Container of (work): Wong gok ka moon (Motion picture) Container of (work): A fei jing juen (Motion picture) Container of (work): Chungking Express (Motion picture) Container of (work): Duo luo tian shi (Motion picture) Container of (work): Chun guang zha xie (Motion picture) Container of (work): Hua yang nian hua (Motion picture) Container of (work): 2046 (Motion picture) As tears go by. Days of being wild. Chungking express. Fallen angels. Happy together. In the mood for love. 2046.
Notes:
As tears go by: Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung. Days of being wild: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Tony Leung. Chungking express: Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro. Fallen angels: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Young, Karen Mok. Happy together: Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chang Chen. In the mood for love: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung Man Yuk. 2046: Tony Leung, Gong Li, Faye Wong, Takuya Kimura, Ziyi Zhang, Carina Lau, Chang Chen, Dong Jie. Title from container. As tears go by: Originally released as a motion picture in 1988. Days of being wild: Originally released as a motion picture in 1990. Chungking express: Originally released as a motion picture in 1994. Fallen angels: Originally released as a motion picture in 1995. Happy together: Originally released as a motion picture in 1997. In the mood for love: Originally released as a motion picture in 2000. 2046: Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. Special features: New program in which Wong answers questions submitted 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, on home video for the first time. Extended version of The Hand, a 2004 short film by Wong, available in the U.S. for the first time. Hua yang de nian hua, a 2000 short film by Wong. Interview and "cinema lesson" with Wong from 2001. Several programs featuring interviews with Wong; cinematographer Christopher Doyle; actors Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chang Chen, Faye Wong, and Ziyi Zhang; and others. Program from 2012 on In the Mood for Love's soundtrack. 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.
Contents:
2046 (128 min.) / a Block 2 Distribution presentation. Days of being wild (95 min.) / Media Asia-Film presents An In-Gear Film production -- Chungking express (102 min.) / a Block 2 Distribution presentation ; a Jet Tone Productions Ltd. production -- Fallen angels (99 min.) / a Block 2 Distribution presentation ; a Jet Tone Productions Ltd. production -- Happy together (96 min.) / a Block 2 Distribution presentation -- In the mood for love (98 min.) / a Block 2 Distribution presentation in association with Paradis Films presents; a Jet Tone Productions Ltd. production -- 2046 (128 min.) / a Block 2 Distribution presentation.
Summary:
As tears go by: Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly. Days of being wild: A man tries to find out who his real mother is after the woman who raised him tells him the truth. Chungking express: Two melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant he frequents. Fallen angels: This Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner. Happy together: A couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions. In the mood for love: Two neighbors, a woman and a man, form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs. 2046: Several women enter a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years, after the author has lost the woman he considers his one true love.
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