Blu-ray
Infernal affairs
Call Number
- BLU-RAY FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Languages
In Cantonese, with English subtitles.
Performers
Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Chapman To, Lam Ka Tung, Ng Ting Yip, Wan Chi Keung, Sammi Cheng, Kelly Chen, Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Elva Hsiao.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2022]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (101 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (31 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Summary
"The Hong Kong crime drama was jolted to new life with the release of the Infernal Affairs trilogy, a bracing, explosively stylish critical and commercial triumph that introduced a dazzling level of narrative and thematic complexity to the genre with its gripping saga of two rival moles--played by superstars Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau Tak-wah--who navigate slippery moral choices as they move between the intersecting territories of Hong Kong's police force and its criminal underworld. Set during the uncertainty of the city-state's handover from Britain to China and steeped in Buddhist philosophy, these ingeniously crafted tales of self-deception and betrayal mirror Hong Kong's own fractured identity and the psychic schisms of life in a postcolonial purgatory."--Container.
"Two of Hong Kong cinema's most iconic leading men, Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau Tak-wah, face off in the breathtaking thriller that revitalized the city-state's twenty-first-century film industry, launched a blockbuster franchise, and inspired Martin Scorsese's The Departed. The setup is diabolical in its simplicity: two undercover moles--a police officer assigned to infiltrate a ruthless triad by posing as a gangster, and a gangster who becomes a police officer in order to serve as a spy for the underworld--find themselves locked in a deadly game of cat and mouse, each racing against time to unmask the other. As the shifting loyalties, murky moral compromises, and deadly betrayals mount, Infernal Affairs raises haunting questions about what it means to live a double life, lost in a labyrinth of conflicting identities and allegiances."--Amazon.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.
Disc originally released as part of the three-disc Criterion Collection set The Infernal Affairs Trilogy.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack ; audio commentary featuring co-directors Andrew Lau Wai-keung and Alan Mak and screenwriter Felix Chong Man-keung ; alternate ending for Infernal Affairs ; new interview with Lau and Mak ; archival interviews with Lau, Mak, Chong, and actors Andy Lau Tak-wah, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Anthony Wong Chau-sang, Kelly Chen Wai-lam, Edison Chen Koon-hei, Eric Tsang Chi-wai, and Chapman To Man-chak ; making-of programs ; behind-the-scenes footage, deleted scenes, and outtakes ; trailers ; new English subtitle translation.