World of Wong Kar Wai (the Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] By Andy Lau Tak Wah

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Contiene los discos con las películas y mucho contenido extra, un libro con información de los filmes, fichas técnicas, un ensayo entre otras cosas, la calidad de la imagen y el sonido es increíble, buena relación calidad precio, vale la pena. World of Wong Kar Wai (the Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] That is the question. Couldn't tell. Overall a pretty boring movie. World of Wong Kar Wai (the Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] Für die Filmkritiker ist In the Mood for Love aus dem Jahr 2000 wahrscheinlich Wong Kar Weis bester Film. In der 2012 durchgeführten Umfrage über die besten Filme aller Zeiten von Sight and Sound schaffte es der melancholische Liebesfilm auf Platz 24 der Besten Filme und ist somit der beste Filme des noch jungen 21. Jahrhunderts. Auch bei der Umfrage der BBC über die besten Filme seit 2000 wurde In the Mood for Love auf Platz 2 hinter David Lynchs Mullholland Drive gewählt. Man darf aber auch nicht unerwähnt lassen, dass der Regisseur aus Hongkong mit Filmen wie Chungking Express, Fallen Angels, Ashes in Time oder Grandmaster noch weitere gleichwertige Meisterwerke gedreht hat.Der Film erzählt die Begegnung von zwei einsamen Menschen, die sich eigentlich finden könnten, aberdie potentiellen Liebenden kreisen zwar umeinander wie Satelliten, aber sie werden niemals die gleiche Umlaufbahn miteinader teilen können. Die Geschichte beginnt im Jahr 1962 in einem engen Sozialbau in Hongkong. Dort hat Frau Suen (Rebecca Pan) eine Wohnung an die schöne und elegante Chan Li zhen (Maggie Cheung) und deren Mann vermietet. Am gleichen Tag zieht dort auch Chow Mo wan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) mit seiner Frau in der Nachbarswohnung dort ein. Die junge Frau und der junge gutaussehende Mann treffen sich meistens im beengten Treppenhaus und grüßen einander. Beide haben das gleiche Problem; Der Ehepartner ist nur selten zu Hause. Nicht lange und beide Stellen fest, dass ihre Ehepartner eine Affäre miteinander haben. Sie sprechen darüber und treffen sich ebenfalls öfters. Beide zögern aber mit dem möglichen Seitensprung, denn sie wollen mit ihren untreuen Partnern nicht gleichziehen. Sie treffen sich aber ständig und immer öfters zu dezenten Mahlzeiten oder schüchternen Gesprächen. Keine Frage: Die beiden empfinden tief füreinander, aber das Tabu hält. Wenn auch zuweilen sehr wacklig. Der Ehebruch bleibt in der Schwebe und aus dem möglichen Glück wird leider eine grausam schöne TristesseVor allem sichtbar in den letzten Sequenzen des Films, wo beide erkennen, dass ihre Liebe keine Zukunft haben kann. Das schlechte Gewissen macht der Liebe unmöglich. Deprimiert reist Chow nach Singapur. Noch einmal versucht Li Zhen einen Ausbruch. Sie reist ihrer Liebe nach und wartet in seinem Zimmer, aber sie geht wieder bevor Chow von der Arbeit zurückkehrt. Im Jahr 1966 besucht Chow die bekannte Tempelanlage Angkor Wat in Kambotscha. Dort begräbt er seine große Liebe symbolisch in einem Loch in einer Mauer, dass er dann mit Erde und Gras verstopft. Er besucht aber später noch einmal seine alte Wohnung, ohne zu wissen, dass Li zhen wieder in diesem Haus wohnt. Er geht wieder, ohne ihr zu begegnen. Tragischund tragisch schön. Diese zarte Lovestory hat Wong KarWai mit einer genialen Musik unterlegt. Der japanische Komponist Shigeru Umebayshi steuerte das hypnotische musikstück Yumeji's Theme bei, dass sich die Dramaturgie der Geschichte untermalt. Auch drei Songs von Nat King Cole verstärken den perfekten Retrostyle des Films. Wie immer lieferte auch Kameramann Christopher Doyle (gemeinsam mit Pin Bing Lee) total raffinierte Bilder von licht und schattendurchflutenden Szenen. Die Liebenden begegnen sich auf engen Fluren, auf regennassen Straßen am Abend. Das Schicksal will es aber, dass der erotische Knoten nicht platzen kann. Man wünscht natürlich, dass sie sich bekommen, aber das Schicksal nimmt einen anderen Weg. Traurig World of Wong Kar Wai (the Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] Amazing box set. I am very pleased with pretty much everything about this box set. And a little note; this is a BOX SET. A Criterion box set at that. I saw someone above complaining that it was bigger than a standard Blu ray case, but all criterion box sets are big like World of Wong Kar Wai (the Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] Since I didn't see these films upon their initial release I can’t speak to the adjustments being written about in many of the reviews here. What I can say is that so far discs work fine (I’ve got 3 to watch) and each of the movies I’ve viewed so far look terrific! World of Wong Kar Wai (the Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

