movies in my own backyard
May 11th, 2006
Throughout the hours rumaging around video stores, buying and renting martial art movies, there was one place I neglected to look - the library’s card catalog. Yeah, I’ve seen patrons returning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, and House of Flying Daggers - but I already own them, and can almost recite their dialogs in it’s entirety. In English, not in Mandarin though.
So, while bored at work the other day, I decided to do a random search. I really wanted to see Zathura, but we don’t own it yet. But, what’s that entry next to Zathura? Is it - Zatoichi? And it comes in a 2-DVD case with - Sonatine! Jackpot! Two Kitano films for the price of - well, none.
But wait, there’s a subject heading for Martial Arts films! All of which I already own, except for Fist of The North Star and Storm Riders. Alas, my next day off is now set.
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