Ashes of Time Redux

a-fei · **Posted:** Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:37 am

From Screendaily

Wong Kar-wai remodels classic Ashes Of Time

Wong Kar-wai is reworking his 1994 martial arts epic Ashes Of Time and the film is being sold at AFM by Fortissimo Films under the title Ashes Of Time – Redux.

Currently in post-production, the project is described as the definitive version of the critically-acclaimed film, which was shot by Christopher Doyle with Sammo Hung as action director.

Wong corralled a cast of Asia's leading stars – including the late Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Maggie Cheung – to make the film, which then took him almost two years to shoot in the far west of China.

"The original release of Ashes Of Time marked the beginning of my long standing partnership with Fortissimo Films," said Wong. "I'm very pleased to see our relationship come full circle with the release of my re-envisioning of the film. Ashes Of Time is a film I am very proud of and I am excited to finally be able to present it in the manner it was originally conceived."

Jared · **Posted:** Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:31 pm

I hope he doesn't make it so that Greedo shoots first.

bou · **Joined:** Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:26 pm **Posts:** 805

as much as i long for a decent copy...i'd much rather he redo Happy Together ...incorporating BAZD...

sigh. i know it's impossible at this point. but i can dream, can't i?

blurA14 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:50 pm

bou wrote:

as much as i long for a decent copy...i'd much rather he redo Happy Together ...incorporating BAZD...

sigh. i know it's impossible at this point. but i can dream, can't i?

i don't know....i think happy together is perfect as is. but i guess people feel the same way about ashes of time.

edo · **Joined:** Wed May 17, 2006 3:37 pm **Posts:** 139

hmmm... I would only re-buy AoT if it really was quite different, and was remastered.

But I consider the original a masterpiece anyway, so I have some apprehension. If his original conception was compromised for first release, it would be interesting to see what he would change.

(If the differences are as minor as US Chungking vs HK Chungking, I won't bother.)

bou · **Joined:** Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:26 pm **Posts:** 805

that's very true. Happy Together is very near perfection. but i'm just dying to know what the original version looked like in his head.

i am selfish. i want to know.

but yea, u're right in that no need to change HT at all.

but the stills of shirley looked goooooooood.

mr. kiss kiss bang bang · **Posted:** Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:52 am

bou wrote:

that's very true. Happy Together is very near perfection. but i'm just dying to know what the original version looked like in his head.

i am selfish. i want to know.

but yea, u're right in that no need to change HT at all.

but the stills of shirley looked goooooooood.

just watch ‘zero degrees’ to see her footage, which was left out of the final cut.

su-shi · **Posted:** Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:00 pm

guess what BAZD could mean... don't worry - it took me a while as well :wink:

loktsui · **Posted:** Thu Nov 23, 2006 2:29 pm

su-shi wrote:

guess what BAZD could mean... don't worry - it took me a while as well :wink:

ok i ll bite: is it not buenos aires zero degrees?

bou · **Joined:** Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:26 pm **Posts:** 805

i'm sorry i was so unclear... it's what i get for sneaking post at work. hehehe.

yes. i did mean Buenos Aires Zero Degrees... i just wish i could have seen the version wkw had in his head with it all cut in. someone walked off w/ my 'don't try for me argentina' book (sob)... can someone verify the amount of feet of film cut? it was an insane amount. like 10k feet?

and you know.. it WAS screened before being rejected. i wanted to see what he tried to submit.

Juniper · **Posted:** Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:02 am

:O i need to see ashes of times urgent but here the movie is hard to find...

palindream · **Posted:** Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:21 am

edo wrote:

(If the differences are as minor as US Chungking vs HK Chungking, I won't bother.)

Excuse my ignorance, but what are the differences? I have the Artificial Eye UK version btw.

cinematric · **Joined:** Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:15 pm **Posts:** 22

so, any news on ashes of time redux recently? is it going to screen on cannes?

Jeffrey · **Posted:** Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:43 am

cinematric wrote:

so, any news on ashes of time redux recently? is it going to screen on cannes?

No release date yet, but here's the page on Fortissimo's website.

http://www.fortissimofilms.com/catalogu ... filmID=326

cart · **Joined:** Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:10 am **Posts:** 91

palindream wrote:

edo wrote:

(If the differences are as minor as US Chungking vs HK Chungking, I won't bother.)

Excuse my ignorance, but what are the differences? I have the Artificial Eye UK version btw.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompar ... xpress.htm

contrast boosting in the us edition. Wow I have that page bookmarked, I think I'm obsessed with this movie.

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