Arrow Video has finalized their January 2021 Blu-ray offerings with a pair of titles to choose from. Yes, it’s a small start to the new year, but expect many more in the months ahead.
Up first on January 19th is JSA: Joint Security Area. This Korean thriller from filmmaker Park Chan-wook (Old Boy) explores what happens when gunfire breaks out in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.
Pre-order JSA: Joint Security Area on Blu-ray for a discounted price at Amazon.
JSA: Joint Security Area will be presented in 1080p video with the original lossless Korean DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM 2.0 stereo soundtracks, with optional English subtitles.
Here’s a rundown of bonus features you can expect:
- New audio commentary by writer and critic Simon Ward
- Isolated music and effects track
- Newly recorded video interview with Asian cinema expert Jasper Sharp
- The JSA Story and Making the Film, two archival featurettes on the film’s production
- About JSA, a series of archival introductions to the film by members of the cast
- Behind the scenes montage
- Opening ceremony footage
- Two music videos: Letter from a Private and Take the Power Back
- Theatrical trailer
- TV spot
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch
- FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Kieran Fisher
A week later on January 26th delivers the 2006 film Southland Tales from writer/director Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko). It stars Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Seann William Scott.
Pre-order Southland Tales on Blu-ray for a discounted price at Amazon.
Arrow Films completed a new 2K restoration for Southland Tales for both the 145-minute theatrical cut and the 160-minute “Cannes cut”, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006. The restoration was approved by director Richard Kelly and director of photography Steven Poster.
Audio features the original lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM 2.0 stereo soundtracks with optional English subtitles.
Here’s the bonus features:
- Audio commentary on the theatrical cut by Richard Kelly
- It’s a Madcap World: The Making of an Unfinished Film, a new in-depth retrospective documentary on the film, featuring contributions by Richard Kelly and members of the original crew
- USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland, an archival featurette on the making of the film, featuring interviews with the cast and crew
- This is the Way the World Ends, an archival animated short set in the Southland Tales universe
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jacey
- Limited edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Peter Tonguette and Simon Ward
