Wong Kar-Wai's movies, good quality?
06-30-03, 02:58 PM
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Wong Kar-Wai's movies, good quality?
Outside of Chungking Express and In the Mood for Love, does anyone have any of his films on DVD and how's the quality? Specifically Ashes of Our Time.
06-30-03, 03:16 PM
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06-30-03, 03:22 PM
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I have Kino's release of Happy Together (which alternates with In the Mood for Love as my favorite WKW film). It's barebones, but a decent transfer. I would say the same about Fallen Angels.
Digital Bits looked at all the Kino WKW R1 releases, so I would definitely check out that link. About the Kino Ashes of Time release, they say
Digital Bits looked at all the Kino WKW R1 releases, so I would definitely check out that link. About the Kino Ashes of Time release, they say
The DVD version of Ashes Of Time pretty much sucks.
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06-30-03, 04:59 PM
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Here's an old thread of mine that got some good answers:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=111159
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=111159
06-30-03, 10:01 PM
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So far, I only have Chungking Express and In the Mood for Love on DVD. I've been just patiently waiting for better DVDs of the other films, especially my favourite, Ashes of Time (I hope I'm not waiting in vain 
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07-01-03, 03:47 PM
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The Region 1 release of Ashes of Time is totally toast. The Hong Kong Region free version is better, but not great. There are also good Hong Kong region free releases of As Tears Go By & Days Of Being Wild (they really only suffer from hacked English sub-titles).
