Freshly DREWed!

NEWS :    Power to the People…

The last side trip I took along the narrow pathways of the Muslim Area in Quiapo proved to be a very PRODUCTIVE one. An officemate tagged along and although it was a very hot afternoon, I managed to survive the heat and brought home two (2) DVD titles or rather collections. Why so? The DVDs that I bought contained five or more (5-6) titles each for a WHOPPING total of 11 movies all-in-all in just P 50 per disk! In sum, I spent just P 100 (= $ 1.83) and therefore, P 16.66 per title. Wow, isn’t this a real BARGAIN? I even outdid my officemate who bought six (6) DVDs with only 1 title in each disk, spending an average of PhP 35.00 per disk. If only she looked further and waited for the right offer, maybe she could have gotten the most with her money. At home, I tested the movies and found all of them to be in peak condition. Although there are neither bonus materials nor special features, a complete and perfect copy of each movie is already okay with me.

I do however feel GUILTY because, I myself am a Government Employee and there I was that afternoon, spending my salary (which came from the taxes my countrymen paid) on pirated optical media. I remember in my Basic Economics Course that “piractechnology” entrepreneurs are included in the informal sector/economy that contributes to the demise of the entertainment sector. But hey, I’m just being a practical consumer here and besides, the people in show business earn A LOT compared to a measly civil servant like me. I believe that piratechnology is somewhat the ‘great equalizer’ when it comes to consumer purchasing power. I know it’s not right but I would be a hypocrite if I say that I’m not for piratechnology. My apologies to the Optical Media Board and the entertainment sector as well, the people just can’t help it…    

Hereunder are the titles that I bought:

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DVD #1: ‘Best Korean Movie Collection 1’ (with English, Mandarin or Thai subtitles)

1. Jae-young Kwak’s “My Sassy Girl” (2001)
2. Jin-gyu Cho’s “My Wife Is A Gangster” (2001)
3. Heung-sun Jeong’s “My Wife Is A Gangster 2” (2003)
4. Han-chun Park’s “Spy Girl” (2004)
5. Yun-ho Yang’s “White Valentine” (1999)
6. Jae-young Kwak’s “Windstruck” (2004)

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DVD #2: ‘The Box Office New Romantic Movie Collection’ (with Bahasa, Mandarin or Thai subtitles)

1. Michael Winterbottom’s “9 Songs” (2004)
2. Everett Lewis’s “Luster” (2002)
3. Rebecca Miller’s “The Ballad Of Jack & Rose” (2005)
4. Bruno Dumont’s “Twentynine Palms” (2003)
5. David Mackenzie’s “Young Adam” (2003)

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