In the mood for love = Hua yang nian hua

Author

Kar-wai Wong

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (OSH)

Edition

Two-DVD special edition.

Languages

In Cantonese and Shanghainese, with English subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Maggie Cheung Man-yuk, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Siu Ping-lam, Rebecca Pan, Lai Chin.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2018]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (98 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm)

Audience

MPAA rating: PG.

Summary

Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan and Su Li-zhen move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite--until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them. At once delicately mannered and visually extravagant, Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching musical soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin, this film has secured a place in the cinematic canon, and is a milestone in Wong's redoubtable career.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.

Special features: Digital transfer ; @ "In the Mood for Love," director Wong Kar-wai's documentary on the making of the film ; deleted scenes with commentary by Wong ; The music of In the mood for love, presented in an interactive essay ; Hua yang de nian hua (2000), a short film by Wong ; archival interview with Wong and a "cinema lesson" given by the director at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival ; Toronto International Film Festival press conference from 2000, with stars Maggie Cheung Man-yuk and Tony Leung Chiu-wai ; essay by film scholar Gina Marchetti illuminating the movie's unique setting ; trailers, TV spots, electronic press kit, and promotional concepts ; photo gallery, biographies of key cast and crew.