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The time Won Kar Wai spent writing scripts for TV soap operas is apparent in the narrative's episodic drift, as well as his admiration for such photographers as Robert Frank, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Richard Avedon, can be seen in the sharp attention to surface detail. Stylish and assured, with a soundtrack featuring lush easy listening tunes from the 1950s, Days of Being Wild has the added distinction of bringing together three of Cantopop's top-selling singers, Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau and Tony Cheung. It's this kind of dream-like, pop culture surrealism that has helped put Won Kar Wai in a league all his own. --Ken Hollings
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing DVD of a great, great film.,
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This review is from: Days Of Being Wild [DVD] [1990] (DVD)
As one of the other reviews pointed out, this is an appalling DVD release of one of Asian cinema's most potent masterworks. This was the first film in which director Wong Kar-Wai really relaxed into his own unique style of filmmaking, putting the emphasis on time, location, character and relationships over the more recognisable elements of storytelling, and ultimately, producing an evocative and continually beguiling film about love, heartbreak, and the desire to belong. The film certainly established the groundwork for his later films, in particular, the scintillating In the Mood for Love, and the more recent masterpiece, 2046. There are overlapping characters found in all three films, whilst we also see that great visual style emerging too, with Wong establishing a strong and visually transcendent approach to movement and composition alongside his esteemed cinematographer Christopher Doyle that would spiral and grow throughout subsequent films like Ashes of Time, Happy Together and those two films aforementioned.This DVD (along with Tartan's release of Wong's more action-orientated debut As Tears Go By) is appalling... with the company getting their hands on a Mandarin copy of the film that has the kind of dubbing more at home in a bad Kung-Fu film or at best, a post-war Italian melodrama. The source music is all wrong, not what Wong intended at all (most of it sounds like music taken directly from a soap-opera, or worse, soft-core porn), whilst the visuals are flat, grainy and filled with imperfections. What is the point of releasing a film on the definitive format of DVD and not going to the trouble of presenting the definitive version of the film itself? This edition of 'Days...' is worse than the VHS release from the mid-90's, and is really a great disappointment for those of us who splashed out £20 for this particular edition. I'm glad I didn't decide to buy As Tears Go By as well, or that would have been forty-quid down the drain. I really hope that Tartan don't get their hands on any more of Wong's films, for no matter how desperate I am to own DVD versions of Ashes of Time and Fallen Angels, I don't want to have to suffer through the appalling dubbing and picture quality found here. Presenting the film in such a way shows a great disrespect to Wong as a filmmaker and to those of us stupid enough to fork over the cash for such a shoddy and substandard product. It is also a great disservice to the actors involved, in particular the great Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau and the late, great Leslie Cheung. For a more constructive review of the film itself, check out my comments on the VHS release... this is a vital and important film within the lexicon of Asian cinema, and is really the first masterpiece from the brilliant Wong Kar-Wai. Hopefully Tartan will rectify this error sometime soon (as they recently did with their sub-standard release of Lars von Trier's great film Europa... finally releasing the definitive version on DVD in 2005 as part of the von Trier Europa-Box-Set), but until then, you'd be better off sticking with the VHS.
37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great film but disappointing edition,
By tobias wagner (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Days Of Being Wild [DVD] [1990] (DVD)
For anybody who knows WKW there's not much to be said about this film. The late Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau and Jackie Cheung deliver great performances while Chris Doyle's camerawork is haunting as ever. This is not a film to be missed, but as for this edition - please don't bother. Tartan Video seemed a bit rushed to put this piece along with its predecessor "As Tears Go By" on the market in time for their own cinema-release of "2046". Not only did they hardly do anything to enhance the picture quality (it's a decent one anyhow, you'd just wish they'd do something about the grain and colours - especially with WKW), they also managed to get a dubbed copy. So what we have here is a Mandarin dialogue for a Cantonese film. On top of that the mono DD 2.0 mix is a bit disappointing.If you're not bothered about the beautiful Maggie speaking in the voice of a mainland-China child, you might as well go ahead. For everybody else there is the Z1 KINO box set (KINO have even remastered most of the films) and an excellent Z2 - France box set (for everybody who speaks French. No english subtitles!!). Otherwise there's always a slight hope that Tartan might rectify their miserable mistake one day...
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
See it and you'll love it.,
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This review is from: Days of Being Wild [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I personally regard this as a Wong Kar Wai classic. I love most of his films, but this one is purely stunning! The approach to the narrative, art direction, use of music, imagery... it doesn't necessarily re-create HK in the 60s, but the 60s as in Wong's mind. This is not a film to be understood, but one to be felt and empathised. Don't miss it.
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