The 73rd Cannes International Film Festival recently announced that the 4K restoration version of "In the Mood for Love" directed by Wong Kar-wai will be premiered in the restoration section of this year's "Cannes Classics" on May 20 to celebrate the second release of the film The tenth anniversary. The movie "In the Mood for Love" will also launch a number of commemorative activities including theme exhibitions around the world, and will be screened in many countries and regions.
The movie "In the Mood for Love" tells a love story that took place in Hong Kong in the 1960s. The director Wong Kar Wai, with his unique aesthetic characteristics, artistic personality and creative use of film language, stopped a revisit of the 1960s. In the film, it has become an immortal period in the history of world cinema.
In 2000, "In the Mood for Love" debuted in Cannes. The film's male star Tony Leung was named the film king, and the art director Zhang Shuping, photographer Du Kefeng and Li Pingbin were awarded the jury's technical award in recognition of the film's outstanding artistic achievements. In 2006, the official poster of the 59th Cannes Film Festival selected Maggie Cheung's graceful figure in "In the Mood for Love" to pay tribute to the then chairman of the jury director Wong Kar Wai. In 2020, "In the Mood for Love" will return to the blessed land with a 4K restored version, and the global tour will start from this, witnessing the deep love with Cannes.
From the millennium to the present, the artistic charm of "In the Mood for Love" has not diminished in the past 20 years. It has engraved the beauty of the Chinese-speaking world in a global perspective and has become a classic of the times in the eyes of global fans and media. No. 1 in the "Best Asian Movies" by CNN, No. 2 in the "100 Greatest Films in the 21st Century" by the British BBC, and No. 5 in the "100 Best Movies of the 21st Century" by the Guardian And won a tribute in the short film before the "Best International Film" award at this year’s Oscars.
is one of the most important works in his personal creative career. Director Wong Kar-wai decided to carry out the 4K restoration of "In the Mood for Love" in order to create a brand new viewing experience for new and old audiences, and it will be launched on the 20th anniversary of the film to commemorate . The entire restoration work is under the supervision of director Wang Jiawei, and the American publisher-The Criterion Collection (The Criterion Collection) and the Italian professional restoration company L’Immagine Ritrovata jointly cooperated and used the original film electronic scanning to perform the restoration. The restoration has now been completed.
The 4K repair version of "In the Mood for Love" has attracted the attention of major publishers around the world. The main distribution areas that have been confirmed are: North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China . Among them, North America, France and Spain are all scheduled to be released one after another starting in June 2020.
In addition to "In the Mood for Love", director Wong Kar Wai also performed "Chongqing Forest", "Fallen Angels" and "Happy Together" with The Criterion Collection (The Criterion Collection), Sony Pictures Classics (Sony Pictures Classics), and L'Immagine Ritrovata. And "2046" 4K restoration cooperation, and began to meet with audiences around the world in June 2020. The American film distribution company Janus Film also announced earlier that it will hold the premiere of Wong Kar-wai's film 4K restoration at the Film at Lincoln Center in New York on June 5, and then expand it to the United States. CC Standard Collection will also launch a set of works by Wong Kar Wai's director.
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