The Criterion Collection
Directed by: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Featuring: Tony Leung, Michiko Hada, Michelle Reis, Carina Lau, Jack Kao, Rebecca Pan, Vicky Wei, Hsuan Fang, Annie Shizuka Inoh, Ming Hsu
Year: 1998
Time: 113 min.
Series: The Criterion Collection
Edition #: 1077
Release Date: May 18 2021
MSRP:
$29.95
DVD
1 Disc | DVD-9
1.85:1 ratio
(Anamorphic)
Shanghainese 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround
Subtitles: English
Region 1
New introduction by critic Tony Rayns
Beautified Realism, a new documentary by Daniel Raim and Eugene Suen on the making of the film, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Mark Lee Ping-bing, producer and editor Liao Ching-sung, production designer Hwarng Wern Ying, and sound recordist Tu Duu-chih
Excerpts from a 2015 interview with Hou Hsiao-hsien, recorded for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oral History Project
Trailer
An essay by film scholar Jean Ma and a 2009 interview with Hou Hsiao-hsien conducted by scholar Michael Berry