Park Chan-wook's Thirst on blu-ray? - Blu-ray Forum

SpiderBaby · 11-03-2009, 06:02 AM

This may get moved to "Wish Lists", but I thought for the people who wants to see this film and in blu-ray, might want to see if their is an answer.

This film comes out Nov 17th on dvd. Is their going to be a blu-ray release in the near future?

For those who don't know about the film:

"From the acclaimed director of the global hit Old Boy comes a shockingly original vampire story with a chilling, erotic style. A blood transfusion saves the life of a priest, but also transforms him into a vampire. He struggles to control his insatiable thirst for blood until a love affair unleashes his darkest desires in deadly new ways. Hailed as “Daring, operatic, and bloody funny!” (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly), Thirst is a truly wicked love story that takes classic vampire lore to twisted new heights."

Bruce Morrison · 11-03-2009, 08:49 AM

I was surprised that there was no Blu-ray announcement for the same release date as the DVD. I still think it's likely to come out on Blu-ray in the next few months - I hope so anyway.

manicsounds · 11-03-2009, 09:34 AM

What I'm thinking is that since the Korean DVD release still hasnt been stated, Focus might be pressured by the film's Korean distributor for a Region A Bluray, so the Koreans don't lose sales to an early American release.

I certainly hope a Korean release with many extras will be ported for an American extras-filled release.

But then again, this is Focus, which passed on a Bluray of Jim Jarmusch's latest too.

I'm interested to see what the UK version will have for extras.

bingtau · 12-12-2011, 06:48 PM

Wow, I just bought this disc off Amazon and it's the Korean Limited Edition for $40. I'm just so impressed. The shipment was sent from Hanbooks and I placed my order Friday night and just recieved the package in mint condition Monday afternoon. For $40 to have this release is just wonderful. Plus the fact it arrived mint. Just thought if anyone else wanted to know I think there's still more available.

lolwut · 12-12-2011, 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bingtau

Wow, I just bought this disc off Amazon and it's the Korean Limited Edition for $40. I'm just so impressed. The shipment was sent from Hanbooks and I placed my order Friday night and just recieved the package in mint condition Monday afternoon. For $40 to have this release is just wonderful. Plus the fact it arrived mint. Just thought if anyone else wanted to know I think there's still more available.

I've been waiting for them to follow up the DVD release with a Blu-ray but no such luck. I might get the import. Do you have pics?

lolwut · 12-31-2011, 01:49 AM

Got the Korean Digipak yesterday.

Kriztoffer Swank · 12-31-2011, 02:07 AM

Is that Region A-friendly and are the English subtitles coherent? :p

For $40, I may have to get that myself. Good image quality?

lolwut · 12-31-2011, 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kriztoffer Swank

Is that Region A-friendly and are the English subtitles coherent?

For $40, I may have to get that myself. Good image quality?

According to the review it has excellent PQ and is region free.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Thirs.../11398/#Review

deepbreathsanddeath · 02-27-2013, 11:11 AM

I'm considering buying the Korean Directors Cut release of Thirst. I already own the UK release which is excellent but I'd really like to see the directors cut's 14 extra minutes and different transfer.

Can anyone tell me if those extra 14 minutes add much to the experience? I don't want to know specifically what's included but is it better?

It's hard to justify spending $40 on just the movie but I do love Park Chan-Wook and this was an excellent movie.

supervij · 05-26-2013, 11:24 AM

I just bit the bullet! I ordered the Korean Blu-ray, as pictured above, from kpopmart.com for $34.90US plus $6.90US shipping. I've never ordered from kpopmart before -- never even heard of them before now -- but they get the okay from webutation.net, so hopefully I'm okay.

I've NEVER paid so much for a movie, but this ain't available in North America at all, and it's a brilliant flick!

Swift1246 · 05-26-2013, 01:19 PM

Still waiting on a US release of this. I limit myself to region A releases or else I would be bombarded with blu rays I want that aren't available here yet. Ex. Thirst, Chaser, Transformers (1987), Mr Nobody, etc , etc.

I know it will just be a matter of time before they are released.

supervij · 06-10-2013, 08:02 PM

The package from kpopmart.com arrived today, and I'm midly disappointed to find that they shipped me the plain edition even though they have a picture of the first press limited edition on their website.

