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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.

Contributors:

Wong, Kar-wai, 1958- , screenwriter, film director, film producer

Lai, Leon, 1966- , actor

Reis, Michelle Monique, 1970- , actor

Kaneshiro, Takeshi , actor

Yeung, Charlie, 1974- , actor

Mok, Karen, 1970- , actor

Doyle, Christopher, 1952- , director of photography

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Chun guang ying hua (Firm) , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Jet Tone Production Company , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Languages:

Chinese
English

Language Notes:

Cantonese dialogue; English subtitles.

Related Works:

World of Wong Kar Wai

Related Series:

Criterion collection

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: Fallen angels

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

Blu-ray discs

Genres:

Motion pictures

Drama

Feature films

Fiction films

Crime films

Action and adventure films

Romance films

System Details:

Blu-ray, region A; 5.1 DTS-HD Master audio.

Performers:

Cast: Leon Lai Ming, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Young, Karen Mok.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Christopher Doyle ; editors, William Chang Suk Ping, Wong Ming Lam ; music, Frankie Chan.

General Notes:

Issued in a Blu-ray special edition collector's set entitled World of Wong Kar Wai (WKW).
4K digital restoration approved by the director.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.
Supplements: 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.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1; sound

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray

Call Numbers:

FAL 1995 BLU

ISBNs:

9781681438092 (set)
1681438097 (set)

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515256315 (set)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3228BD-4

OCLC Numbers:

1241740358