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	Maggie Cheung	Su Li-zhen - Mrs. Chan
	Tony Leung Chiu Wai	Chow Mo-wan
	Ping Lam Siu	Ah Ping
	Tung Cho Cheung	Man living in Mr. Koo's apartment
	Rebecca Pan	Mrs. Suen
	Lai Chen	Mr. Ho
	Man-Lei Chan	Mr. Koo
	Kam-wah Koo
	Szu-ying Chien	Amah
	Paulyn Sun	Mrs. Chow
	Ron Cheung	Mr. Chan
	Po-chun Chow
	Hsien Yu
	Julien Carbon	French tourist
	Laurent Courtiaud	French reporter
	Charles de Gaulle	Self (1966 visit to Cambodia)

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Director	Kar Wai Wong
Writer	Kar Wai Wong
Producer	Ye-cheng Chan, William Chang, Gilles Ciment, Kar Wai Wong, Jacky Yee Wah Pang
Musician	Michael Galasso, Shigeru Umebayashi
Photography	Christopher Doyle, Pung-Leung Kwan, Ping Bin Lee

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Part of the World of Wong Kar Wai collection

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 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.


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.


SPECIAL FEATURES
Digital transfer (DVD edition); restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Mark Lee Ping-bin, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack (Blu-ray edition)
@ “In the Mood for Love,” director Wong Kar Wai’s documentary on the making of the film
Deleted scenes, with commentary by Wong
Hua yang de nian hua (2000), a short film by Wong
Archival interview with Wong and a “cinema lesson” given by the director at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival press conference from 2000, with stars Maggie Cheung Man Yuk and Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Two new interviews with critic Tony Rayns, one about the film and the other about the soundtrack, featuring musical cues (Blu-ray only)
Trailers and TV spots
The music of In the Mood for Love, presented in an interactive essay (DVD only)
Essay by film scholar Gina Marchetti illuminating the film’s unique setting (DVD only)
Photo gallery (DVD only)
Biographies of key cast and crew (DVD only)
PLUS: An essay by film critic Steve Erickson and, for the Blu-ray edition, a booklet featuring the Liu Yi-chang story that provided thematic inspiration for the film
Cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang

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