Flowers of Shanghai
"An intoxicating, time-bending experience bathed in the golden glow of oil lamps and wreathed in an opium haze, this gorgeous period reverie by Hou Hsiao-hsien traces the romantic intrigue, jealousies, and tensions swirling around four late-nineteenth-century Shanghai "flower houses,"...
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| Sprache: | Chinese |
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The Criterion Collection
[2021]
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| Schriftenreihe: | The Criterion collection
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| Zusammenfassung: | "An intoxicating, time-bending experience bathed in the golden glow of oil lamps and wreathed in an opium haze, this gorgeous period reverie by Hou Hsiao-hsien traces the romantic intrigue, jealousies, and tensions swirling around four late-nineteenth-century Shanghai "flower houses," where courtesans live confined to a gilded cage, ensconced in opulent splendor but forced to work to buy back their freedom. Among the regular clients is the taciturn Master Wang (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), whose relationship with his longtime mistress (Michiko Hada) is roiled by a perceived act of betrayal. Composed in a languorous procession of entrancing long takes, Flowers of Shanghai evokes a vanished world of decadence and cruelty, an insular universe where much of the dramatic action remains tantalizingly offscreen—even as its emotional fallout registers with quiet devastation." [criterion.com] |
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| Beschreibung: | Original: Taiwan, Japan 1998 Blu-ray special edition features: new 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack ; new introduction by critic Tony Rayns ; "Beautified realism", a new documentary by Daniel Raim and Eugene Suen on the making of the film, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Lee, producer and editor Liao Ching-sung, production designer Hwarng Wern-ying, and sound recordist Tu Duu-chih ; excerpts from a 2015 interview with Hou, recorded as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oral History Projects ; trailer ; English subtitle translation by Rayns ; plus: An essay by film scholar Jean Ma and a 2009 interview with Hou conducted by scholar Michael Berry Bildformat 1.85:1 |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Blu-ray Disc (113 min) farbig 12 cm 1 Beiheft (43 Seiten) |
| Zielpublikum: | 15 |