An excerpt from my notes on VALLEY OF THE DOLLS written immediately after I re-watched it earlier this year for the first time in decades:
And a timely tidbit from IMDB's Trivia section for the film:
An article on VALLEY OF THE DOLLS from the Criterion website...
So what else did I get besides MISHIMA? Glad you asked. I got: BALLAD OF NARAYAMA, UGETSU, PICKPOCKET, YUKIO MISHIMA'S PATRIOTISM, and the four-film set, WHEN HORROR CAME TO SHOCHIKU.
B&N at Union Square has a large Criterion section, but they didn't have a title I wanted--MISHIMA, so I called the Fifth Ave. store (46th St.) and they had that title and the other priority on my list, so I went there instead, even though they have a smaller Criterion section. I wound up buying...