In the Mood for Love
Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung Man Yuk) move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them. At once delicately mannered and visually extravagant, Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping Bing, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past two decades of cinema, and is a milestone in Wong’s redoubtable career.
Special Features
- Digital transfer (DVD edition); restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Mark Lee Ping-bin, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack (Blu-ray edition)
- @ “In the Mood for Love,” director Wong Kar Wai’s documentary on the making of the film
- Deleted scenes, with commentary by Wong
- Hua yang de nian hua (2000), a short film by Wong
- Archival interview with Wong and a “cinema lesson” given by the director at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival
- Toronto International Film Festival press conference from 2000, with stars Maggie Cheung Man Yuk and Tony Leung Chiu Wai
- Two new interviews with critic Tony Rayns, one about the film and the other about the soundtrack, featuring musical cues (Blu-ray only)
- Trailers and TV spots
- The music of In the Mood for Love, presented in an interactive essay (DVD only)
- Essay by film scholar Gina Marchetti illuminating the film’s unique setting (DVD only)
- Photo gallery (DVD only)
- Biographies of key cast and crew (DVD only)
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Steve Erickson and, for the Blu-ray edition, a booklet featuring the Liu Yi-chang story that provided thematic inspiration for the film
Cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang
Collector's Sets
Collector's Set
Special Features
- Digital transfer (DVD edition); restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Mark Lee Ping-bin, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack (Blu-ray edition)
- @ “In the Mood for Love,” director Wong Kar Wai’s documentary on the making of the film
- Deleted scenes, with commentary by Wong
- Hua yang de nian hua (2000), a short film by Wong
- Archival interview with Wong and a “cinema lesson” given by the director at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival
- Toronto International Film Festival press conference from 2000, with stars Maggie Cheung Man Yuk and Tony Leung Chiu Wai
- Two new interviews with critic Tony Rayns, one about the film and the other about the soundtrack, featuring musical cues (Blu-ray only)
- Trailers and TV spots
- The music of In the Mood for Love, presented in an interactive essay (DVD only)
- Essay by film scholar Gina Marchetti illuminating the film’s unique setting (DVD only)
- Photo gallery (DVD only)
- Biographies of key cast and crew (DVD only)
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Steve Erickson and, for the Blu-ray edition, a booklet featuring the Liu Yi-chang story that provided thematic inspiration for the film
Cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang
Cast
- Maggie Cheung Man Yuk
- Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan)
- Tony Leung Chiu Wai
- Chow Mo-wan
- Siu Ping Lam
- Ah Ping
- Rebecca Pan
- Mrs. Suen
- Lai Chin
- Mr. Ho
- Chin Tsi Ang
- Amah
Credits
- Director
- Wong Kar Wai
- Producer
- Wong Kar Wai
- Written by
- Wong Kar Wai
- Executive producer
- Chan Ye Cheng
- Associate producer
- Jacky Pang Yee Wah
- Cinematography by
- Christopher Doyle
- Mark Lee Ping-bing
- Production designer, editor, and costume designer
- William Chang Suk Ping
- Music by
- Michael Galasso
Edition introduction to In the Mood for Love
