New Region A release of Chungking Express - April 7th

[Ray Jackson]

I did multiple searches for a thread on this and couldn't find one.

Mods, please delete, if one already exists.

I've never seen this film, but always heard great things about it.

The Criterion has been OOP for a while now.

Does anyone know anything about this release, aside from the basics?

...the MSRP is pretty steep.

https://www.amazon.com/Chungking-Express-Blu-ray/dp/B00O8OB0GW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1488941521&sr=8-2&keywords=chungking+express+blu+ray

[Al_The_Strange]

Amazon lists it as an import. Text on the cover art looks Japanese or something. It would undoubtedly be Region-A, but I have my doubts it's a legit American release.

EDIT:
It's on the Blu-Ray.com database as a Japanese release. Unless Amazon's using the Japanese cover art as a placeholder. Otherwise, I can't find any news or info about it.

[Red Dragon]

...Asia and the United States are both Region A (with regard to blu-ray).

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Can foreign companies produce Region A releases?

Yes, Region-A includes all of North America and Asia. The question now is, will the disc actually have English subs, at the bare minimum?

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Yes, Region-A includes all of North America and Asia. The question now is, will the disc actually have English subs, at the bare minimum?

Please ignore that ridiculously dumb question.

I was looking at the dvd region specifications when I asked it.

I'm so stupid.

...I hate myself.

[Show spoiler]

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Please ignore that ridiculously dumb question.

I was looking at the dvd region specifications when I asked it.

I'm so stupid.

...I hate myself.

[Show spoiler]

No worries, it's an honest mistake, especially in the context of the dark and confusing DVD era.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

No worries, it's an honest mistake, especially in the context of the dark and confusing DVD era.

Do import releases usually bother including an English title on the cover if there's no english subtitle option?

...I don't know about these things.

[UncleBuckWild]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Please ignore that ridiculously dumb question.

I was looking at the dvd region specifications when I asked it.

I'm so stupid.

...I hate myself.

[Show spoiler]

SO... No Chungking Express?!

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Do import releases usually bother including an English title on the cover if there's no english subtitle option?

...I don't know about these things.

They might, it all depends. The Korean imports I have (OldBoy, A Bittersweet Life) are pretty English-friendly and have English titles on their cover. But others (like my Hong Kong copy of Secretly, Greatly) do not.

Honestly, ordering this copy seems a crapshoot to me. Looks to me like either a supplier will sell Japanese copies on Amazon on April 7th, or else Kadokawa is re-releasing it on the 7th (but I don't know how to verify either case). If it is the same Japanese release, I don't see any guarantee it'll have English subs.

On the other hand, I'm mostly going by the cover art. If it is just a placeholder image and the import is coming from somewhere else, then it could be a totally different copy that hasn't been announced or uploaded to the site yet. May have to wait and see if any news pops up about this release. It's becoming quite a mystery.

[Ray Jackson]

Mods feel free to delete.

I am prepared to perform what process of atonement is necessary to regain the respect of my peers.

[Show spoiler]

[robert2339]

when did the Criterion version go out of print?

[Huseyin]

This looks like a replacement for the Criterion
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-...=4988126429195

[gates70]

I know the CC version is OOP, so I didn't know if people were aware that this being released by someone else

https://www.amazon.ca/Chungking-Expr...96655&sr=1-358

[Ray Jackson]

[UncleBuckWild]

Originally Posted by gates70

I know the CC version is OOP, so I didn't know if people were aware that this being released by someone else

https://www.amazon.ca/Chungking-Expr...96655&sr=1-358

[gates70]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Originally Posted by UncleBuckWild

Am I missing something here ? Everyone already knew ?

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by gates70

Am I missing something here ? Everyone already knew ?

I was humiliated last night.

You should've heard the way they talked to me.

Like I was never nuthin.

...just some punk in the street.

Run gates.

RUN!!!!

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=289398

[nickersonw]

Originally Posted by gates70

I know the CC version is OOP, so I didn't know if people were aware that this being released by someone else

https://www.amazon.ca/Chungking-Expr...96655&sr=1-358

Looks to be the Japanese release.

[UncleBuckWild]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

I was humiliated last night.

You should've heard the way they talked to me.

Like I was never nuthin.

...just some punk in the street.

Run gates.

RUN!!!!

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=289398

Thank the mods for moving the post to Asia.

... or else you would've been Chungking on your own vomit.

[gates70]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

I was humiliated last night.

You should've heard the way they talked to me.

Like I was never nuthin.

...just some punk in the street.

Run gates.

RUN!!!!

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=289398

Originally Posted by nickersonw

Looks to be the Japanese release.

Oh LOL...I just saw it searching Amazon.ca and wasn't aware. Sorry.