Arrow Video
A trio of ghostly tales of terror, each from a different country, form the anthology Three. Initiated by acclaimed Hong Kong producer and director Peter Ho-Sun Chan, the film would prove highly influential in its innovative approach to pan-Asian horror, and lead to the shockingly compelling sequel, Three... Extremes. Dive into the ultimate omnibus of horror with both films lavishly restored and featuring a wealth of new and archival extras.
Korean genre maestro Kim Jee-woon (A Tale of Two Sisters) opens Three with "Memories", where a husband and wife with no memory of how they fell apart discover the terrifying truth behind their separation. In Thai filmmaker Nonzee Nimibutr's (Nang Nak) tale of guilt and jealousy, "The Wheel", a puppeteer fears his marionettes are possessed by the spirits of those he has wronged. Finally, in Peter Ho-Sun Chan's "Going Home", a widowed police officer and his young son move into a new apartment and uncover the chilling secret behind their new neighbour and his seemingly comatose wife.
Three... Extremes' unforgettable first story, "Dumplings", directed by celebrated filmmaker Fruit Chan (Made in Hong Kong), sees an aging actor discover that the dumplings she's been eating for their miraculous rejuvenating benefits contain an unsavoury secret ingredient. Next, in Korean legend Park Chan-wook's (Oldboy) segment "Cut", a wealthy filmmaker is caught in a twisted game when a vindictive actor takes his wife hostage. Finally, Japanese Master of Horror Takashi Miike's (Audition) segment, "Box", sees a novelist plagued by nightmares of her past as a child circus performer with her long-lost twin sister, until she receives a mysterious invitation to return to the site of her old circus.
Product Features
LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- Brand new 2K restorations of both films by Arrow Films
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of both films
- Original 5.1 DTS-HD MA surround audio and lossless stereo audio on both films
- Optional English subtitles for both films
- Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork for both films by Xinmei Liu
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the films by Stacie Ponder and David Desser
- Double-sided foldout poster featuring newly commissioned artwork by Xinmei Liu
DISC ONE: THREE
- Cross-Pollination Horror Part 1, a brand new interview with producer and "Going Home" director Peter Ho-Sun Chan
- Recalling Memories, a brand new interview with "Memories" director Kim Jee-woon
- Making Memories, a brand new interview with "Memories" cinematographer Hong Kyoung-pyo
- Terror Without Borders, a newly edited interview with Peter Ho-Sun Chan, filmed in 2005 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- Between Life and Death, a newly edited interview with "Going Home" star Eugenia Yuan, filmed in 2004 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- Peter Ho-Sun Chan: Cinema Without Borders, an archival interview
- Kim Jee-woon: Memories from Beyond the Grave, an archival interview
- Making-of featurette
- Original theatrical trailer
DISC TWO: THREE... EXTREMES
- Audio commentary on the segment "Box" by director Takashi Miike
- Cross-Pollination Horror Part 2, a brand new interview with producer Peter Ho-Sun Chan
- Cooking Dumplings, a brand new interview with "Dumplings" director Fruit Chan
- Something a Little More Beautiful, a brand new interview with Takashi Miike
- Taste, Taboo and Truth, a newly edited interview with Fruit Chan, filmed in 2004 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- More That Skin Deep, a newly edited interview with "Dumplings" star Bai Ling, filmed in 2005 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- Making-of featurettes for each segment
- Trailers for Three... Extremes and the feature-length version of Dumplings
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I have seen these movies many times on DVD; been expecting a blu-ray release for a long time. This alone makes it most welcome. It includes both movies and a lot of interesting extras, mostly interviews. The differents segments are intendedly heterogeneous, which is good, so that they are very variable: in my opinion, "Memories" and "Dumplings" are at the very top (funny, the first ones in each movie), being little masterworks on their own. "Going home" is also excellent, really heartbreaking, with wonderful photography by Christopher Doyle. Other segments are fine, except for "Cut", which is a surprise, as it is written and directed by Park Chang-wook, but is, in my opinion, so pretentious and talkative that it is ultimately dull and boring. The only bad one in the lot, though. About the restoration: well, it is a bit of a disappointment. The image quality is very heterogeneous from segment to segment, as is, I assume, the original source...which must have been very limited. In general, delineation is too soft, not enough detail, especially in the first movie. "Memories", my favourite segment, happens to be the worst, just too blurry, unsharpened, faint. This said, this is the best these movies have ever looked, and probably will unless access to the original negatives is granted. And, of course, they are so good that they are positively worth getting.
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Bought these on a whim years ago on bluray and was obsessed. These restores and sooooo good and the extras are amazing. Worth every penny
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