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Lost souls reach out for human connection amid a glimmering Hong Kong in Wong Kar Wai's hallucinatory, neon-soaked nocturne. Originally conceived as a segment of Chungking Express only to spin off on its own woozy axis, Fallen Angels plays like the dark, moody flip side of its predecessor as it...

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Other Authors: Wong, Kar-wai, 1958- (Screenwriter), Li, Ming, 1966- (Actor), Reis, Michelle Monique, 1970- (Actor), Kaneshiro, Takeshi (Actor), Yeung, Charlie, 1974- (Actor), Mok, Karen, 1970- (Actor), Doyle, Christopher, 1952- (director of photography.)
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:Chinese
Language Notes:Cantonese dialogue; English subtitles.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2021]
Edition:Blu-ray edition.
Series:Criterion collection.
Subjects:
Murder for hire > China > Hong Kong > Drama.
Assassins > China > Hong Kong > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Hong Kong (China) > Drama.
Hong Kong (China) > Social life and customs > Drama.
Assassins.
Man-woman relationships.
Manners and customs.
Murder for hire.
China > Hong Kong.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Crime films.
Comedy films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Chinese.
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Summary:Lost souls reach out for human connection amid a glimmering Hong Kong in Wong Kar Wai's hallucinatory, neon-soaked nocturne. Originally conceived as a segment of Chungking Express only to spin off on its own woozy axis, Fallen Angels plays like the dark, moody flip side of its predecessor as it charts the subtly interlacing fates of a handful of urban loners, including a coolly detached hit man (Leon Lai Ming) looking to go straight; his business partner (Michelle Reis), who secretly yearns for him; and a mute delinquent (Takeshi Kaneshiro) who wreaks mischief by night. Swinging between hard-boiled noir and slapstick lunacy with giddy abandon, the film is both a dizzying, dazzling city symphony and a poignant meditation on love, loss, and longing in a metropolis that never sleeps.
Item Description:Title and credits from screen.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.
4K digital restoration approved by the director.
Issued in a Blu-ray special edition collector's set entitled World of Wong Kar Wai (WKW).
Special features include: 2020 program where fellow artists ask Wong Kar wai about his work; 2002 with Christopher Doyle discussing Fallen angels; deleted scenes; trailer.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray, region A; wide screen; 5.1 DTS-HD Master audio.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Christopher Doyle ; editors, William Chang Suk Ping, Wong Ming Lam ; music, Frankie Chan.
ISBN:9781681438092
1681438097