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Actors: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ping Lam Siu, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung, Rebecca Pan
Directors: Kar Wai Wong
Writers: Kar Wai Wong
Producers: Kar Wai Wong, Gilles Ciment, Jacky Pang Yee Wah, William Chang, Ye-cheng Chan
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, PAL, Special Edition, Widescreen
Language Cantonese Chinese
Subtitles: Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 2
Classification: PG
Studio: Palisades Tartan
DVD Release Date: 29 Oct 2001
Run Time: 94 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00005QG2C
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 15,870 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features

Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 9
Cantonese
Region 0
Dolby Digital Cantonese
Dolby Digital
Original Trailer
Film Soundtrack
Fully Scored And Animated Menus
Deleted Scenes
Alternative Ending
Interview With Wong Kar Wai
Wong Kar Wai World Tour
On Set Report
Teaser Trailers
International Trailers
Promotional Trailer Reel
Cast And Crew Biographies
Cast And Crew Filmographies
Poster And Stills Galleries
Costume And Styling Documentaries
Analysis And Reflections On The Music
Promotional Spot For Soundtrack
Composer Biographies
Interactive Mah Jong Game
Recipes
Dutch\English\French\German\Greek\Italian\Spanish

Synopsis

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE centres around Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung), neighbors living in a crowded apartment building in 1962 Hong Kong. Both married to people who are always away, they spend many nights home alone. The two make each other's acquaintance and soon find that they have a lot in common: Both enjoy martial arts, frequent the same noodle stand--and eventually discover that their spouses are cheating on them. (Mo-Wan's wife is having an affair with Li-Zhen's husband.) Hurt and angry, they find comfort in their growing friendship even as they resolve not to be like their unfaithful mates.
Wong Kar-Wai's seventh film reunites him with Leung and Cheung, who provide perfectly evocative performances as the two hesitant would-be lovers. A slight departure from his more recent films (in which he used hyperkinetic camera movements to reflect the frenetic pace of modern Hong Kong life), here Wong uses fixed shots and stages static tableaux to capture a lost historical moment. Yet the film is filled with Wong's unique style, with its lush pageantry of colors, sounds, and images. A thoughtful and provocative exploration of memory, tradition, historical change, inevitability, and love, this vivid period piece offers a rich cinematic experience.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, 8 Jul 2001

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This review is from: In The Mood For Love [2000] [DVD] (DVD)

In The Mood For Love is a film of such outstanding quality that it is difficult to know how to adequately describe it. In terms of cinematography, it is faultless, with the composition of each shot apparently considered equally as fine art. Each scene is constructed with an aesthetic so perfect as to be almost wounding. Having said that, this is a beautifully human film and visual impact is never allowed to overwhelm the narrative. The two principle characters are played with a subtlety and compassion echoed by and understood by the camera.

The alchemy of the achievement is completed by a beautiful soundtrack in which the setting resonates and that keeps the audience in touch with and enchanted by the humanity and tenderness expressed by the two protagonists. Overall the experience is breathtaking. It is hard to think of a better example of the art of filmmaking. A jewel. Absolutely wonderful.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Hong Kong 'Brief Encounter', 3 Jul 2003

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This review is from: In The Mood For Love [VHS] [2000] (VHS Tape)

Here is a film that fills all your senses to saturation point, that takes as it's cue the idea that each minute detail in a moment carries equal weight and hat some people do rise above the mundane in their search for love.

Every frame of this film is lovingly prepared and the screen bursts with the vibrancy of its colours whilst keeping the protagonists in an emotional dead calm, where they cannot quite overcome their own sensibilities. Some may indeed find the film slow, perhaps indulgent. But that is to miss the point - when one falls in love on savours every moment, every feeling. Each resonates in our minds and amplifies in our heart to form a new, more powerful memory. When those feelings cannot be acted upon, then life becomes a secret trade in dreams and whispers.

