453 Chungking Express

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HitchcockLang
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Re: 453 Chungking Express

#176 Post by HitchcockLang » Mon Apr 04, 2016 12:28 pm

I ordered it but has not yet shipped. The price has dropped to $28.26 though.

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Re: 453 Chungking Express

#177 Post by ianthemovie » Mon Apr 04, 2016 7:40 pm

Just ordered one myself. I'll be curious to find out of it's the cardboard-case version or the keep-case version (really hoping for the latter).

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Re: 453 Chungking Express

#178 Post by neal » Wed Apr 06, 2016 7:36 am

ianthemovie wrote:I'll be curious to find out of it's the cardboard-case version or the keep-case version (really hoping for the latter).
I'd put my money on option C: neither.

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453 Chungking Express

#179 Post by sir_luke » Mon May 09, 2016 2:10 pm

ShellOilJunior wrote:Allegedly in-stock at Amazon for $39.99

Could be another Third Man tease but you never know...
In case anyone was still curious...
Amazon wrote:Hello,

Due to a lack of availability, we will not be able to obtain the following item(s) from your order:

"Chungking Express (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]"

We've canceled the item(s) and apologize for the inconvenience.

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Re: 453 Chungking Express

#180 Post by Apothocary » Wed Nov 09, 2016 9:06 am

Managed to pick up the keep-case Blu version here in the UK for £12. Couldn't believe my luck.

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Re: 453 Chungking Express

#181 Post by Robespierre » Wed Sep 13, 2017 10:59 pm

Three years later and I hope we get a Tati situation with CE back in print in a box with other WKW films. December could be light but we usually average a boxset every announcement or so.

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Re: 453 Chungking Express

#182 Post by Ribs » Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:11 pm

...no? The last monthly announcements to include a box was for July, and there's already the biggest release ever in December. I definitely am under the belief it'll happen due to the Chungking/Playtime situation but there's no reason to assume they'd put a relatively high profile release in the dog days of December.

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Re: 453 Chungking Express

#183 Post by domino harvey » Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:35 am


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Re: 453 Chungking Express

#184 Post by Fortisquince » Thu Sep 24, 2020 11:07 am

Interesting! I hope everything works out and the film is more like Chungking Express than 2046. I liked 2046, but have had no desire to see it again after I saw it in the theater.

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Re: 453 Chungking Express

#185 Post by Murdoch » Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:03 am

I'm not sure how I feel about that. Chungking is one of my favorite films and I loved 2046, but for me the former succeeds because of its lovelorn youthfulness capturing a moment in these characters' lives that can't last. The film is like a pop song, fleeting but poignant. I'll certainly see this sequel if it ever completes production but Wong's always irked me a little in his desire to revisit past works throughout his oeuvre rather than letting well enough alone.

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