Final details have surfaced regarding Palisades Tartan's Blu-ray release of Park Chan-Wook's
Vengeance Trilogy, comprised of
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance,
Oldboy and
Lady Vengeance, which as previously reported (see blu-ray.com,
February 17), released on March 16 as a Best Buy exclusive until
June 15. Contrary to initial information, this finally is a four-disc set, loaded with special features. A major improvement for
Oldboy from the
2007 release is the inclusion of the three-hour video diary "The Autobiography of Oldboy".
The content breakdown per disc is as follows:
Disc 1:
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (movie and special features)
This BD corresponds to discs 1-2 of the DVD set and contains:
- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (feature film)
- Audio commentary with director Park Chan-Wook and actor/filmmaker Ryoo Seung-wan
- The Process of Mr. Vengeance
- My Boksu Story
- Crew interviews
- Jonathan Ross on Park Chan-wook
- Soundtrack and photos
- Storyboards
- Original behind-the-scenes feature
- Trailer
Disc 2:
Oldboy (movie and special features)
This BD corresponds to discs 3-5 of the DVD set and contains:
- Oldboy (feature film)
- Audio commentaries:
- Director Park Chan-wook
- Park Chan-wook and cinematographer Chung Chung-hoon
- Park Chan-wook and cast
- Five behind-the-scenes featurettes:
- Making The Film – The Cast Remembers
- Production Design
- The Music Score
- CGI Documentary
- Flashback
- Le Grand Prix at Cannes
- Ten deleted scenes with optional commentary
- "The Autobiography of Oldboy": 3-hour video diary.
Disc 3:
Lady Vengeance (movie)
This BD corresponds to discs 6-7 of the DVD set and contains
- Lady Vengeance - Regular version
- Lady Vengeance - Fade-To-White version (with Park Chan-wook introduction)
- Audio commentaries:
- Director Park Chan-wook and actress Lee Young-ae
- Park Chan-wook, cinematographer Chung Chung-hoon and art director Choi Hyeon-seok
- Critic Richard Peña
Disc 4:
Lady Vengeance (special features)
This DVD is the same disc as disc 8 from the DVD set and contains:
- Making-of featurette
- EPK:
- Teaser
- Trailer
- Highlights
- Second making-of featurette
- The Style of Lady Vengeance:
- Visualization
- Production Design
- Costume & Makeup
- Art
- CG
- Deleted scenes with commentary
- Park Chan-wook:
- Interview with Park Chan-wook
- Park Chan-wook, "Mr. Vengeance"
- Photography featurette
- Director's Choice, A short film recommended by Park Chan-wook
- Character interviews
- Lee Geum-ja
- Professor Baek
- Prisoners
- Families
- Lady Vengeance in Venice
- Get Together
- Trailer
- TV spots
- Poster gallery
The special features from
Lady Vengeance were put on a separate disc because disc 3 contains is two full-length feature films in 1080p, so there was no more room to include the special features.
The fourth disc was not authored as a Blu-ray Disc, because the special features "would have to be upconverted for Blu-ray, which a Blu-ray player will do with the DVD anyway." A fourth Blu-ray would have increased the retail price of the set significantly, with little to no benefit in quality.