Film Movement: Shanghai Triad Detailed for Blu-ray
HomeFilm Movement: Shanghai Triad Detailed for Blu-ray
Posted July 17, 2020 03:29 PM by Webmaster
Film Movement has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Zhang Yi-Mou's film Shanghai Triad (1995), starring Gong Li, Li Bao-Tian, Li Xue-Jian, Sun Chun, and Wang Xiao-Xiao.The release will be available for purchase on August 4.
Synopsis: Hired to be a servant to pampered nightclub singer and mob moll Xiao Jinbao (Gong Li, Ju Dou, Farewell My Concubine), naive teenager Shuisheng (Wang Xiaoxiao) is thrust into the glamorous and deadly demimonde of Shanghai's crime syndicates. Over the course of seven days, Shuisheng observes mounting tensions as triad boss Tang begins to suspect traitors amongst his ranks and rivals for Xiao Jinbao's affections. Zhang's inventive take on the gangster film is "assured and attention-grabbing" (Variety) and Gong's central performance, "a portrait of a capricious and indulgent woman who gains depth as we watch her -- is one of her finest" (Chicago Tribune). REMASTERED.
Special Features and Technical Specs:>
Synopsis: Hired to be a servant to pampered nightclub singer and mob moll Xiao Jinbao (Gong Li, Ju Dou, Farewell My Concubine), naive teenager Shuisheng (Wang Xiaoxiao) is thrust into the glamorous and deadly demimonde of Shanghai's crime syndicates. Over the course of seven days, Shuisheng observes mounting tensions as triad boss Tang begins to suspect traitors amongst his ranks and rivals for Xiao Jinbao's affections. Zhang's inventive take on the gangster film is "assured and attention-grabbing" (Variety) and Gong's central performance, "a portrait of a capricious and indulgent woman who gains depth as we watch her -- is one of her finest" (Chicago Tribune). REMASTERED.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW DIGITAL RESTORATION
- "Trouble in Shanghai" video essay by author Grady Hendrix
- Booklet with new essay by film critic and lecturer John Berra
