Tuesday, December 05, 2023

Post-Christmas Kingdom Splurge


Just a heads-up in case you missed this news -- Mubi is putting all three seasons of Lars von Trier's brilliant disturbing and disturbingly brilliant series The Kingdom on blu-ray! Beginning in 1994 and ending with a six-episode run last year I'm a little sad they won't have this out in time for Christmas -- we all have that freak in our lives who we can't figure out what to get them, and I know this because I am that freak for everyone I know, and this would've been the perfect gift for me. Alas the set is out on February 6th -- pre-order it right here. I am now glad that I held off from buying the overpriced and out-of-print DVDs of the first two seasons last year when the third season was imminent. If you're unfamiliar with the series it almost seems a crime to tell you anything about it but here's the basic gist -- there's this hospital, you see? And things happen there. Udo Kier... happens. The end, that's all I will say. Oh and that Alexander Skarsgård shows up in the third part! Being a good freak, just the way we like him. 


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