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Ashes Of Time
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Customer Rating: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8.6 out of 10 (20)
All Editions Rating: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8.1 out of 10 (31)

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An all-star cast is assembled for Ashes of Time, an existential swordplay epic from acclaimed director Wong Kar Wai! Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Jacky Cheung, Carina Lau, Charlie Yeung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, and Maggie Cheung all appear, as Wong Kar Wai takes standard wuxia characters and gives them resonant emotional life. Fierce action, striking images and a haunting soundtrack all combine to glorious cinema effect in Ashes of Time, an award-winning film that combines artistic aspirations with a beloved commercial film genre.

Based on the work of famed wuxia novelist Jin Yong (AKA Louis Cha), Ashes of Time is at once a tribute to and departure from the author's classic works. Director Wong Kar Wai takes the standard wuxia plotline of swordsmen locked in eternal battle, and infuses it with his pet themes of love and loss. The result is an existential swordplay film, and a humanizing look at legendary heroes that's both compelling and fascinating in its rich detail and utter emotional familiarity. The actors bring uniform presence to their roles, Sammo Hung's action direction is energetic and powerful, and Christopher Doyle's cinematography is a thing of beauty. Uncommon, unusual, but undeniably enchanting, Ashes of Time is a modern cinema classic.

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Product Title: Ashes Of Time 東邪西毒 东邪西毒 楽園の瑕（東邪西毒） Ashes Of Time
Artist Name(s): Jacky Cheung (Actor) | Leslie Cheung (Actor) | Tony Leung Chiu Wai | Charlie Yeung | Carina Lau | Tony Leung Ka Fai | Brigitte Lin | Christopher Doyle 張 學友 (Actor) | 張 國榮 (Actor) | 梁 朝偉 | 楊采妮 | 劉嘉玲 | 梁 家輝 | 林青霞 | 杜可風 张 学友 (Actor) | 张 国荣 (Actor) | 梁 朝伟 | 杨采妮 | 刘嘉玲 | 梁 家辉 | 林青霞 | 杜可风 張學友（ジャッキー・チョン） (Actor) | 張國榮 （レスリー・チャン） (Actor) | 梁朝偉 （トニー・レオン） | 楊采妮 （チャーリー・ヤン） | 劉嘉玲 （カリーナ・ラウ）　 | 梁家輝 （レオン・カーファイ） | 林青霞 （ブリジット・リン） | 杜可風 （クリストファー・ドイル） Jacky Cheung (Actor) | 장국영 (Actor) | 양조위 | Charlie Yeung | Carina Lau | Tony Leung Ka Fai | Brigitte Lin | Christopher Doyle
Director: Wong Kar Wai 王 家衛 王 家卫 王家衛 （ウォン・カーウァイ）　 왕가위
Release Date: 1999-08-01
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin: Hong Kong
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: All Region What is it?
Rating: IIA
Duration: 95 (mins)
Publisher: Mei Ah (HK)
Package Weight: 130 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 6156

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導演：王家衛

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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8.6 out of 10 (20)
Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8.1 out of 10 (31)

cuddley bear
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August 31, 2011

This customer review refers to Ashes of Time Redux (DVD) (Hong Kong Version)
bit of rubbish Customer Review Rated Bad 2 - 2 out of 10
This film has nothing to do with Kum Yung's original novel about the wicked east and poison west characters. It is really weird and Leslie Cheung had tried his best to perform well. However, the story is a mess and very silly.
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Michael
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March 30, 2009

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This is such a better edit. Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
This is such a better edit of the film!

Fans should rejoice at the restoration. I'm not certain that "murky" was even good enough to describe what the old print looked like. For those who needed the English subs in the old version, the subs were barely visible (and, of course, they were embedded into the print).

The presentation of the film is still grainy (that was the style of the film), but in no way is murky or even slighly lacking in clarity.

Just great!.
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Kevin Kennedy
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March 18, 2009

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 Great Wong Kar Wai film Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
"Ashes of Time Redux" is a kind of visual tone poem loosely based upon Louis Cha's "Eagle Shooting Heroes". I am so happy to have this recut and remastered digital version. It looks and sounds much more gorgeous than the rather murky VHS tape of of the film I'd seen before.

To say the film has a plot may be a bit of a stretch; it tells of Ouyang Feng (Leslie Cheung), who lives on the edge of nowhere and hires renegade swordsmen as hitmen for people who need to have someone bumped off. It also tells intertwining stories of the people who seek Ouyang's services or otherwise pass through his life. The storyline is ineffable, poetic, glancing, rather than a traditional narrative.

The film boasts a dream cast, including, in addition to Leslie, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Charley Yeung, Jacky Cheung, Carina Lau, and, in a small role, Maggie Cheung. For me, this is one of Leslie's finest performances; he invests his rather passive character with a wry humor that makes him riveting. Cinematographer Christopher Doyle's imagery is spectacular, delicious, beautiful! You will not be able to turn away from the action sequences, which were directed by Sammo Hung and shot unlike any other action scenes you've ever seen. And the film's music is just splendid.

"Ashes of Time" is not for everyone; those unwilling to savor its poetic approach may simply find the movie to be weird and a bit tedious, particularly during its slower first half. However, if you are willing to play along with director Wong Kar Wai's unique vision, then you will regard this film, particularly in its "Redux" incarnation, to be an unforgettable classic.
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Phoenix Lin
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April 1, 2007

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 Fuzzy quality equals artsy? Customer Review Rated Bad 6 - 6 out of 10
Okay, so the story doesn't make sense unless you were actually one of the characters but I guess that's everyone else's life outside of your own. The film quality itself remains fuzzy & of course a white costume or background doesn't do wonders for subtitles also in white. I guess I need to re-visit this film to see if my perception on life has changed; then again, I admit I never had an eye for what makes an artsy film.
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LX Skye
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October 9, 2005
follow-up to my review Customer Review Rated Bad 6 - 6 out of 10
I checked, and there is an R1 version of this film available, but at this time, I do not know how the quality compares with the MeiAh version.
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