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東邪西毒 [videorecording] /

Dong xie xi du [videorecording] / a Fortissimo Films presentation ; Blk2 Pictures ; Chun guang ying hua xue zhe you xian gong si chu pin ; Ze dong you xian gong si zhi zuo ; Beijing dian ying zhi pian chang lian he she zhi ; bian ju, dao yan, Wang Jiawei ; jian zhi, Wang Jiawei, Liu Zhenwei.

王家衛, 劉鎮偉. 張國榮, 林青霞. 梁朝偉, 劉嘉玲, 梁家輝. 楊采妮. 張學友. 张曼玉. 金庸, 春光映畫 (Firm) 北京電影製片廠. Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 28337 | Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentLanguage: Chinese, French Summary language: English Original language: Chinese Publication details: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : Sony Pictures Classics, [2009]Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1435941926
  • 9781435941922
Other title:
  • Title on container: Ashes of time redux
Uniform titles: 東邪西毒. Chinese & French. Uniform titles:
  • Dong xie xi du. Chinese & French.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • She ying zhi dao, Du Kefeng (Christopher Doyle) ; jian jie zhi dao, Zhang Shuping ; Tan Jiaming ; yin yue, Chen Xunqi, Roel A. Garcia.
Cast: Zhang Guorong, Lin Qingxia, Liang Chaowei, Liu Jialing, Liang Jiahui, Yang Caini, Zhang Xueyou, Zhang, Manyu.Summary: Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days alone in the desert. He connects expert swordsmen with those seeking revenge and willing to pay for it. As Ouyang narrates his tale, he interweaves the stories of his unusual clients, old friends and future foes. He begins to realize the mistakes of his own past, and how his fear of rejection may have led him to a life of exile.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Master Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai directed this lyrical, dream-like martial arts epic. A famously troubled shoot, the film took two years and 40 million dollars to produce (a shocking sum for a national cinema populated with low-budget quickies) and features a virtual who's who of the Hong Kong film world. Conceived as a prequel to the popular martial arts novel The Eagle-Shooting Hero by Jin Yong, the movie is less a straightforward action thriller than a visually striking meditation on memory and love. It nominally centers on Ouyang Feng (Leslie Cheung), who ekes out a lonely existence as an itinerant hired sword. Getting on in years and tormented by memories of a lost love, he also works an agent for other mercenary assassins from his remote desert abode. Ouyang's old friend and fellow swordsman, Huang Yaoshi (Tony Leung Kar-Fai, who starred in the The Lover) drowns his lovelorn misery in a magical wine that makes him forget. Later, a mysterious young man named Murong Yang (Brigitte Lin) hires Ouyang to kill his sister's unfaithful suitor, Huang Yaoshi. The following day, that spurned sister, Murong Yin (Lin again), hires Ouyang to protect her dearly beloved. Meanwhile, Hong Qi (pop star Jacky Cheung) finds some redemption for a life of killing by accepting a poor girl's offer to avenge her brother's death -- a task that Ouyang brusquely shunned. In another subplot, a master swordsman (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) is slowly going blind. He agrees to defend a village from horse thieves so that he can afford to go home and see his wife before his eyesight fails completely. This film is one of the most celebrated examples of 1990s Hong Kong cinema: it won multiple awards in its native Hong Kong, along with a Golden Osella for Best Cinematography at the 1994 Venice Film Festival. In the years following Ashes of Time's initial theatrical release, the original negatives were lost and multiple versions of the film began to crop up all across the globe. As a result, director Wong Kar-wai longed to compile these various versions into a restored, remastered, and definitive final cut. With Ashes of Time Redux, the director restructures the film according to seasons, effectively clarifying the central narratives, and digitally colorizes the film to render cinematographer Christopher Doyle's masterful imagery all the more lavish and intoxicatingly gorgeous. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Based on the story by Jin Yong.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1994 and released in a recut version in 2008.

Special features: Born from Ashes: the making of Ashes of time redux; Q & A with Wong Kar Wai, theatrical trailer.

880-04 She ying zhi dao, Du Kefeng (Christopher Doyle) ; jian jie zhi dao, Zhang Shuping ; Tan Jiaming ; yin yue, Chen Xunqi, Roel A. Garcia.

880-03 Zhang Guorong, Lin Qingxia, Liang Chaowei, Liu Jialing, Liang Jiahui, Yang Caini, Zhang Xueyou, Zhang, Manyu.

Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days alone in the desert. He connects expert swordsmen with those seeking revenge and willing to pay for it. As Ouyang narrates his tale, he interweaves the stories of his unusual clients, old friends and future foes. He begins to realize the mistakes of his own past, and how his fear of rejection may have led him to a life of exile.

MPAA rating: R; for some violence.

DVD NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

Cantonese or French dialogue with optional English subtitles.

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