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FROM THE DIRECTOR OF (IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE / CHUNGKING EXPRESS / HAPPY TOGETHER / 2046 / ASHES OF TIME)
REMASTERED FROM A NEW HD FILM TRANSFER PRESENTED IN DTS-HD AUDIO 5.1
Commonly regarded as one of the most influential directors of contemporary cinema, Wong Kar-Wai (Happy Together, In the Mood for Love) has developed a signature style that employs bold, experimental uses of photography, music, and editing to capture the tension of the new millennium. Originally intended to be a third story in his now classic Chungking Express, FALLEN ANGELS has emerged as what some critics have come to consider his quintessential work. Set
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF (IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE / CHUNGKING EXPRESS / HAPPY TOGETHER / 2046 / ASHES OF TIME)
REMASTERED FROM A NEW HD FILM TRANSFER PRESENTED IN DTS-HD AUDIO 5.1
Commonly regarded as one of the most influential directors of contemporary cinema, Wong Kar-Wai (Happy Together, In the Mood for Love) has developed a signature style that employs bold, experimental uses of photography, music, and editing to capture the tension of the new millennium. Originally intended to be a third story in his now classic Chungking Express, FALLEN ANGELS has emerged as what some critics have come to consider his quintessential work. Set in the neon-washed underworld of present day Hong Kong, FALLEN ANGELS intertwines exhilarating tales of love and isolation, primarily the unconsummated love affair between a contract Killer (Leon Lai Ming) and the ravishing female Agent (Michele Reis) who books his assignments and cleans up after his jobs.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Three Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes
- Interview with D.P. Christopher Doyle
- Trailers & Stills Gallery
1995 Hong Kong - 96 minutes - Color - 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio - In Cantonese with Optional English subtitles
Fallen Angels was originally planned as one section of director Wong Kar-Wai's best-known film, Chungking Express, but eventually it grew into its own distinct and delirious shape. In many ways, Fallen Angels may be the better film, a dark, frantic fun-house ride through Hong Kong's nighttime world. Part of the film is a love story between two people who have barely met: a young, ultra-hip hit man (Leon Lai) and the dreamy operative (Michele Reis) who plans his jobs. Much of the movie is given over to a very strange subplot about a manic mute (Takeshi Kaneshiro) who goes on bizarre nocturnal prowls through a closed food market--like almost everything else in Wong's films, this is antic, stylish, and oddly touching, all at the same time. It must be said that, also like Wong's other films, Fallen Angels is fragmented and oblique to the point of occasional incomprehensibility…but then suddenly something wild or wonderful happens, such as the moment when the killer leaves the scene of a spectacular shooting and is promptly waylaid by a cheerful old school chum on a public bus. These coups--whether lyrical, violent, or simply "how on earth did they get that shot?"--are tossed off by Wong and cinematographer Christopher Doyle with all the cool of the hired killer, as though the movie were a cigarette dangling from a pair of oh-so-casual lips. This is exactly why so many otherwise calm critics fell all over themselves in hailing Wong Kar-Wai as one of the most exciting filmmakers of his generation. --Robert Horton
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Manufacturer: Kino International
Release date: 16 March 2010
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0738329067625 UPC: 738329067625
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