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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 5 reviews)
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you will need to speak German by Clay Walker (Atlanta, GA USA)  4 Stars
August 25, 2007
A few things to note about this specific DVD - the spoken language in this film is English & German. If you are English speaking only and do not read Korean, when you turn off the Korean subtitles (the only language offered) you will not be able to understand the dialogue of this film. I am very glad I still own the original laserdisc of this film when it was titled "Zentropa" as it has English subtitles. To this DVD's credit, while it is listed as "full screen," they did preserve the 16:9 aspect ratio within the 4:3 frame. I look forward to a DVD release worthy of this film.
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needs a US release on dvd its a stunner! by Elan Bodwick (las vegas)  5 Stars
July 26, 2007
A great story- a mystery thriller that is an ode to film noir- with themes of paranoia doublecrossing all told in a wellpaced film set shortly after the war's end in Germany. This dvd is an english dub with Korean subtitles which doesnt help when the characters speak german and the subtitles are in Korean. Fortunantly the english speaking parts tell the main story and its not hard to follow. Beautifully filmed and well acted with some truly memorable scenes- especially the voiced countdown to the drowning of the main character. It combines elements of Schindlers list- Sin City- and is a near cousin to any of Hitchcocks best films. I cant recommend this movie enough- it is one of the best movies of the last 20 years or so in my opinion. This is truly deserving of an official criterion or Anchor BAy release though any release would be great.
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One of the best films by Professor Joseph L. McCauley (Austria+Texas) 5 Stars
January 12, 2007
von Trier managed with film what Mankell has managed with mystery writing: portrayal of the psycho-social ills of society. See also 'Breaking the Waves', recommended to me by a Danish friend. In Zentropa the scene where our anti-hero overreacts (symbolically) with typically American anger to German formality and correctness is memorable. The movie ends with the time of the Werewolves.
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Without a doubt my choice for 'best movie of the 1990s' by Prometheus 5 Stars
October 29, 2006
Having spent some time in Germany and having had some experiences on German trains I was eager to see this film when it first came out at the movies. The experience was breathtaking to say the least. When I came out of the movie theatre it was as if I had not truly seen film until that day. This movie is a surrealist visual and auditory masterpiece, but it's not just an art film - it works on many levels and the movie's fast pace and clear storyline will appeal to the casual viewer as well as the connoisseur of art in film.
In my view this is the best film of the 1990s and I think it's a crime that this great film is not available in a region 1 DVD with all the trimmings (director's commentary, actor's commentary, deleted scenes, etc.)
It says a lot about the US DVD industry when a great classic like this cannot make it to DVD yet appalling trash like the Scary Movie series have multiple releases, special editions etc.
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cinematic time capsule by C. leveling (Hebron,N.Y. USA) 4 Stars
February 28, 2006
As a young boy at the age of 7 my mother took me to Germany in the early 1950s. Although to young to be aware of the political climate of post war germany, I do recall the plight of the average German in their efforts to rebuild. German was learned quickly by this american born boy who played in the ruins of bombed out buildings with his German peers. To me the director of this movie has encapsulated (through the lighting,use of black and white and other cinematic tricks)a sense of the time period involved. This is why I had to own Zentropa. Lars Von Trier is able to move the viewer past the story line (which is based more in surrealism than any historic event)to a different time period the way a painter can move a viewer with his skillful brush strokes beyond a two dimensional painting.
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