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• The World | Blu Ray | (13/02/2012) from £18.88   |  Saving you £1.11 (5.88%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The fourth feature by internationally acclaimed auteur Jia Zhangke was also his breakout success, an epic with a canvas as vast, and intimate, as its title suggests: a state-of-the-modern-world address, and a look at the insular world of a troupe of Chinese stage-performers dreaming of freedom… Zhao Tao, Jia’s muse, is one of these troupers. For Tao and the larger ensemble of pageant performers at Beijing’s real-life World Park (a sprawling hyper-pastiche of global landmarks — “famous sites from five continents”), love is respite from work, work is respite from love, and the line that extends from the past to the future loses all definition beyond the present. A testament to the wisdom of this young filmmaker who arrived in the late 1990s with Xiao Wu and, in 2000, Platform (regarded by many to be the greatest film of the 2000s), Shijie / The World provides an image of globalisation as a paradox: at once a phenomenon rooted in social control, and a network that allows connection across individual people and populations. Special Dual Format Edition: 1080p Blu-Ray transfer English subtitles Tony Rayns on The World: New and exclusive video introduction to the film Made in China: A 65 minute documentary on the making of The World The World according to Jia Zhangke: A 24 minute interview 40 page booklet

• Fist From Shaolin | DVD | (19/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This epic movie depicts the struggle and battles of those who sought to destroy the Monks' temples. A cast of real Shaolin Monks and Wu Shu fighters demonstrating skills not matched by others. Star of 'Mystery of Chess boxing' and '7 Grandmasters' Lee Yi Min starred and produced this action packed classic.

• Fist From Shaolin | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Once again the honorable Master Wong Fei Hung is up against intrigue and tension plaguing late 19th century China; foreign forces are pressing on the local population and opium is finding its way onto the streets... The warm-hearted Kung Fu Master concentrates his efforts on fighting these oppressive dangers and defending his hometown; here his work is further complicated when he meets his future sweetheart Auntie Yee and becomes embroiled in aiding two street children who are fleeing from the slavery trade...