FINALLY
Looks like we’ll be getting a Blu-ray for In The Mood For Love from Criterion this October.
Disc Features
- High-definition digital restoration, approved by cinematographer Mark Lee Ping-bin, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- @ “In the Mood for Love,” director Wong Kar-wai’s documentary on the making of the film
- Deleted scenes with director’s commentary
- 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
- Trailers and TV spots
- The music of In the Mood for Love, presented in an interactive essay, on the DVD edition
- Essay by film scholar Gina Marchetti illuminating the film’s unique setting on the DVD edition
- Photo gallery on the DVD edition
- Biographies of key cast and crew on the DVD edition
- Two new interviews with critic Tony Rayns, one about the film and the other about the soundtrack, on the Blu-ray edition
- Plus: A booklet featuring the Liu Yi-chang story that provided thematic inspiration for the film, an essay by film critic Li Cheuk-to, and a director’s statement (DVD edition); a booklet featuring an essay by novelist and film critic Steve Erickson and the Liu Yi-chang story that provided thematic inspiration for the film (Blu-ray edition)
