So, things have been rather hectic here at Twitch HQ lately, hectic enough that I have a stack of recent DVDs that I fully intended to review on the site teetering in my corner unwatched and making me feel guilty. So, while I still haven't had a chance to actually sit and watch any of these through I have taken the time to grab a series of screen captures from each so that you can take a gander at the quality of the various releases themselves. What have I got? Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django, wkw's My Blueberry Nights, Kim Ki-Duk two pack Breath and Time, Peter Chan's The Warlords and Cannes anniversary project Chacun Son Cinema.

As you might expect the Japanese disc is the highest quality, with the colors of Miike's lurid western absolutely popping off the screen, with the Korean discs just a tiny step behind. All of the HK discs are solid enough but The Warlords is clearly the best of the bunch with Chacun and My Blueberry Nights a step back. Chacun Son Cinema and The Warlords with the packaging war, Chacun coming in a magnetically closed, faux-velvet lined digipack that includes a narrow flip books of introductions to each of the films from each of the contributing directors while The Warlords comes with postcards and an extensive booklet.

The Kim Ki Duk is notable for the bargain hunters, including his two most recent films at a low combo price, while these editions of The Warlords and Sukiyaki Western Django are likely to be the only ones out there with the original, longer, director's cuts - both films have been cut dramatically for international release - and the Hong Kong edition of Chacun Son Cinema is, to my knowledge, the most complete version currently available anywhere in the world, missing only the Coen Brothers contribution to the series while the recent French release missed both the Coens and David Lynch.

Got all that? Hit the links below for screen captures.