a purpose. Blissfully Yours confirms the reputation of one of the most distinctive new filmmakers in world cinema.

Special Features

• Newly filmed introduction by director Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
• Presented fully uncut in a new transfer approved by the Director.
• Anamorphic 16:9 enhanced for widescreen televisions.
• New and improved English subtitle translation.
• Optimal quality dual-layer disc.
• Booklet featuring new Essay on the film by Tony Rayns and cast and production notes and photos.

[Brian Oblivious]

Absolutely thrilling news, excuse me while I go dance in the streets for a few hours.

[hamsterburger]

Ooo, nice. Now how about releasing Apichatpong's latest film, Tropical Malady?

=P~

[Bikey]

We would love to be releasing Tropical Malady but unfortunately the rights have been secured by another company.

Bikie

[Oedipax]

Any word on when we can expect a release of this? It's one of my most highly anticipated titles at the moment...

[FilmFanSea]

Any word on when we can expect a release of this? It's one of my most highly anticipated titles at the moment...

MovieMail gives a release date of April 24th.

[criterionsnob]

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[Bikey]

Blissfully Yours (Sud Sanaeha)
A film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thailand / 2002
Second Run DVD 013

" A delicate, ethereal dream of a film…marks the emergence of one of the more original and promising new voices to hit the international cinema scene in recent years." – Manohla Dargis, New York Times

" ...straddles multiple boundaries: between fiction and reality, art and porn, heartbreak and rapture." - The Guardian

"A glorious daydream made tactile." - Time Out


2002 Cannes Film Festival / Best Film ‘Un Certain Regard'
2003 Rotterdam Film Festival / KNF Award
2003 Buenos Aires Film Festival / Best Director and FIPRESCI Prize
2002 AFI Festival / Nominated - Grand Jury Prize
2002 Thessaloniki Film Festival / Winner Golden Alexander



Innovative and enigmatic, Blissfully Yours is a languid celebration of the pleasures of the moment. In Apichatpong's heady, sensual and playful film, a leisurely road trip and a picnic in the jungle give way to uninhibited emotion and intercourse. A meditation on happiness, superstition, politics and sexuality, nothing really happens except that it happens with a purpose. Blissfully Yours confirms the reputation of one of the most distinctive new filmmakers in world cinema.


Special Features:

- Introduction to the film by its director Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

- Presented fully uncut in a new transfer approved by the Director.

- Anamorphic 16:9 enhanced for widescreen televisions.

- New and improved English subtitle translation.

- Optimal quality dual-layer disc.

- Booklet featuring new Essay on the film by Tony Rayns, interview with Apichatpong about the film and the cast and an interview with cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom.



Length / Main Feature: 122 minutes

Length / Special Feature: 9 minutes

Sound: Original Stereo

Language: Thai / Burmese

Original aspect ratio: 16:9 / 1.66:1

Colour

PAL

Subtitles: English On/Off

[FilmFanSea]

My, what gorgeous coverart:

[Bikey]

Release date has gone back a week to May 1.

[Bikey]

Release date is now May 8.

[denti alligator]

Gary at the Beaver says this is non-HD sourced and shows combing. Too bad.

[The Fanciful Norwegian]

Link? I can't find any mention of this at the Beav except for the calendar entry on the main page.

[Gregory]

It'll be added to the main page as soon as the comparison is finished. In the meantime, going to the existing comparison of the other Blissfully Yours DVDs (via the "B" page of reviews) shows a combed-out capture from the No Shame DVD.

[spencerw]

The DVD Beaver review is now at: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompar ... -yours.htm

[alfons416]

why pushed up one moore week?

[Bikey]

I'm afraid this release has been put back a week as it shipped late from the manufacturers.

[denti alligator]

Bikey, can you explain why there is combing on this disc. Is it because it's non-progressive? or was the source material non-HD?

[Bikey]

The good people at Time Out London have made this DVD of the Week.

Review here:

http://www.secondrundvd.com/release_more_by_3.php

[hamsterburger]

But is it anamorphic? Beev seems to imply that it isn't...

[kieslowski]

It's definitely anamorphic.

[antnield]

DVD Times review:

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=62244

[Oedipax]

Well I enjoyed this one immensely. The whole film has a very relaxed, peaceful feel to it, although one has the sense that it is an escape, an insulated world, a temporary break from a more oppressive reality. Really loved the long sequence driving out to the secluded area, it reminded me a little of The Brown Bunny (a good thing, for me at least). When the title came up 45 minutes or so into the film, I had a big grin on my face.

[peerpee]

This is a wonderful film --- one of the best new films I've seen in the last few years. Very keen now to see Joe's other films that I haven't seen.

[foggy eyes]

I've just caught this: truly, it is wonderful. Many thanks, Second Run.