Aren't the DVD and Blu-ray coming out on the same day?Cold Bishop wrote:I'd wait for the Blu-Ray.
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Chungking Express comes along and everyone forgets the rules? Random speculation/wishing goes here.Cde. wrote:Hopefully Criterion complement this disc with Fallen Angels somewhere down the line.
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The Criterion/Rolling Thunder LD was 1.66:1 (mistakenly labeled as 1.85:1), as was the original UK DVD from ICA. The old Ocean Shores disc had a weird AR of around 1.50:1. Somebody at the WKW forums supposedly asked Wong (or Doyle, can't remember which) about the AR and was told they went for 1.66:1 during shooting, but that it didn't look too bad at 1.85:1 either. Unfortunately that post seems to have been lost to the ages, so you'll have to take my word on that.Cronenfly wrote:Well, Wong's certainly made his mark on the tech specs; I haven't heard of the movie being shown in any other ratio than 1.85:1 until now (the recent R3 Alto DVD release, which I thought was a restoration/new transfer straight from Jet Tone, was 1.85:1, not the CC "director's requested" 1.66:1).
The question to ask now: does this mean Fallen Angels and Happy Together (and possibly even the pre-CE films) should be 1.66:1 as well? Like you, I thought the remastered versions were as "official" as we were ever going to get, but evidently that isn't the case.
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The Chungking Express transfer is Christopher Doyle-approved.
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Exactly what I'm still wondering, Curtis:Curtis Tsui wrote:The prospect of producing “yet another disc” of writer/director Wong Kar-wai’s 1994 effervescent pop cinema classic was a little daunting . . . . What else could be done or said with this new presentation?
Although if the "Chris Doyle + A Case of Whiskey + Hidden Camera" featurette had made it on as a special feature, I would concede the necessity of the release.Curtis Tsui wrote:Doyle did request some changes . . . . They weren’t anything too major . . .
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Who knows, maybe they'll release it in HD!Perkins Cobb wrote:Exactly what I'm still wondering, Curtis.Curtis Tsui wrote:The prospect of producing “yet another disc” of writer/director Wong Kar-wai’s 1994 effervescent pop cinema classic was a little daunting . . . . What else could be done or said with this new presentation?
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Wasn't the Blu-ray supposed to come out the same day? I hope this doesn't mean a delay on the release date.
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Beaver probably just didn't get a review copy of the Blu-Ray yet.
LooKs nice, though it is weird about the lacK of sharpness. As for the green tinge, it looks more like the Miramax has a red tinge, Criterion-Ozu style.
LooKs nice, though it is weird about the lacK of sharpness. As for the green tinge, it looks more like the Miramax has a red tinge, Criterion-Ozu style.
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Agreed, the Criterion also seems best to my eyes. Here's hoping the blu-ray will knock our socks off.
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You know, it may be a personal taste, but I'm not a big fan of the softer, brightened image of the Criterion. Perhaps the faded feel is more in line with Doyle's vision, but I'd always liked the darkened, lit-by-neon look of the film. And I think the Artificial Eye version seems to capture this best. I didn't even think the Miramax version was that horrible either.
My biggest problem with the Miramax/AE was the aspect ratio/non-anamorphic issues.
My biggest problem with the Miramax/AE was the aspect ratio/non-anamorphic issues.
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I'm in this camp as well, but my problem with the Miramax release, outside of the aspect ratio, was that in the last scene of the film some of the subtitles were off so it'll be worth picking this up just to catch a few missed lines of dialogue, it wasn't much but I found it frustrating and with the AE OOP the CC is my best option.jojo wrote:You know, it may be a personal taste, but I'm not a big fan of the softer, brightened image of the Criterion. Perhaps the faded feel is more in line with Doyle's vision, but I'd always liked the darkened, lit-by-neon look of the film. And I think the Artificial Eye version seems to capture this best. I didn't even think the Miramax version was that horrible either.
My biggest problem with the Miramax/AE was the aspect ratio/non-anamorphic issues.