Most shockingly, the entire short film has been dubbed into Italian even though it was originally shot with the actors speaking English. It has also been edited differently, with a little over two minutes of footage removed, including some erotic content. The scene of the sexy neighbor girl rolling around on the bed fingering herself has been truncated by 30 seconds, and the subsequent scene of she and the main character having sex is a minute shorter. No specific objectionable acts were "censored", per se; it's just that both have been condensed. Two later scenes have had their order shuffled (the new structure actually works a little better), with some minor trimming as well.

I did not see Eros theatrically and cannot confirm which version played in theaters. In comparison to the previous DVD, I'm of mixed feeling about the changes here. Although the dubbing is very obvious and distracting, the original actors were so bad that the dubbing performances are slightly less awful. As for the footage removed, anything that makes this Antonioni film end faster may be a blessing. Then again, the nudity is pretty much the only thing enjoyable about it in the first place, so it hurts a little to see some of that go.

As far as I could tell, neither the Wong nor Soderbergh films have been altered.

Video: Here's what I originally said about the Hong Kong DVD:

Picture quality is a little bit variable among the three segments, but on the whole is quite satisfying. All three parts are presented in 1.78:1 widescreen with anamorphic enhancement. The Hand is very sharp and detailed, with no noticeable edge enhancement. Colors are strong though the black level is perhaps a little light. Equilibrium varies from the vibrant blue of the dream content to a flat black & white during the psychiatrist session. Both look good, but a slight bit of edge ringing is visible in one or two shots. The Dangerous Thread of Things has the blandest photography, mostly standard travelogue-type scenery of the Italian settings, which are pretty but dull. Edge enhancement artifacts rear their head the most here, yet are still not unbearable.

The transfer on this Warner DVD is significantly different. For one thing, it's quite a bit darker. Colors are slightly more saturated, but shadow detail is often obscured and contrasts are very dull. The image is also much softer and more filtered, which eliminates the edge ringing but loses a lot of detail and texture, especially during the Wong segment. The small improvement in colors and flesh tones does not fully compensate for the other deficiencies in this disappointing video transfer.

Audio: The movie's soundtrack is available only in Dolby Digital 5.1 (the Hong Kong disc also had DTS). Volume is set very low by default, however once amplified the Wong film has a rich musical presence and subtly enveloping surround ambience. The Soderbergh piece is mostly dialogue, all intelligible and recorded well. Antonioni attempts the most aggressive surround experimentation, featuring several songs whose lyrics flutter discretely across the rear soundstage. Fidelity on this Dolby Digital track is not quite as nice as the previous edition's DTS, but is acceptable.

The Wong segment is spoken entirely in Mandarin, and in the version presented here the Antonioni short is dubbed into Italian. Both have permanent English subtitles burned into the picture. The Soderbergh piece was shot in English.

Optional English, French, and Spanish subtitles are also available. For the Wong and Antonioni films the French or Spanish subs appear at the top of the picture while the English subs remain burned into the bottom.

Extras: The disc has only two bonus features. The first is a theatrical trailer that makes the film look like a Cinemax After Dark softcore porno.

Of more significance is the Antonioni short film Michelangelo Eye to Eye, produced in 2004. The gimmick of the short is that, through cinematic trickery, it depicts the director himself walking through the Church of San Pietro in Vincola to visit the statue of Michelangelo's Moses (thus bringing one Michelangelo face to face with another), even though in real life Antonioni has been confined to a wheelchair for the past 20 years. I'm sure that for a 90-year-old man without the use of half his body this must seem like wondrous wish fulfillment, but to the viewer it plays as 20 agonizing minutes of watching an old man stand around a museum staring at stuff. If the director was really so fascinated by the sculptures there, he would have been better served taking some still photos and putting together a nice coffee table book.

No ROM supplements have been provided.

Final Thoughts: ...Unfortunately, the official Region 1 DVD presents an oddly dubbed and truncated version of one of the short films, and has a very disappointing video transfer. Meanwhile, the all-region NTSC Hong Kong release contains an uncut version of the film, better video, and a nice DTS track. That Mei Ah release merits a recommendation, but I can only advise a rental for the Warner disc.