DVD : Chungking Express [Blu-ray]

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DVD : Chungking Express [Blu-ray]

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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: Blu-ray
EAN: 0715515033329
Format: AC-3, Color, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: Criterion Collection
Languages: EnglishSubtitledCantoneseOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Criterion Collection
MPN: 1778
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Criterion Collection
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 16, 2008
Running Time: 164 minutes
Studio: Criterion Collection
Theatrical Release Date: 1994

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
Chungking Express tells two stories loosely connected by a Hong Kong snack bar. In one story, a cop who’s been recently dumped by his girlfriend becomes obsessed with the expiration dates on cans of pineapple; he’s constantly distracted as he tries to track down a drug dealer in a blond wig (played by Brigitte Lin, best known from Swordsman II and The Bride with White Hair). Meanwhile, another cop who’s recently been dumped by his girlfriend (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, from John Woo’s Hard-Boiled and A Bullet in the Head) mopes around his apartment, talking to his sponge and other domestic objects. He catches the eye of a shop girl (Hong Kong pop star Faye Wang) who secretly breaks in and cleans his apartment. If you’re beginning to suspect that neither of these stories has a conventional plot, you’re correct. What Chungking Express does have is loads of energy and a gorgeous visual style that never gets in the way of engaging with the charming characters. The movie was shot on the fly by hip director Wong Kar-Wai (Happy Together, Ashes of Time), using only available lighting and found locations. The movie’s loose, improvisational feel is closer to Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless than any recent film–and that’s high praise. Quirky, funny, and extremely engaging, Chungking Express manages to be experimental and completely accessible at the same time. –Bret Fetzer

Product Description:
The whiplash, double-pronged Chungking Express is one of the defining works of nineties cinema and the film that made Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai an instant icon. Two heartsick Hong Kong cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung), both jilted by ex-lovers, cross paths at the Midnight Express take-out restaurant stand, where the ethereal pixie waitress Faye (Faye Wong) works. Anything goes in Wong s gloriously shot and utterly unexpected charmer, which cemented the sex appeal of its gorgeous stars and forever turned canned pineapple and the Mamas and the Papas California Dreamin into tokens of romantic longing.

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Audio commentary by noted Asian cinema critic Tony Rayns
U.S. theatrical trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Amy Taubin and excerpts from a 1996 Sight and Sound interview with Wong by Rayns
More!

Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The Blu-ray version is AWESOME!!!
I really love this film. “CHUNGKING EXPRESS” is the ultimate pop art film that won a lot hearts when it was first released and continues to this day. And not only has the film jumpstarted the film careers of Wong Kar-wai, Christopher Doyle, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Faye Wong (despite having an awesome music career), “CHUNGKING EXPRESS” is one of those non-action Asian films that has continued to become a fan favorite for fans all over the world.

This film is now part of the Criterion … Read More

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Chungking Express - Blu-ray Info
Version: U.S.A / Criterion / Region-A

Aspect ratio: 1.66:1

MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / High Profile 4.1

Running time: 1:42:56

Movie size; 31,39 GB

Disc size: 35,37 GB

Total bit rate: 40.66 Mbps

Average video bit rate: 34.75 Mbps

Number of chapters: 26

Subtitles: English

DTS-HD Master Audio English 3654 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3654 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)

Dolby Digital Audio … Read More

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Like the film, but can’t stand this release…
As much as I could like a Tarantino film, his presence was too prominent on this DVD, and it didn’t have to…

I like the film very much, and though I’ve seen a release with better subtitles, I could’ve given this release a 4/5 stars, if maybe instead of the Tarantino comments, I could’ve gotten a small video with WKW, or even another video related to the film, but without Tarantino.

This release could be okay, if it dropped on price. Otherwise, wait for another release … Read More

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Left me feeling somewhat distant and disconnected, which is not what I expected…
I really wanted to like `Chung Hing Sam Lam’; really. All of the praise the film has received and all of the adoration fans shell out to director Kar Wai Wong, I just really wanted to like this, especially since my first experience with Wong’s work (`My Blueberry Nights’) was less than impressive. I don’t know if maybe it was a cultural barrier, but I just didn’t get it. I mean, I got it, as in I understand the point he was trying to make, but I didn’t get the love for the film. I pride myself … Read More

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Do you like pineapple?
Chungking Express opens on a steamy spring night and despite the late hour the hustle on the streets is endless and voices speaking Cantonese, Hindi, English, and other languages fill the air along with cigarette smoke and fried food. It is amongst this chaotic order that the audience is introduced to Officer 223 He Qiwu who on this night falls in love with a woman sporting a blonde wig and a pair of dark sunglasses who he bumps into on the street. The woman remains a mystery throughout the film, but … Read More

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