Angkor,
Rumor has that here in China, the movie was available on DVD this past Sunday. From what my sources tell me is that the quality is the "in the theater" recording style but the best possible in that format. No people talking, getting up to go to the bathroom, smoking....and the sound was pretty good.
I will research this further and report back.
Kill Bill II was available in Jakarta while still in U.S. theatres (the Academy Awards reviewing version no less). Jet Li's Hero was available on DVD 1 year before Tarentino released it to U.S. audiences. In Cantonese with English subtitles only.
From what my sources tell me is that the quality is the "in the theater" recording style but the best possible in that format. No people talking, getting up to go to the bathroom, smoking....and the sound was pretty good.
I recently watched the shot-from-screen version of Troy. Only one head moving across the video (a woman apparently headed for the restroom), but the "cinematographer" did stick his elbow into the lower right corner too many times. Bahasa and Thai subtitles as usual.