Tags
2046, As Tears Go By, Ashes of Time, Chungking Express, Days of Being Wild, Fallen Angels, Happy Together, In the Mood for Love, My Blueberry Nights
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Fallen Angels (1995)
2. In the Mood for Love (2000)
3. Chungking Express (1994)
4. 2046 (2004)
5. Days of Being Wild (1990)
6. Ashes of Time (1994)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Happy Together (1997)
2. As Tears Go By (1988)
3. My Blueberry Nights (2007)
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Have you not seen The Grandmaster yet?
10. My Blueberry Nights
9. As Tears Go By
8. 2046
7. Happy Together
6. Days of Being Wild
5. Fallen Angels
4. The Grandmaster
3. The Ashes of Time (the original 1994 version, not that “Redux” B.S.)
2. Chungking Express
1. In the Mood for Love
I have seen “The Grandmaster” yet I only gave it * * 1/2 stars (Out of * * * *). The version I saw was the U.S. cut which chopped up twenty or thirty minutes of its original running time. I heard the international cut is 130 minutes. I hope that version is superior because the American cut feels uneven. Considering that Harvey Weinstein (the distributor is The Weinstein Company) made this decision I am not surprised. Despite his friendship with Quentin Tarantino, he has a history of clashing with other film directors. For example, although Jim Jarmusch won final cut rights on “Dead Man” (distributor was Miramax), Harvey Weinstein selfishly underpromoted it as a result. Their is also rumors that Weinstein compromised or chopped up Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York.