(aka "Chongqing senlin")
directed by
Wong Kar-wai
Hong Kong 1994
Ocean
Shores - HK - Region 0 vs. Miramax - Rolling Thunder - Region 1
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Distribution | Ocean Shores Video Region 0 (NTSC) |
Miramax
Region 1 (North America) |
Runtime | 154:00 min ( With 'Ocean Shores' Promo Logo ) | 142:00 min |
Video | 1.85
Widescreen squished from Full Frame Average Bitrate: 4.97 mb/s NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s |
1.85:1
Letterboxed WideScreen Anamorphic Average Bitrate: 7.63 mb/s NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s |
Bitrate: Ocean Shores | ||
Bitrate: Rolling Thunder Picures | ||
Audio | Chinese (Cantonese) 2.0 Stereo |
Chinese (Cantonese) 2.0 Stereo |
Subtitles | (White) English, Traditional Chinese (burned in) | (Yellow) English and Removable |
Features | Discographic
Information: Region 0 (not encoded) Layers: Single
No Extra Features |
Discographic Information: DVD Encoding: Region 1 Layers: Dual
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Discrepancy | US version expands the scenes where The Blonde prepares for the smuggling trip and later searches for smugglers. It also includes a kidnapping of an Indian girl which does not appear in the Hong Kong version. Sequence with Qiwu loitering outside girlfriend's window occurs earlier in US print. Indian music plays during smugglers arrival at airport in US print, in Hong Kong version the title theme plays. Song 'Dreams' sung by Faye Wong is at a different place in US version. Both version sare cropped: The Ocean Shores vertically and the Rolling Thunder horizontally. | |
DVD Release Date:
26 January 1999 Keep Case Chapters: 0 |
DVD Release Date: May 21, 2002 Keep Case Chapters: 20 |
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Other Releases: | Korean release ( No English Subs ) | PAL Hong Kong Release |
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Chinese Films in Focus: 25 New Takes by Chris Berry |
Wong Kar-Wai: Auteur of Time (Bfi World Directors) by Stephen Teo |
China into Film: Frames of Reference in Contemporary
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New Chinese Cinemas
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Once Upon a Time in China : A Guide to Hong Kong,
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Chinese Film Theory by George S. Semsel |
Women Through the Lens: Gender and Nation in a
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DVD Menu
(Ocean
Shores left ( No Menu), Rolling Thunder right)
Titles
(Ocean
Shores left, Rolling Thunder right)
(Ocean Shores left, Rolling Thunder right)
(Ocean Shores left, Rolling Thunder right)
(Ocean Shores left, Rolling Thunder right)
(Ocean Shores left, Rolling Thunder right)
(Ocean Shores left, Rolling Thunder right)
(Ocean Shores left, Rolling Thunder right)
Report Card:
Image: |
Rolling Thunder |
Sound: |
Rolling Thunder |
Extras: | Rolling Thunder |
Menu: | Rolling Thunder |
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