Chow (Tony Leung, as great a presence as Gregory Peck on the screen) and Su Li-zhen (the effortlessly graceful Maggie Cheung)are neighbours in a Hong Kong tenament block. Both are married to spouses we never fully see, just hear in conversations or phone calls. Both appear slightly isolated from their place in the world. Chow dreams of writing kung-fu series for a living whilst Su waits to become a mother. Through a series of quilted scenes (one of the joys of the movie is how scenes are repeated, refracted, revisited and we are never quite sure of the timeline of the story) we learn, just before the characters themselves do, that their spouses are infact having an affair. They are drawn to each other not so much by this but by the loneliness of their spouses' absences. Converstaions are hesistant, filled with silences. The camera prowls around,viewing them from a slightly greater distance than normal. Often half the frame is obscured in the tenament by a door, a desk or a body. We are like the child in Henry James's 'What Maisie Knew', slowly putting together the motion of their romance in our own mind. It is remarkable cinema; the editing only enhances our slight confusion and requires us always to double check our understanding. Kar-wai Wong, together with his cinemaphotographer, takes us ever closer to these people.

Everything about this film is first class; the script is a marvel of concise storytelling and the acting would surely be lauded if it came from two Hollywood stars. The ending is in someways an enigma - but if you like Kieslowski or just great romantic film making you'll find this a film you can wallow in over and over again.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A sumptuous feast of cinematography, 31 Mar 2001

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The only word for "In the Mood for Love" is sumptuous. The film is set in 1960s Hong Kong and its exquisite cinematography captures the look and feel of the era perfectly - from the steam of the Chinese noodle vendors and formica furniture of the main characters' appartments to the perfect copies of American haistyles and Twiggy-style dresses sported by Maggie Cheung. But there's also a deep sadness to the film, and a sheer electricity between the lead 'couple' that will leave you spellbound - the sexual tension between the two is palpable. It's sensual, tense and engaging stuff: see it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars All-round excellence
I'm with the vast majority of reviewers here. In the Mood for Love combines the most beautiful visual elements with a narrative of little action but much intensity... Read more

Published 5 months ago by Humpty Dumpty

5.0 out of 5 stars The Perfect Film
Absolutely amazing film, the best I've seen in many, many years. Beautiful camera work, brilliant acting and great direction accompanied by a haunting soundtrack... Read more

Published 5 months ago by Aminata

5.0 out of 5 stars A fine DVD from Tartan (for once!)
Let's face it: over the last few years, Tartan have put out a lot of shabby, low-contrast, single-layer DVDs of important foreign films, so it's a relief to say that this is not... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hong Kong's Finest
Two people living in the same flat complex find their partners are having an affair with each other. Read more

Published 14 months ago by Mr. J. R. Bell

5.0 out of 5 stars Near perfect in every aspect.
A pair of cuckolded spouses find each other in this inventive and beautifully shot, romantic drama.

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Published 15 months ago by S. Rave

5.0 out of 5 stars In The Mood For Love - No 1 - Files of the decade 00's
This is surely one of THE most gorgeous and beautiful films of all time.
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Published 19 months ago by Morris Day

1.0 out of 5 stars 94 minutes of tedium
I get that it's meant to portray longing, unfulfilled desire, unrequited love and so on, but it is bloody dull. Read more

Published 20 months ago by Fred Hannah

4.0 out of 5 stars If you read between the lines it can get very intense
This film is a teasing allegory of loneliness and longing. Here is a film without sex, or even kissing -- and it is no doubt one of the sexiest and definitely the most... Read more

Published 24 months ago by Jenny J.J.I.

5.0 out of 5 stars hot breeze
actually i have no idea about this movie and his director a month ago until spoke with one of my friend about movies especially for korean and hong kong one's... Read more

Published on 1 Aug 2007 by ciko the kid

3.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful film, riveting performances
This is a film about forbidden desire and longing. Chow and Li-zhen move in next door to each other on the same day, each with their respective spouses. Read more

Published on 14 Jul 2007 by Ashleigh

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