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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. SEVEN-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION COLLECTOR'S SET FEATURES New 4K digital restorations of Chungking Express, Fallen Angels, Happy Togetether, In the Mood for Love, and 2046, approved by director Wong Kar Wai, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracksNew 4K digital restorations of As Tears Go By and Days of Being Wild, with uncompressed monaural soundtracksNew 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 MulleavyAlternate version of Days of Being Wild, on home video for the first timeExtended version of The Hand, a 2004 short film by Wong, available in the U.S. for the first timeHua yang de nian hua, a 2000 short film by WongInterview and “cinema lesson” with Wong from 2001Several programs featuring interviews with Wong; actors Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chang Chen, Faye Wong, and Ziyi Zhang; and othersProgram from 2012 on In the Mood for Love’s soundtrackDeleted scenes, alternate endings, behind-the-scenes footage, a promo reel, music videos, and trailersPLUS: 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
Genre: Drama
Format: Blu-ray
Contributor: Andy Lau Tak Wah, Faye Wong, Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Wong Kar Wai
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese
Studio: The Criterion Collection
MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 1.27 pounds
Item model number : mon0004436122_loc
Director : Wong Kar Wai
Media Format : Blu-ray
Release date : March 23, 2021
Actors : Andy Lau Tak Wah, Faye Wong, Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Subtitles: English
Studio : The Criterion Collection
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Top Amazon Reviews
I won't go too much into the films. It's Wong Kar Wai. You're getting great value in this boxset. He's such a master of style and form. All these films are incredible (well, maybe not "As Tears Go By" but it's his first movie. He was still working out the kinks). This is pretty much the only way to get such films as "Chungking Express," "Fallen Angels," and "Happy Together," on Region A bluray at the moment. It's a good deal to get this director's entire oeuvre (minus "Ashes of Time" and "The Grandmaster"). But what I really want to go over is the packaging. It's such an aesthetic and I'm here for it! My first thought when opening it was, is this a bluray boxset or a Kpop album? Definitely looks more like the intricate packaging that the Korean boy and girl groups love to release their cds in than anything movie studios typically do with their special bluray editions. First off, there's no plastic. Nice, we love an eco-friendly packaging. What you get is an origami design where the book and disc holder is encased in an outer envelope shell. Same way a sticky rice cake would be wrapped in a banana leaf. Very minimalist and chic, if you vibe with that. It's sturdy cardboard with a nice matte texture. I don't think it will rip easily, but it definitely will be an undertaking to preserve this thing pristinely from dents and creases every time you handle it. Challenge accepted! So there's that. Secondly, the discs are each kept in its own individual pocket that you have to slide out of the folding cardboard case. The first time I took the discs out, I noticed a few of the discs had a tiny amount of sticky glue residue on the very edge of the disc from the cardboard panel of the case. It wasn't that hard to remove with some rubbing with a cloth. I also noticed one of my discs had some light scratches, however it didn't affect the playback any. Perhaps it would be wise if you bought an empty bluray case and just stored all the discs in that. Which brings me to my next point. This thing is bigger than a standard bluray, or even a dvd boxset. It's literally book size. It might be an issue looking out of place if kept with your other blurays, sticking out like a sore thumb. I haven't decided what to do yet about that. I might just keep the box itself with my other books on the shelf and transfer all the discs to an empty bluray case for ease of use and keep that along with the rest of my Blu-ray collection. Now, about the book. It's a French-fold book, which essentially looks like a long piece of paper folded outwardly widthwise and that uncut edge is just left like that. You think first looking at it that the printer forgot to slice the outer edge so the pages are all cut like a normal book. After all, the underside of the page isn't blank. There's an image you can see, kind of like a peek-a-boo surprise feature. However, it's supposed to be like that. It's aesthetic, it's fancy, it's unusual design, but just think about it. It is so Wong Kar Wai. I couldn't think of a more fitting detail for a film collection of his. So, highly recommend this just for the effort Criterion took to release packaging this unusual and stylish. A very fitting tribute to the aesthetic of a Wong Kar Wai film.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2024 by Noah D.
