Slim pickings this Tuesday (June 9th 2009) as there are only a trio of titles worth recommending. Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music Director’s Cut is a fully equipped edition (see details below) of the Michael Wadleigh documentary film, a great father’s day present that curiously comes out before Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock and not sometime in August when Woodstock took place. Film Movement offers Wang Xiaoshuai’s 10th film as a director with In Love We Trust – a contemporary drama set in Beijing, involving two mid-aged couples. Adapted from a true story, the story of Zuo You is about the relationship crisis and emotional unrest of two couples, when the son of the divorced couple is found to have leukemia. In need of a bone marrow transplant, the only way to save the teenage boy is for the divorced couple to give birth to another baby, which will jeopardize current relationships.
Finally, Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind receives a release on Blu-Ray and would be worth the price if it comes with all the extra features that were available on the special editions. No product info is offered, so I’d play the wait game before pre-ordering the title. Click on the box covers below for more info and help to help support IONCINEMA.com.
Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music Director’s Cut (Blu-Ray) (Click for more product info)
- Amazon-exclusive bonus disc with never-before-seen performance footage in hi-def from Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Country Joe and the Fish plus three bonus featurettes
- 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition includes:
- -Lucite display with images from the festival
- -60-page commemorative LIFE Magazine reprint
- -Iron-on Woodstock patch
- -Woodstock fact sheet
- -Reproductions of festival memorabilia, including handwritten notes and a three-day ticket
- New retrospective: The Museum at Bethel Woods: The Story of the Sixties and Woodstock
- Woodstock: Untold Stories: Over two hours of never-before-seen musical performances by Joan Baez, Paul Butterfield, Canned Heat, Joe Cocker, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Mountain, Santana, Sha Na Na, the Who, and Johnny Winter (Exclusive to Blu-ray: customize your own Woodstock playlist)
- Woodstock: From Festival to Feature: comprehensive featurette gallery chronicling the festival and the filming from start to finish, interwoven with interviews from Martin Scorsese, Grace Slick, director Michael Wadleigh, Woodstock Festival executive producer Michael Lang, and more
- Enhanced BD-Live bonus features
Verdict: If you are a music & film fan this is a no brainer. If not, buy it for Pops.
In Love We Trust (Click for more product info)
Verdict: Rent It.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Blu-Ray) (Click for more product info)
Verdict: Wait for final details before replacing for Blu-Ray.