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Chungking express 1080p series#

Inexplicably, that track ends up getting dropped from this edition. It does end up looking better than the previous Criterion disc and the overall look of the film hasnвЂ™t changed in a significant way like a few other titles (but of course that opinion is highly subjective).Д¬riterionвЂ™s previous Blu-ray wasnвЂ™t a jam packed edition, its only real substantial feature being an audio commentary by film scholar Tony Rayns. I still have a couple of films to get through in the set, but so far this is the one IвЂ™m most pleased with. Looking at the old Criterion edition the image does end up having more of a washed look, and the new presentation delivers a vibrancyВ that suits the energy of the film.

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Outside of some reds that have been dulled a little (and this appears to have been selectively done as well) the colours have not been altered too much, whites still looking fairly white, skin tones still looking natural (not green as in Days of Being Wild)В and there are the same bright pops of violet and orange and more.

That tint does end up enhancing some of the green and blue filters, and it almost looks like greens and blues within some scenes have been targeted specifically with enhancements, making them a bit bolder. On this latter point I think the alteration isВ ultimately rather minor since the film ends up keeping a similar monochromatic look to what it has always had,В with the occasional splash of bright colour. A sound effect has also been added to the opening title (which I had to have pointed out to me admittedly) and, like just about every other film in the set, the colours have been altered with a green tint. The opening and end credits have been redone and while they are a bit odd and stick out because theyвЂ™ve clearly been computer generated, I can live with it in comparison to the alterations in a couple of the other films here. Restoration work has also further cleaned up things, removing some of the minor marks that remained.Д¬hungking ExpressВ has had its own set of alterations, like the rest of the films in the set, though IвЂ™d say theyвЂ™re some of the milder ones in comparison. Grain looks finer and is rendered quite a bit cleaner here, and this leads to a more photographic, less digital look with better detail, even when the photography can go hazier. I was pleased with it then (it was one of Criterion's first titles on the format) but it shows its dated aspects now, particularly in rendering the filmвЂ™s grain. Like the other films in the set the presentation is sourced from a new 4K restoration scanned from the 35mm original camera negative.Д¬riterion released the film on Blu-ray in 2008, making use of a then-new high-definition restoration.

Chungking express 1080p series#

A 1996 episode of the British television series Moving Pictures featuring interviews with Wong and cinematographer Christopher Doyle.Skipping over Wong Kar-waiвЂ™s 1994 film Ashes of Time (which I suspect was intentional on the filmmakerвЂ™s part), the third dual-layer disc in CriterionвЂ™s box set World of Wong Kar Wai presents WongвЂ™s fourth film, Chungking Express, in its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1 (the same as Criterion's previous release) with a 1080p/24hz high-definition encode.

Audio commentary featuring noted Asian cinema critic Tony Rayns.

VIDEO CODEC.: HEVC ()ДЄUDIO1.: Cantonese E-AC3 5.1 640kbpsДЄUDIO2.: Commentary by Asian cinema critic Tony Rayns Anything goes in WongвЂ™s gloriously shot and utterly unexpected charmer, which cemented the sex appeal of its gorgeous stars and forever turned canned pineapple and the Mamas & the PapasвЂ™ вЂњCalifornia DreaminвЂ™вЂќ into tokens of romantic longing.Д¬ode:STARS.: Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung

Two heartsick Hong Kong cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung Chiu Wai), both jilted by ex-lovers, cross paths at the Midnight Express take-out food stand, where the ethereal pixie waitress Faye (Faye Wong) works. The whiplash, double-pronged Chungking Express is one of the defining works of 1990s cinema and the film that made Wong Kar Wai an instant icon.