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Tears of the Black Tiger (2000)

Starring: Suwinit Panjamawat, Chartchai Ngamsan Director: Wisit Sasanatieng Rating: Unrated Format: DVD
4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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Product Details

  • Actors: Suwinit Panjamawat, Chartchai Ngamsan, Stella Malucchi, Supakorn Kitsuwon, Arawat Ruangvuth
  • Directors: Wisit Sasanatieng
  • Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English, Thai
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rating: Unrated
  • Studio: Magnolia
  • DVD Release Date: April 24, 2007
  • Run Time: 110 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000N6UES4
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #47,021 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Imagine John Ford (The Searchers), Jean-Luc Godard (Weekend), and John Waters (Pink Flamingos) collaborating on an insane 1950s melodrama, drenched in succulent Technicolor--rose-petal reds, turquoise blues, saffron yellows, and Pepto-Bismol pinks--and you're just barely encompassing the cinematic delirium of Tears of the Black Tiger. This fever dream of a movie features rival gunslingers, a poor farmboy and the daughter of a wealthy landowner, a murdered father, bloody revenge, a forced marriage, and a half-dozen other cliches stitched into a preposterous yet weirdly engaging story. But the story isn't the point; director Wisit Sasanatieng takes every opportunity to dive into a different style or device, ranging from delicate shots of a lovely girl in a mint-green gazebo to spewing gore and full-on battle with machine guns and grenade-launchers. The sets are often blatantly theatrical, the lighting exaggerated, and the acting ranges from wooden to maniacal. In short, this Thai movie is like nothing you've ever seen, born of a deep moviemania and unbridled chutzpah, and you owe it to yourself to watch it. --Bret Fetzer

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Studio: Magnolia Pict Hm Ent Release Date: 04/24/2007 Run time: 109 minutes

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing transfer, April 27, 2007
By MK (USA) - See all my reviews
Saw this at the theater and was wowed away by how visually stunning this film is. I was excited to order it on DVD, and received it today, but was disappointed by how low quality the transfer is. The colors are dull and blurry compared to what I saw on the big screen. Total let down because the visuals make the movie.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars THAI MOVIES ARE ENTHUSIASTIC, UNINHIBITED, DRAMATICALLY BEAUTIFUL., July 20, 2007
By Roy Clark "rclarknv" (Edge of Toiyabe Nat'l Forest, NV) - See all my reviews
  
That's because Thailand is all that, and much more.

The five stars are because I love Thailand. If I could, I've have given it ten stars. But because of barrage of melodramatic - okay, corny - cliches, the cacophony of tossing everything familiar film trick into a cinematic blender, imposing the unique Thai logic, making incredible production gaffs first year film students would avoid and the really misleading hype of its marketing, I just can't. It's not clever parody nor artistic exaggeration; it's just seems an adolescent idea of such. Then too, Amazon just wouldn't allow 10 stars anyway.

Well, 'Mai Pen Rai'. Support this movie as a homage to Thai cinematic growing pains. That Thai phrase means 'Never mind, it doesn't matter'.
Oh, and the art direction, a Thai forte, is real pretty.

Better to recommend THE LEGEND OF SURIYOTHAI. It's as colorful and imbibed with Thai spirit, but less of a parody in a blender. And more informative re Thai history, too.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Snazzy "western", June 7, 2007
The previews were intriguing, and the movie is so expressive it is surprising. I know the cultures of the Pac-Rim are old and in many ways sophisticated, but the adapatation of their esthetic to our genre is fun, cool and engaging. And, damn, the story is not half bad! It is not entirely a spoof, just that those cultures stylize for high esthetic goals, and this movie gets that treatment in the most unexpected dimensions of color, slow-motion, sound, and close-ups. Too good to not have in the collection!
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5.0 out of 5 stars This Film is Awesome!
Tears of the Black Tiger is an amazing and ground breaking film. Fans of low-budget films that push the limitations of their situations to create unique works of... Read more
Published 16 months ago by M. Perry

4.0 out of 5 stars Riding the new wave of Thai films
Thai cinema has certainly come a long way in recent years. "Bangkok Dangerous" and "Last Life in the Universe" are just two of the more interesting Thai films of the past decade... Read more
Published 18 months ago by A. Hickman

5.0 out of 5 stars john woo, douglas sirk & sergio leone menage a trois
outstanding flick. i expect most viewers not to "get it," more's the pity to them (come on now, thai culture's not THAT alien to you all, is it?). Read more
Published on June 8, 2007 by N. Huston

2.0 out of 5 stars admirable effort but too strained to be effective
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In this age in which just about every other film seems to be a sequel, adaptation or remake of a previous work, it seems positively ungrateful, not to mention... Read more
Published on May 3, 2007 by Roland E. Zwick

5.0 out of 5 stars just when I thought movies were getting boring
Amazing. I just saw it in the theater in a limited run on a whim. There is so much to say about it. I don't think this film is really for everybody. Read more
Published on March 24, 2007 by David W. Jackson

5.0 out of 5 stars Visually a MIRACLE
its jaw-dropping from the 1st frame 2 the last one. Its an explosion of colors, visually its a miracle. a must-see 4 movie goers
Published on March 9, 2007 by Rodrigo Toledo

5.0 out of 5 stars a Thai Spaghetti Western
Surreal Western with over saturated color sets and bright costumes that of-set the overt violence.

Boy from the wrong crowd falls in love and turns his back on his... Read more
Published on February 27, 2007 by James Schifeling

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