Hi,

I've just bought the 2-Disc Collector's Edition of the Rodriguez/Tarantino Grindhouse and I must say that it's a pain in the ass to know how to keep it in Dvd profiler.

For those who don't know it, Grindhouse is in fact two different movies (Planet Terror by dir. Rodriguez and Death Proof by dir. Tarantino) that was intended to be seen in "one package" in hommage to the american genre.

So, the problem is that the two movies are on the same blu-ray disc. There is already one contribution that took the decision to have only one profile for this release but that doesn't satisfy me, I want (at least on my personnal database) to have the two movies in child profiles.

Is there a smart way to do this and do I need to keep it to myself or is it worth to offer to the online database ?

Quoting Danae Cassandra:

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You say it's two films on a single blu-ray disc?

Yes, it surprised me too. Especially since there are 2 brd and I was pretty sure they'd have put one film on each disc instead of keeping one for the bonuses 

Ok for the contribution, that's what I'll do 

Well, it was indeed intented to be watch in a single seance but it's still two separate entities that each have its own crew.
I completely respect what Rodriguez and Tarantino have done (and that's why I bought this edition) but even in grindhouses you were watching multiple movies not one big movie for the length of the showing so, in my opinion, it's to be listed separately 

But it has only been released (in theatres or on dvd) only as a hole when Grindhouse has mainly been shown as two seperate movies, hasn't it ?

But I agree that, as it is, it should appear as a single movie in the main db, it's just that, in cases like this, it would be great to be able to have different "views" of the disc in the db

Quoting 8ballMax:

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I respectfully disagree with SilentBob1138 in that the directors intended them to be watched as "one movie". They were intended to be watched as a Double Feature, just as it was in the 60s and 70s in theaters dubbed as "Grindhouses" where exploitation films such as these were played as multiple features in small inner-city cinemas.

Absolutely. It's a double feature, and that's how it's been profiled in the German release I have. [EAN 886973437490]

Although I would probably have left out the fake trailer stuff from the profile, they are not "features".

(Of course, since it's contained on a single disc, it can only be profiled with dividers for the main db.)

I have to agree with bigdaddyhorse.  While it is a 'double feature', it is a single film, called 'Grindhouse', and it is meant to be watched that way...which is why they included all the fake trailers.  The original theatrical release, at least here in the states, was a single feature.  You purchased a ticket to 'Grindhouse', not 'Planet Terror' or 'Death Proof'.  It is unfortunate that the DVD releases split the segments up, but all seems to be set right with this release.

It should be profiled as a single release, using dividers for each segment that has credits.

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Quoting ToumToum:

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But it has only been released (in theatres or on dvd) only as a hole when Grindhouse has mainly been shown as two seperate movies, hasn't it ?

As I recall, here in the states, it was shown as a single film, not two seperate movies.

That is correct and like you said, when you went to see it, you didn't pay for Death Proof or Planet Terror, you paid for both of them under the title Grindhouse. I know the intention of the experience but as far as the contribution goes, it can be contributed as one using episode dividers as bigdaddyhorse said.

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As I recall, here in the states, it was shown as a single film, not two seperate movies.

After looking at imdb, the USA release was indeed one part only ... but it was almost the only country worldwide that has seen the movies in that format, so that shouldn't influence the contributions for releases outside US, don't you think ?

Moreover, that doesn't go against what I was saying, it's still a seance of two films