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In the Mood for Love (Fa Yeung Nin Wa) (Criterion Collection)

In the Mood for Love (Fa Yeung Nin Wa) (Criterion Collection)

Criterion/Voyager (2000)
Blu-ray
PG (Parental Guidance)
715515099417
Drama | Foreign | Music | Romance
Hong Kong | Cantonese | Color | 01:37

A melancholy story about the love between a woman and a man who live in the same building and one day find out that their husband and wife had an affair with each other. More and more the two meet during their daily lives as they determine that they both don’t want to be lonely in their marriage. They also find out that they share a passion for Kung-Fu stories.


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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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Edition details

Edition Criterion Collection
Packaging Jewel Case
Nr Discs 1
Screen Ratios Widescreen (1.66:1)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [Cantonese]
SUB [English]
Subtitles English
Layers Single side, Single layer
Edition Release Date Oct 02, 2012
Regions Region 1 | Region A

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Watched
Quantity 1
Index 1719
Added Date Aug 14, 2014 22:07:08
Modified Date Jun 12, 2022 00:34:12

Notes

Disc 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 (DVD and Blu-ray); a booklet featuring the Liu Yi-chang story that provided thematic inspiration for the film (Blu-ray only)

Cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang

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