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Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Moment of pirated Shanghai DVD zen

From McSweeney's, "REVIEWS OF DVDS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE PIRATED BUT WERE DEFINITELY BOUGHT ON THE STREET IN SHANGHAI FOR ABOUT A DOLLAR."

Sin City
Obtained: Guy standing on Maoming Road, next to guy selling puppies
Price: 8 RMB
In several climactic scenes, including the Jessica Alba dancing segments, the anvil-headed guy in front of the cameraman gets up to go to the bathroom. His big flat head blots out a good 10 percent of the screen. Damn you and your excitement-sensitive bladder, anvil-headed guy. We're looking for you. We'd recognize that jug anywhere.
Ten minutes in, the DVD starts skipping. Repeated cleanings with bottom of T-shirt fail to improve performance. It plays normally again at the 21-minute mark, leaving us confused about where the Bruce Willis character went. After the movie is over, we're still not sure.

Link (Thanks, Jim Ruland!)

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