This is a review for the set so than the films themselves, though it should be noted that all 7 films included in this set is a masterpiece or near masterpiece. Though some people don't like the way it's packaged. It seems appropriate to me, since Wong's films are World of Wong Kar Wai (the Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] The scenery and blend of color is breathtakingly beautiful, the music is a wonder. A little too much suspense but very realistic and you'll enjoy every frame of it. Drama fans must watch this! World of Wong Kar Wai (the Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] I never saw Days of Being Wild til I got this box set. Now it’s my favorite of his films raw, beautiful, dripping with emotion, and moving. I loved it, and appreciated the simplicity and clarity of it, even though it’s not an easy film. The box set design World of Wong Kar Wai (the Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] Like other reviewers here, I had some problems with disc skipping. I had recently made the plunge into 4K by buying a Sony 4K player and had bought a 4K disc to watch it on. When I watched the 4K disc, it froze about an hour into the movie. I ordered a replacement 4K disc, World of Wong Kar Wai (the Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] At the risk of getting ahead of myself, my estimation of Criterion's boxset is based only on the first three films, namely 'As Tears Go By', 'Days of Being Wild', and 'Chungking Express'. I am still making my way through the remaining films. Nonetheless, I have found each World of Wong Kar Wai (the Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

With his lush and sensual visuals, pitch perfect soundtracks, and soulful romanticism, Wong Kar Wai has established himself as one of the defining auteurs of contemporary cinema. Joined by such key collaborators as cinematographer Christopher Doyle; editor and production and costume designer William Chang Suk Ping; and actors Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, Wong (or WKW, as he is often known) has written and directed films that have enraptured audiences and critics worldwide and inspired countless other filmmakers with their poetic moods and music, narrative and stylistic daring, and potent themes of alienation and memory. Whether they’re tragically romantic, soaked in blood, or quirkily comedic, the seven films collected here are an invitation into the unique and wistful world of a deeply influential artist. Seven Blu ray Special Edition Collector’s Set Features • New 4K digital restorations of Chungking Express, Fallen Angels, Happy Together, In the Mood for Love and 2046, approved by director Wong Kar Wai, with 5.1 surround DTS HD Master Audio soundtracks • New 4K digital restorations of As Tears Go By and Days of Being Wild, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks • New program in which Wong answers questions submitted, at the invitation of the director, 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 featuring different edits of the film’s prologue and final scenes, on home video for the first time • Hua yang de nian hua, a 2000 short film by Wong • Extended version of The Hand, a 2004 short film by Wong, available in the U.S. for the first time • Interview and “cinema lesson” with Wong from the 2001 Cannes Film Festival • Three making of documentaries, featuring interviews with Wong; actors Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chang Chen, Faye Wong, and Ziyi Zhang; and others • Episode of the television series Moving Pictures from 1996 featuring Wong and cinematographer Christopher Doyle • Interviews from 2002 and 2005 with Doyle • Excerpts from a 1994 British Film Institute audio interview with Cheung on her work in Days of Being Wild • Program from 2012 on In the Mood for Love’s soundtrack • Press conference for In the Mood for Love from the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival • Deleted scenes, alternate endings, behind the scenes footage, a promo reel, music videos, and trailers • Plus: Deluxe packaging, including a perfect bound, French fold book featuring lavish photography, an essay by critic John Powers, a director’s note, and six collectible art prints as tears go by Wong Kar Wai’s scintillating debut feature is a kinetic, hypercool crime thriller graced with flashes of the impressionistic, daydream visual style for which he would become renowned. Set amid Hong Kong’s ruthless, neon lit gangland underworld, this operatic saga of ambition, honor, and revenge stars Andy Lau Tak Wah as a small time mob enforcer who finds himself torn between a burgeoning romance with his ailing cousin (Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, in the first of her iconic