When I contacted them the first time about this (a week or so ago, thanks to the picture they emailed me of the contents of the box), there was no response, but they did reply to my Facebook post about it saying that it's available only for preorder -- even there's no mention of that on their website whatsoever -- and so the plain edition is what will be shipped. My reply that I paid for the limited edition was met with no reply at all.

So be forewarned: if you wish to order Thirst on Blu-ray from kpopmart, they will ship you the plain edition.

Er...aside from the packaging, is there any difference in the content? I know the plain edition dropped the Korean subtitles, but that's of no use to me anyway. Is the supplemental package the same?

Canvas of Flesh · 06-10-2013, 11:31 PM

I don't know about the supplements as they're all in Korean, I do have a suggestion if you're looking to import Korean BDs in the future. On eBay, there are two sellers named Weagin or Kushaget that are both excellent sellers and they often have the first pressings. I've ordered The Chaser, Castaway on the Moon, Welcome to Dongmakgol, Thirst and a couple others from one or the other of them. It usually ends up being about 40 dollars, but for the most part it's worth it. Sure, you probably won't be able to enjoy the special features if you don't speak Korean, but the film is the only part that actually matters. I will say that occasionally you may come across a typo or something in the subtitles, but on a whole, the subtitles are better than what most Americans could produce.

Moe Szyslak · 06-10-2013, 11:43 PM

We need JSA on blu

Canvas of Flesh · 06-11-2013, 01:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moe Szyslak

We need JSA on blu

Definitely. I wouldn't mind seeing Going By the Book, Shiri, or Failan on blu-ray either.

lolwut · 06-11-2013, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moe szyslak

we need jsa on blu

+2

supervij · 08-18-2013, 06:02 AM

Just a quick word about ordering Thirst from kpopmart for anyone interested. Consider this a supplement to my previous post (#12):

After three weeks of waiting for kpopmart to respond to my complaint about receiving the plain edition instead of the limited edition and getting zero response, I finally caved and opened up the plastic wrap on the plain edition so that I could watch the movie. I figured that it had been three weeks, I'm never going to hear from these people. One week later (this is a full month after sending in my complaint), they responded. They said that if I mail them back the plain edition, they will send me the limited edition -- in other words, they had it the whole time. But they would only do so if the Blu-ray I send them is still sealed in its original wrap.

Well, of course, mine wasn't, because I did finally open it up. Three weeks with no response? Obviously customer service isn't going to diddly, so why not enjoy the movie I bought? When I told them that I opened it up because after a full month of waiting for a response and assuming I would never hear from them again and that I was stuck with the limited edition and so I opened it, they told me that there's nothing they could do, they were sorry that I didn't care for their customer service, and stopped responding to my emails.

Long story short: If you order Thirst on Blu-ray from kpopmart, and they send you the plain edition and you prefer the limited edition, contact them, but don't open the wrap for at least a month. It may take them that long to get back to you.

Now, I have no idea if there's any difference between the two editions. For all I know, they're identical. So perhaps I haven't lost anything except for a cooler looking box. Whatever. I have the movie. I love it. :-)

Jack Priest · 03-16-2018, 11:23 PM

Is the Korean release the only one to feature the Extended Cut? I really want it, but can't find it on eBay - Only one is the limited edition digipack for £75 lol

TheBoss062 · 09-11-2018, 02:15 PM

I hope that, since Palisades Tartan is a dead label now, that Criterion will pick this up.

smtaa · 04-16-2019, 02:29 AM

It seems that the Kino Lorber US issue of Thirst for June 04, 2019 does not have the director's cut (https://www.kinolorber.com/product/thirst-Blu-ray) and it is only 135 minutes. The British Tartan video release of Thirst was 133 minutes and the Korean Thirst's director's cut was 144 minutes. The director's cut is the best version and it tells the story better in a more rounded way. Unfortunately, if there is no Thirst's director's cut then Kino will be missing out more sales! Hopefully in the future Criterion does pick up Thirst's director's cut.

12-12-2011, 06:48 PM	#4
bingtau Special Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:WI Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:72 Blu-ray collection:483 Blu-ray reviews:7	Impressive Wow, I just bought this disc off Amazon and it's the Korean Limited Edition for $40. I'm just so impressed. The shipment was sent from Hanbooks and I placed my order Friday night and just recieved the package in mint condition Monday afternoon. For $40 to have this release is just wonderful. Plus the fact it arrived mint. Just thought if anyone else wanted to know I think there's still more available.

