Mar 12, 2021
black hedi slimanedude any updates?
cant wait to cop 4k box set
I checked and doesn’t look like it
- Mar 12, 2021·1 replyhttps://twitter.com/Nick_Newman/status/1333813106527531008
beflygeltapparently Wong worked on these for 5 years but also tinkered with them quite a bit, which obviously far from everyone is happy about... like the guy who wrote this article with tbh some fairly good points
https://www.cinemaescapist.com/2021/01/fallen-angels-restoration-wong-kar-wai/But then there's some comparisons here where I actually think it looks kinda good?
https://twitter.com/Nick_Newman/status/1333813106527531008the trailers are also actually the original trailers recut with the restored footage so you can compare those shots for yourself. Overall image quality is hugely improved without a doubt. Some very green-tinted stuff in the original looks more natural now, but in other shots there's a fairly strong green tint (In The Mood For Love will def be very controversial...).
Extremely hype to revisit Chungking, Fallen Angels and Happy Together through these though. Those films changed my whole perspective on cinema but because they were so impactful I only watched them once so far and now it's been a few years.
Excited to see how Fallen Angels looks I actually liked that change on the scene where the jukebox is. That’s my favorite scene in the whole movie
Sucks we couldn’t get the originals alongside but im gonna make sure to either have them stored somewhere and they’re not in bad quality so …. I understand the frustrations tho
Also have never seen As Tears Go By so hyped for that
- Mar 12, 2021YANDHI
Excited to see how Fallen Angels looks I actually liked that change on the scene where the jukebox is. That’s my favorite scene in the whole movie
Sucks we couldn’t get the originals alongside but im gonna make sure to either have them stored somewhere and they’re not in bad quality so …. I understand the frustrations tho
Also have never seen As Tears Go By so hyped for that
yeah it's so frustrating they didn't do a faithful version on a special disc. They probably did a faithful version anyway before they started tinkering with the footage? I mean yeah it would be more work to finish up two versions but it still feels lazy to me.
That said, based on the trailers I do think a lot of the tinkering might actually work quite well for me, but there might be some shots which will feel awkward now, knowing the earlier versions.
Tears Go By I once tried to watch but didn't finish, it felt much less emotional and just all-out macho genre action which I wasn't a big fan of. Days of Being Wild is a much much better early work imo, to me it feels as if that's the film where he really found his voice
Mar 12, 2021·1 replyhttps://twitter.com/Nick_Newman/status/1333813106527531008beflygeltapparently Wong worked on these for 5 years but also tinkered with them quite a bit, which obviously far from everyone is happy about... like the guy who wrote this article with tbh some fairly good points
https://www.cinemaescapist.com/2021/01/fallen-angels-restoration-wong-kar-wai/But then there's some comparisons here where I actually think it looks kinda good?
https://twitter.com/Nick_Newman/status/1333813106527531008the trailers are also actually the original trailers recut with the restored footage so you can compare those shots for yourself. Overall image quality is hugely improved without a doubt. Some very green-tinted stuff in the original looks more natural now, but in other shots there's a fairly strong green tint (In The Mood For Love will def be very controversial...).
Extremely hype to revisit Chungking, Fallen Angels and Happy Together through these though. Those films changed my whole perspective on cinema but because they were so impactful I only watched them once so far and now it's been a few years.
keep the remaster wtf
criterion app has the original fallen angels rn
Mar 12, 2021mentallokeep the remaster wtf
criterion app has the original fallen angels rn
they'll probably replace it once the boxset comes out
Mar 12, 2021Fallen angels top 10 film of 90s
Mar 12, 2021WTF. How didnt i hear about this.
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Mar 12, 2021aaaa it looks like itll b so goooooooooooooood
wheres all the zang he ning up in dis b****- Mar 15, 2021·1 reply
TIL (well, yesterday actually) that Yumeji's Theme from In The Mood For Love is called that because WKW actually repurposed the theme of Yumeji (1991), one of the late, surreal dramas by Seijun Suzuki
OPMar 18, 2021·1 replybeflygeltTIL (well, yesterday actually) that Yumeji's Theme from In The Mood For Love is called that because WKW actually repurposed the theme of Yumeji (1991), one of the late, surreal dramas by Seijun Suzuki
!https://youtu.be/xYDBVHcoT_s in! added to watchlist, this looks great
Mar 19, 2021As Tears Go By still his best movie. S*** is just too perfect man. Sometimes that 80’s nostalgia just hits
- Mar 19, 2021·1 replybloem
in! added to watchlist, this looks great
Actually the last part of a whole trilogy of surreal dramas, all of them look pretty great
such a prolific career.. Was blessed to be able to see a film print of Tokyo Drifter in my local film museum last year, insane sets and colors and just overall such a fun film - OPMar 20, 2021·1 replybeflygelt
Actually the last part of a whole trilogy of surreal dramas, all of them look pretty great
such a prolific career.. Was blessed to be able to see a film print of Tokyo Drifter in my local film museum last year, insane sets and colors and just overall such a fun filmdamn I didn't realize it was part of a trilogy and ten years after the second one
Interesting filmog fr! I remember seeing Branded to Kill somewhere but it didn't have subs or sound iirc. I need to find more of his films in better quality and really sit with them.