Like other reviewers here, I had some problems with disc skipping. I had recently made the plunge into 4K by buying a Sony 4K player and had bought a 4K disc to watch it on. When I watched the 4K disc, it froze about an hour into the movie. I ordered a replacement 4K disc, and the movie played through fine. So I concluded it wasn't the player's fault, it was just a bad disc. I then had the WKW Criterion Collection set unwatched at home and began watching it on the 4K player. Chungking Express froze about an hour in. Happy Together froze about 1 hour and 15 minutes in. I was so disappointed, because I had immediately assigned blame to the discs after remembering reading such complaints on Amazon reviews. Then I did some research into Sony 4K players and found that 4K players in general are rife with freezing problems, both for 4K discs and Blu Rays. Do a search of your 4K player on https://forum.blu-ray.com/ and you'll see many people sharing grievances about skipping and freezing. After rescinding the blame on the WKW Blu Ray discs, I hooked up my old LG BD640 I replaced with the Sony 4K. That thing has never frozen on me in over 10 years. Suffice it to say, the LG BD640 played the WKW Blu Ray discs just fine with no freezing, not even a pause during playback. Seems like 4K players on the market have notorious quality control issues. It's unfortunate, but my recent experience backs up this claim. As for the set itself, I've also heard about the supposedly notorious changes Wong Kar Wai made to the films presented on this disc. I do consider myself a purist and dislike revisionism done by directors on home video releases 20 years after the fact, especially without involvement by the crew responsible for the content the director changed. For example, I think Ridley Scott's Blade Runner final cut is an ugly change, replacing the blue-red 80s color palette with horrible teal-orange, something the DP Jordan Cronenweth (RIP) had no say in. In contrast to a director being called out for a change by a living crew member, William Friedkin had once tweaked the color palette of The French Connection for a Blu Ray release, a change the DP Owen Roizman publicly expressed disapproval over. However, in the case of the Wong Kar Wai set, the aspect ratio and color grading changes were all done with Christopher Doyle's consent. So, I can't really object to the presentation here. The most egregious change is the stretched Fallen Angels aspect ratio from 1.85 to 2.39, and a couple of scene changes from color to B&W. After watching it just now, the change worked for me. I didn't notice any ruined shot compositions that others point out. Likewise, the colors of In the Mood for Love are muted, but it seems to underscore the loneliness pervasive throughout that movie rather than hinder it. The only thing I really object to is the new digitally created credits. I really miss the black-over-white end credits to Chungking Express as Faye Wong's Dreams plays; right now, the song plays over animated white-over-black. A minor complaint though, as the cleanup of the prints to what the director really wanted to present (especially with the blessing of Christopher Doyle) makes up for it.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2022 by MAB
This is a review for the set more so than the films themselves, though it should be noted that all 7 films included in this set is a masterpiece or near masterpiece. Though some people don't like the way it's packaged. It seems appropriate to me, since Wong's films are somewhat mysterious things you have to unfold, and the box itself reflects that sensation of wanting to climb inside the films and unfold them from the inside out. The box's material is sturdy and has a slightly waxy feeling to it, in a way that gives it a really classy aesthetic. It really feels like a specialty, high-end item. There has been some controversy around this release as the new color grading differs from previous releases, but this was personally supervised by WKW himself and he's retouched the films according to his preferred vision, so in my mind it's hard to argue with it. For example, In the Mood for Love now has a slightly yellowish tint as opposed to the cleaner look of the previous Criterion release. You might prefer one over the other if you compare them side by side, but as your watching the film in isolation there's nothing about it that feels "wrong" to my eye. All in all, this might be my favorite box set ever. If I had to offer one complaint, it would be that My Blueberry Nights was left out, and despite being an English language film I think there's a strong case to be made that it should have been included, since it's visually and thematically in line with the rest (unlike Ashes of Time and The Grandmaster, which make more sense to leave out since they're bigger genre epics rather than intimate romances). WKW is one of the greatest directors ever, and this set is a fantastic tribute to his work.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2022 by Alexander Fedderly