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11-03-2009, 06:02 AM	#1
SpiderBaby Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Sep 2009	Park Chan-wook's Thirst on blu-ray? This may get moved to "Wish Lists", but I thought for the people who wants to see this film and in blu-ray, might want to see if their is an answer. This film comes out Nov 17th on dvd. Is their going to be a blu-ray release in the near future? For those who don't know about the film: "From the acclaimed director of the global hit Old Boy comes a shockingly original vampire story with a chilling, erotic style. A blood transfusion saves the life of a priest, but also transforms him into a vampire. He struggles to control his insatiable thirst for blood until a love affair unleashes his darkest desires in deadly new ways. Hailed as “Daring, operatic, and bloody funny!” (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly), Thirst is a truly wicked love story that takes classic vampire lore to twisted new heights."

11-03-2009, 08:49 AM	#2
Bruce Morrison Power Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:United Kingdom 4K collection:339 Blu-ray collection:2245 DVD collection:581	I was surprised that there was no Blu-ray announcement for the same release date as the DVD. I still think it's likely to come out on Blu-ray in the next few months - I hope so anyway.

11-03-2009, 09:34 AM	#3
manicsounds Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Tokyo 4K collection:227 Blu-ray collection:4992 Blu-ray reviews: 99	What I'm thinking is that since the Korean DVD release still hasnt been stated, Focus might be pressured by the film's Korean distributor for a Region A Bluray, so the Koreans don't lose sales to an early American release. I certainly hope a Korean release with many extras will be ported for an American extras-filled release. But then again, this is Focus, which passed on a Bluray of Jim Jarmusch's latest too. I'm interested to see what the UK version will have for extras.

12-31-2011, 01:49 AM	#6
lolwut Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2011 Location:Virginia, US 4K collection:382 Blu-ray collection:1639 DVD collection:445 MA collection:257 Digital collection:292 iTunes collection:347 Prime collection:210 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:202	Got the Korean Digipak yesterday.

12-31-2011, 02:07 AM	#7
Kriztoffer Swank Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Minnesota 4K collection:3 Blu-ray collection:1275 DVD collection:45 Trading Score:3	Is that Region A-friendly and are the English subtitles coherent? :p For $40, I may have to get that myself. Good image quality?

02-27-2013, 11:11 AM	#9
deepbreathsanddeath Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jul 2011 Location:Brisbane, Australia Blu-ray collection:1077 Blu-ray reviews: 109 Trading Score:38	I'm considering buying the Korean Directors Cut release of Thirst. I already own the UK release which is excellent but I'd really like to see the directors cut's 14 extra minutes and different transfer. Can anyone tell me if those extra 14 minutes add much to the experience? I don't want to know specifically what's included but is it better? It's hard to justify spending $40 on just the movie but I do love Park Chan-Wook and this was an excellent movie.

05-26-2013, 11:24 AM	#10
supervij Special Member Member since:Apr 2011 Location:Toronto, Ontario, Canada 4K collection:1004 Blu-ray collection:2466	I just bit the bullet! I ordered the Korean Blu-ray, as pictured above, from kpopmart.com for $34.90US plus $6.90US shipping. I've never ordered from kpopmart before -- never even heard of them before now -- but they get the okay from webutation.net, so hopefully I'm okay. I've NEVER paid so much for a movie, but this ain't available in North America at all, and it's a brilliant flick!

05-26-2013, 01:19 PM	#11
Swift1246 Active Member Member since:Jun 2008 Location:San Antonio, TX 4K collection:262 Blu-ray collection:1024 DVD collection:5 Trading Score:7	Still waiting on a US release of this. I limit myself to region A releases or else I would be bombarded with blu rays I want that aren't available here yet. Ex. Thirst, Chaser, Transformers (1987), Mr Nobody, etc , etc. I know it will just be a matter of time before they are released.

