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The two highly photogenic leading actors, Tony Leung Chiu-wai (Chow Mo-wan) and Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (Su Li-zhen), play two unsuspecting people who move into neighboring apartments in a tiny Shanghainese enclave of Hong Kong in 1962. It isn’t long before they each realize that both of their spouses are often away on business trips a lot at the same time and come to the realization that they are having an affair. Searching for the reasons why and how it happened, Chow and Su begin a relationship of their own, acting out possible scenarios of the beginnings of their adulterous spouses’ clandestine affair, but never taking it to the next level. “We’ll never be like them,” they promise each other. Even when they get a hotel room together it isn’t for prurient reasons, but to work on a martial arts serial that Chow has begun writing for his newspaper, to continue their fleshing out of the affair and to work through their own guilt and shame. Perhaps, inevitably, all of this closeness brings them to the brink of doing the very thing they have been condemning their spouses for, however, and their flirtation with adultery and the gossip that it brings begins to become too much for the pair to bear.

Director: Kar-Wai Wong
Cast: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Maggie Cheung, Ping Lam Siu
Country: Hong Kong, China
Genre: Drama, Romance

BD50 | 1080p AVC | 01:38:40 | 44 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Chinese
Subtitles: English

Extras:

• @ "In the Mood for Love - a long and very informative documentary on the making of the In the Mood for Love created by Jet Tone Films. The documentary contains various interviews with director Wong Kar-wai, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, and Rebecca Pan, among others. In Cantonese, with optional English subtitles. (52 min, 1080i).

• Deleted Scenes - four deleted scenes. Excluding A Last Encounter, the rest come with optional commentary by director Wong Kar-wai. In Cantonese, with optional English subtitles.

• Hua Yang De Nian Hua - a short film by Wong Kar-wai created from print elements discovered in a California warehouse. The film was created in 2000. Music only. (3 min, 1080i).

• Wong Kar-wai - a video interview with director Wong Kar-wai conducted by film critic Michel Ciment and filmmaker Hubert Niogret and a "cinema lesson" presented by the director at the Cannes Film Festival.

1. Interview - director Wong Kar-wai discusses some of the obstacles that had to be overcome during the production process and talks about the main characters in In the Mood for Love. In English, not subtitled. (23 min, 1080i).

2. Cinema Lesson - director Wong Kar-wai talks about the creative process he favors, and specifically how an idea could evolve into a film, finding the right rhythm for his films, the editing process, etc. In English, not subtitled. (16 min, 1080i).

• Toronto International Film Festival - footage from a press conference held after the screening of In the Mood for Love at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival, featuring actors Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Maggie Cheung. In English, not subtitled. (44 min, 1080i).

• On In the Mood for Love - in this video interview, film critic Tony Rayns discusses the visual style and unique themes in Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love, and explains how and where the film fits into the director's body of work. The interview was conducted for Criterion in 2012. In English, not subtitled. (24 min, 1080p).

• The Soundtrack - in this video interview, film critic Tony Rayns discusses the unique soundtrack of In the Mood for Love. Also included are cues from the soundtrack. The interview was conducted for Criterion in 2012. In English, not subtitled. (9 min, 1080p).

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