If people watch the films of Wong Kar Wai casually, they might find some of his films chaotic and get frustrated. People might have the initial impression that the story is about several movie characters, each going in their separate directions without any central theme. When the viewers pause and think about how the different elements of the story connect with each other, the viewers can start to appreciate the films of Wong Kar Wai. Wong Kar Wai was born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong as a child. He grew up in the central district of Kowloon, Hong Kong, not far from the Chungking Mansions which inspired the making of the movie Chungking Express. Director Wong often starts filming a movie without a completed script and finishes writing the script while filming the movie. He likes to write the script as he films the movie. In Days of Being Wild, Yuddy, played by Leslie Cheung, is a hooligan and a playboy who is able to gain the affection of two women, stadium box office agent Li-zhen, played by Maggie Cheung and cabaret dancer Mimi, played by Carina Lau. Li-zhen is elegant with relatively good manners while Mimi is bold and aggressive in her behaviors. A woman might think that Yuddy treats her specially well and treats other women in bad ways. In reality, he treats all women in the same way, and he is not in love with anyone. Yuddy has a tumultuous relationship with his adopted mother Rebecca, played by Rebecca Pan. Rebecca in the movie is a former top-notch courtesan who is wealthy enough to have her own servant and likes to spend her money on young men. Rebecca Pan like Wong Kar Wai came from Shanghai, and she speaks mostly Shanghainese and not Cantonese in the roles she plays in her movies. The story of the legless bird is repeated three times in Days of Being Wild, and the legless bird is the main character Yuddy whom his birth mother has abandoned. The legless bird sleeps in the wind when it gets tired, and Yuddy fails to find solace from his girlfriends. Yuddy goes to the Philippines to find his birth mother, but she refuses to see him. If the theme of this movie is about Yuddy’s life struggle in search of his birth mother, her refusal to see him is like the legless bird dying and falling to the ground from the sky. At the age of 46, Leslie Cheung who played Yuddy committed suicide by jumping off a hotel, leaving behind a suicide note that he was suffering from depression. His role in the movie foreshadows his own demise. The last scene of the movie with a gambler getting ready in a small room is a preview of the sequel which did not get finished. The director was filming scenes of both movies, but the initial reception of the first film, Days of Being Wild was poor, and the production team stopped the filming of the sequel. Both Chungking Express and In the Mood for Love deal with love and loneliness except that In the Mood for Love has a more compelling story. The cinematography and movie music of In the Mood for love have a dramatic impact on the audience. The director hopes that the audience can empathize with the pain and emotions of the main characters. Sometimes, a sad romance story can be more interesting than a happy one. If someone has time to watch only one movie from this collection, In the Mood for Love is the one to watch.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2023 by T. Ng
Love the set of old movies! Good quality
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2026 by Kailin Zhang
Since I didn't see these films upon their initial release I can’t speak to the adjustments being written about in many of the reviews here. What I can say is that so far discs work fine (I’ve got 3 more to watch) and each of the movies I’ve viewed so far look terrific! Highly recommend this collection if you’re looking for something different— engaging stories, wonderful soundtracks & great introduction to the work of Wong Kar Wai. **** I did end up having issues with some of the discs. Disappointing for sure but I reached out to Criterion and their customer service was great! (only took 6 days to get replacement discs).
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Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2022 by TRS
Wongerful :) (Except Fallen Angels what the .... is this screen ratio lol)
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2026 by Julien
Movies all 5 star. Packaging 3 stars at best. Have not watched the movies yet in this collection so cannot comment on quality of upgrade yet. Just got it today. I have the older DVD versions of all these films and can say they are all beautiful movies. Love WKW films! My only complaint is the book and cover. Very poor book design. It is a weird type of photo laminate paper, odd open fold pages, only one essay, minimal info, mostly stills, hard to read and handle due to the odd pages/material. Dumb! Really poor choice! Where are extra essays? Who wants to read a clunky annoying book thing!? Oh well... Also, of note Mr Wong Kar Wai has a note in the book that he did do some new editing of the films with these updated Blu-ray transfers. Not sure how much this changed any of the films as I have not watched them yet. Think I will keep my old DVD copies for reference. I am so happy to have all these films on Blu-ray! As happy as when I bought the Bergman, Tati, Fassbinder, Sternberg and Zatoichi sets! If I feel differently after watching the films and the new transfers I will update my review.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2021 by A. Towner