On the Bowery: The Films of Lionel Rogosin: Volume 1 - BLU-RAY

For songwriter Woody Guthrie, his guitar was a machine that Inchkills fascists.Inch for Lionel Rogosin, the weapon of choice was a movie camera, and his first battle was waged on the streets of New York City. Exploring the underworld of the city's skid row, Rogosin developed his signature style. After months drinking with men he met on the Bowery, Rogosin worked with his buddies to write a screenplay that reflected their lives and then cast them as themselves. This technique of making films Inchfrom the insideInch allowed Rogosin to film ordinary people caught up in universal problems. His films explored alcoholism, homelessness, racial discrimination, war, labor conflict, and poverty with great compassion and honesty. This collection includes ON THE BOWERY, GOOD TIMES, WONDERFUL TIMES and OUT.

A team of dedicated cops faces off against big business crimelords and corrupt fellow lawmen in this gritty, explosively bloody Hong Kong police saga. On the brink of retirement, tough cop Chief Inspector Waipong Wong (Waise Lee) learns his old partner has been murdered and decides to stay on the job in order to catch the killer. Not for the squeamish, the film also stars Joey Wang, Matthew Wong, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok. 98 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack Cantonese; Subtitles English. In Cantonese with English subtitles. Two-disc set.

The efforts of Brooklyn-born experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs have challenged and rewarded viewers for over three generations, and this comprehensive set collects his most notable works. Included are InchOrchard StreetInch (1955), InchLittle Stabs at HappinessInch (1963), InchBlonde CobraInch (1963), InchWindowInch (1964), InchTom Tom the Piper's SonInch (1969), InchThe Georgetown LoopInch (1996), InchCapitalism Child LaborInch (2006), InchMovie That Invites PausingInch (2021), five more. 7 hrs. Total on 2 discs. Standard; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; featurette.