- Mar 20, 2021·1 replybloem
damn I didn't realize it was part of a trilogy and ten years after the second one
Interesting filmog fr! I remember seeing Branded to Kill somewhere but it didn't have subs or sound iirc. I need to find more of his films in better quality and really sit with them.
I love the Branded to Kill backstory about how after it released
"Suzuki was ostensibly fired for making "movies that make no sense and no money". Suzuki successfully sued Nikkatsu with support from student groups, like-minded filmmakers and the general public and caused a major controversy through the Japanese film industry. Suzuki was blacklisted and did not make another feature film for 10 years but became a counterculture hero."
"movies that make no sense and no money" that phrase always cracks me up lol - OPMar 20, 2021beflygelt
I love the Branded to Kill backstory about how after it released
"Suzuki was ostensibly fired for making "movies that make no sense and no money". Suzuki successfully sued Nikkatsu with support from student groups, like-minded filmmakers and the general public and caused a major controversy through the Japanese film industry. Suzuki was blacklisted and did not make another feature film for 10 years but became a counterculture hero."
"movies that make no sense and no money" that phrase always cracks me up lol
that's crazy - Mar 21, 2021·1 reply
criterion box set looks so good
- Mar 21, 2021mentallo
criterion box set looks so good
https://twitter.com/somebadideas/status/1373389774690656265 
Was just about to preorder today too
- Mar 23, 2021·edited·2 replies
So apparently as of last Friday the restorations + Ashes of Time Redux are streaming on MUBI in many countries... So if you got a VPN it's go time
MUBI was founded on the principle that it should be possible to stream In The Mood for Love in a café of Tokyo
Edit: according to an instagram post including "Brazil, Latin America, Turkey, France..."
instagram.com/p/CL9fqtXDTM8 - OPMar 23, 2021beflygelt· edited
So apparently as of last Friday the restorations + Ashes of Time Redux are streaming on MUBI in many countries... So if you got a VPN it's go time
https://mubi.com/specials/wkw
MUBI was founded on the principle that it should be possible to stream In The Mood for Love in a café of Tokyo
Edit: according to an instagram post including "Brazil, Latin America, Turkey, France..."
https://www.instagram.com/p/CL9fqtXDTM8/ MUBI came through! - Mar 24, 2021
Still hoping for a cinema release too but we're only getting more and stricter lockdowns in Germany now
the film museum was supposed to open again in April and now even the supermarkets close smh - Mar 27, 2021beflygelt
So apparently as of last Friday the restorations + Ashes of Time Redux are streaming on MUBI in many countries... So if you got a VPN it's go time
https://mubi.com/specials/wkw
MUBI was founded on the principle that it should be possible to stream In The Mood for Love in a café of Tokyo
Edit: according to an instagram post including "Brazil, Latin America, Turkey, France..."
https://www.instagram.com/p/CL9fqtXDTM8/
update: got me a VPN, it looks like this for me now - they're only slowly rolling it out over the next few weeks. If until then I still don't find any mega links online I'll go with this
Also this site is awesome to keep up with MUBI internationally
and you can check which countries get the restorations. Plus through the site you can get a 70% off offer on NordVPN, for me that's 3 bucks a month finally an actually helpful ad placement
whatsonmubi.com/director/Wong%20Kar%20Wai - Mar 27, 2021
got my set yesterday the restorations are great
- Mar 28, 2021
someone make a gif or Doyle dancing in his apartment like Faye did
- Apr 29, 2021·1 reply
Already watched Chungking through MUBI, it's gorgeous
looks beautiful. Fallen Angels following tomorrow! 
Purrp 🌚Apr 29, 2021·3 repliesI’ve only watched In the Mood for Love, should I watch Fallen Angels or Chungking Express? I’m leaning towards the latter but I don’t know much about either film
