In the Mood for Love (2000) - The Criterion Collection

Synopsis

Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan and Su Li-zhen move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are polite and formal—until a discovery about their respective spouses sparks an intimate bond. At once delicately mannered and visually stunning, Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments in time.

Cast

Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan)	Maggie Cheung
Chow Mo-wan	Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Ah Ping	Ping Lam Siu
Mrs. Suen	Rebecca Pan
Mr. Ho	Lai Chin
Amah	Chin Tsi-ang

Credits

Director	Wong Kar-wai
Produced, written, and directed by	Wong Kar-wai
Executive producer	Chan Ye-cheng
Cinematography	Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin
Associate producer	Jacky Pang Yee-wah
Production Design	William Chang Suk-ping
Costume design	William Chang Suk-ping
Music	Michael Galasso
Lighting	Wong Chi-ming
Art director	Man Lim-chung
Special thanks/quoted author	Liu Yi-chang

Disc Features

SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET:

New digital transfer, enhanced for 16×9 televisions
Dolby Surround 5.0 soundtrack
Deleted scenes with director’s commentary
The music of In the Mood for Love, presented in an interactive essay
Hua Yang de Nian Hua, a short film by Wong Kar-wai
Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
@ In the Mood for Love, a documentary about the making of the film
Interviews with Wong Kar-wai
Toronto International Film Festival press conference with stars Maggie Cheung Man-yuk & Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Essay by film scholar Gina Marchetti illuminating the film’s unique setting
Trailers, TV spots, electronic press kit & promotional artwork & concepts
Photo gallery
Biographies of key cast & crew
Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

From the Current

In the Mood for Love

by Li Cheuk-to Mar 4, 2002

In the last decade, Wong Kar-wai has been arguably the most influential filmmaker of his generation. Sight and Sound saluted him as the Innovator of the Nineties, “who broke new ground and changed the medium irrevocably.” This romantic stylist’s latest work, In the...