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Title

World of Wong Kar Wai.

ISBN

9781681438092

1681438097

Edition

Blu-ray special edition collector's set.

Published

[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2021]

Physical Description

7 videodiscs (716 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (75 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm).

Notes

Title from container.

As tears go by: Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.

Days of being wild: Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.

Chungking express: Originally released as a motion picture in 1994.

Fallen angels: Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.

Happy together: Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.

In the mood for love: Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.

2046: Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.

Special features: New program in which Wong answers questions submitted by authors André Aciman and Jonathan Lethem; filmmakers Sofia Coppola, Rian Johnson, Lisa Joy, and Chloé Zhao; cinematographers Philippe Le Sourd and Bradford Young; and filmmakers and founders/creative directors of Rodarte Kate and Laura Mulleavy. Alternate version of Days of Being Wild, on home video for the first time. Extended version of The Hand, a 2004 short film by Wong, available in the U.S. for the first time. Hua yang de nian hua, a 2000 short film by Wong. Interview and "cinema lesson" with Wong from 2001. Several programs featuring interviews with Wong; actors Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chang Chen, Faye Wong, and Ziyi Zhang; and others. Program from 2012 on In the Mood for Love's soundtrack. Deleted scenes, alternate endings, behind-the-scenes footage, a promo reel, music videos, and trailers

Cantonese dialogue; English subtitles.

Summary

As tears go by: Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

Days of being wild: A man tries to find out who his real mother is after the woman who raised him tells him the truth.

Chungking express: Two melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant he frequents.

Fallen angels: This Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner.

Happy together: A couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions.

In the mood for love: Two neighbors, a woman and a man, form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.

2046: Several women enter a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years, after the author has lost the woman he considers his one true love.

Variant and related titles

As tears go by

Days of being wild

Chungking express

Fallen angels

Happy together

In the mood for love

2046

Wong gok ka moon (Motion picture)

A fei jing juen (Motion picture)

Chungking Express (Motion picture)

Duo luo tian shi (Motion picture)