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Thursday, May 20, 2021

DVD & Blu-ray: FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (1998) - Criterion Collection

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Product Description: Hou Hsiao-hsien’s ravishing chamber drama traces the fortunes of courtesans in 19th-century Shanghai flower houses 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 the 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.

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Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Starring: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Michiko Hada, Michelle Reis

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 113 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: Mandarin

Studio: Criterion

Home Video Release Date: May 18, 2021




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DVD
  • Codec: MPEG-2
  • Resolution: 480i
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Encoding Format: 16:9
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)
Blu-ray
  • Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
  • Resolution: 1080p
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Region: Region A/1

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  • DVD: None
  • Blu-ray: None

Audio Formats:
  • DVD: Dolby Digital 5.1
  • Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1


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DVD: English

Blu-ray: English



SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS

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  • New introduction by critic Tony Rayns
  • Beautified Realism, a new documentary by Daniel Raim and Eugene Suen on the making of the film
  • Excerpts from a 2015 interview with Hou, recorded for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oral History Projec
  • Excerpts from a 2015 interview with Hou, recorded for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oral History Project
  • Trailer
  • PLUS: An essay by film scholar Jean Ma and a 2009 interview with Hou conducted by scholar Michael Berry


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