06-10-2013, 08:02 PM	#12
supervij Special Member Member since:Apr 2011 Location:Toronto, Ontario, Canada 4K collection:1004 Blu-ray collection:2466	The package from kpopmart.com arrived today, and I'm midly disappointed to find that they shipped me the plain edition even though they have a picture of the first press limited edition on their website. When I contacted them the first time about this (a week or so ago, thanks to the picture they emailed me of the contents of the box), there was no response, but they did reply to my Facebook post about it saying that it's available only for preorder -- even there's no mention of that on their website whatsoever -- and so the plain edition is what will be shipped. My reply that I paid for the limited edition was met with no reply at all. So be forewarned: if you wish to order Thirst on Blu-ray from kpopmart, they will ship you the plain edition. Er...aside from the packaging, is there any difference in the content? I know the plain edition dropped the Korean subtitles, but that's of no use to me anyway. Is the supplemental package the same?

06-10-2013, 11:31 PM	#13
Canvas of Flesh Member Member since:Mar 2011 Trading Score:6	I don't know about the supplements as they're all in Korean, I do have a suggestion if you're looking to import Korean BDs in the future. On eBay, there are two sellers named Weagin or Kushaget that are both excellent sellers and they often have the first pressings. I've ordered The Chaser, Castaway on the Moon, Welcome to Dongmakgol, Thirst and a couple others from one or the other of them. It usually ends up being about 40 dollars, but for the most part it's worth it. Sure, you probably won't be able to enjoy the special features if you don't speak Korean, but the film is the only part that actually matters. I will say that occasionally you may come across a typo or something in the subtitles, but on a whole, the subtitles are better than what most Americans could produce.

06-10-2013, 11:43 PM	#14
Moe Szyslak Power Member Member since:Feb 2011 Blu-ray collection:389 DVD collection:49 Trading Score:11	We need JSA on blu

08-18-2013, 06:02 AM	#17
supervij Special Member Member since:Apr 2011 Location:Toronto, Ontario, Canada 4K collection:1004 Blu-ray collection:2466	Just a quick word about ordering Thirst from kpopmart for anyone interested. Consider this a supplement to my previous post (#12): After three weeks of waiting for kpopmart to respond to my complaint about receiving the plain edition instead of the limited edition and getting zero response, I finally caved and opened up the plastic wrap on the plain edition so that I could watch the movie. I figured that it had been three weeks, I'm never going to hear from these people. One week later (this is a full month after sending in my complaint), they responded. They said that if I mail them back the plain edition, they will send me the limited edition -- in other words, they had it the whole time. But they would only do so if the Blu-ray I send them is still sealed in its original wrap. Well, of course, mine wasn't, because I did finally open it up. Three weeks with no response? Obviously customer service isn't going to diddly, so why not enjoy the movie I bought? When I told them that I opened it up because after a full month of waiting for a response and assuming I would never hear from them again and that I was stuck with the limited edition and so I opened it, they told me that there's nothing they could do, they were sorry that I didn't care for their customer service, and stopped responding to my emails. Long story short: If you order Thirst on Blu-ray from kpopmart, and they send you the plain edition and you prefer the limited edition, contact them, but don't open the wrap for at least a month. It may take them that long to get back to you. Now, I have no idea if there's any difference between the two editions. For all I know, they're identical. So perhaps I haven't lost anything except for a cooler looking box. Whatever. I have the movie. I love it. :-)

03-16-2018, 11:23 PM	#18
Jack Priest Expert Member Member since:Jul 2012 4K collection:216 Blu-ray collection:699	Is the Korean release the only one to feature the Extended Cut? I really want it, but can't find it on eBay - Only one is the limited edition digipack for £75 lol

09-11-2018, 02:15 PM	#19
TheBoss062 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Dec 2016 Location:Florida 4K collection:379 Blu-ray collection:2075 MA collection:519 Digital collection:171 Blu-ray reviews:47	I hope that, since Palisades Tartan is a dead label now, that Criterion will pick this up.

04-16-2019, 02:29 AM	#20
smtaa Member Member since:Jan 2015	It seems that the Kino Lorber US issue of Thirst for June 04, 2019 does not have the director's cut (https://www.kinolorber.com/product/thirst-Blu-ray) and it is only 135 minutes. The British Tartan video release of Thirst was 133 minutes and the Korean Thirst's director's cut was 144 minutes. The director's cut is the best version and it tells the story better in a more rounded way. Unfortunately, if there is no Thirst's director's cut then Kino will be missing out more sales! Hopefully in the future Criterion does pick up Thirst's director's cut.

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