collaborations with the director) and his loyalty to his loose cannon partner in crime (Jacky Cheung Hok Yau), whose reckless attempts to make a name for himself unleash a spiral of violence. Marrying the pulp pleasures of the gritty Hong Kong action drama with hints of the head rush romanticism Wong would push to intoxicating heights throughout the 1990s, As Tears Go By was a box office smash that heralded the arrival of one of contemporary cinema’s most electrifying talents. Days of being wild the breakthrough sopho feature by Wong Kar Wai represents the first full flowering of his swooning signature style. The initial entry in a loosely connected, ongoing cycle that includes In the Mood for Love and 2046, this ravishing existential reverie is a dreamlike drift through the Hong Kong of the 1960s in which a band of wayward twenty somethings—including a disaffected playboy (Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing) searching for his birth mother, a lovelorn woman (Maggie Cheung Man Yuk) hopelessly enad with him, and a policeman (Andy Lau Tak Wah) caught in the middle of their turbulent relationship—pull together and push apart in a dance of frustrated desire. The director’s inaugural collaboration with both cinematographer Christopher Doyle, who lends the film its gorgeously gauzy, hallucinatory texture, and actor Tony Leung Chiu Wai, who appears briefly in a tantalizing teaser for a never realized sequel, Days of Being Wild is an exhilarating first expression of Wong’s trademark themes of time, longing, dislocation, and the restless search for human connection. Chungking Express the whiplash, double pronged Chungking Express is one of the defining works of 1990s cinema and the film that made Wong Kar Wai an instant icon. Two heartsick Hong Kong cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung Chiu Wai), both jilted by ex lovers, cross paths at the Midnight Express take out food stand, where the ethereal pixie waitress Faye (Faye Wong) works. Anything goes in Wong’s gloriously shot and utterly unexpected charmer, which cemented the sex appeal of its gorgeous stars and forever turned canned pineapple and the Mamas his business partner (Michelle Reis), who secretly yearns for him; and a mute delinquent (Takeshi Kaneshiro) who wreaks mischief by night. Swinging between hard boiled noir and slapstick lunacy with giddy abandon, the film is both a dizzying, dazzling city symphony and a poignant meditation on love, loss, and longing in a metropolis that never sleeps. Happy together one of the most searing romances of the 1990s, Wong Kar Wai’s emotionally raw, lushly stylized portrait of a relationship in breakdown casts Hong Kong superstars Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing as a couple traveling through Argentina and locked in a turbulent cycle of infatuation and destructive jealousy as they break up, make up, and fall apart again and again. Setting out to depict the dynamics of a queer relationship with empathy and complexity on the cusp of the 1997 handover of Hong Kong—when the country’s LGBTQ community suddenly faced an uncertain future—Wong crafts a feverish look at the life cycle of a love affair that is by turns devastating and deliriously romantic. Shot by ace cinematographer Christopher Doyle in both luminous monochrome and luscious saturated color, Happy Together is an intoxicating exploration of displacement and desire that swoons with the ache and exhilaration of love at its heart tearing extremes. In the mood for love Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo Wan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and Su Li Zhen (Maggie Cheung Man Yuk) move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them. At once delicately mannered and visually extravagant, Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping Bing, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past two decades of cinema, and is a milestone in Wong’s redoubtable career. 2046 Wong Kar Wai’s loose sequel to In the Mood for Love combines that film’s languorous air of romantic longing with a dizzying time hopping structure and avant sci fi twist. Tony Leung Chiu Wai reprises his role as writer Chow Mo Wan, whose numerous failed relationships with women who drift in and out of his life (and the one who goes in and out of room 2046, down the hall from his apartment) inspire the delirious futuristic love story he pens. 2046’s dazzling fantasy sequences give Wong and two of his key collaborators—cinematographer Christopher Doyle and editor/costume designer/production designer William Chang Suk Ping—license, to let their imaginations run wild, propelling the sumptuous visuals and operatic emotions skyward toward the sublime.

World of Wong Kar Wai (the Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]