Recommend some WONG KAR-WAI!

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02-05-04, 11:15 PM

theaccidentwill

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Recommend some WONG KAR-WAI!

I have the criterion In the Mood for Love and want to get more. Can you recommend the best versions of his other films, Fallen Angels, As Tears Go By, etc...

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02-06-04, 02:10 AM

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AFAIK these are the best versions

As Tears Go By - Media Asia/Megastar
Days of Being Wild - Media Asia/Megastar
Chungking Express - Miramax
Ashes of Time - all dvd versions of this are pretty terrible.
Fallen Angels - Kino
Happy Together - Kino

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02-06-04, 04:45 AM

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As for Happy Together, get the R2 UK ... it even has the "Buenos Aires" making-of included as an extra.

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02-07-04, 11:22 AM

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Apparently the Korean version of Chungking Express has more extras than the Miramax version, but I have no idea if that's true or not. It's the same Rolling Thunder cover and the same DVD.

As for the rest, I'd follow Fandango because I have no idea.

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02-07-04, 11:32 AM

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Apart from "Chungking Express" R1, I'd recommend for you to wait.

Wong Kar-Wai is currently working on remastering most of his films. There is a rumor of an extended Ashes of Time, as well as a definitive version of the Happy Together DVD (similar to R2, but better).

On the other hand, maybe not wait, considering how long it takes him to do anything....