TF1 Releasing Wong Kar Wai's Ashes Of Time On French DVD!

Oh man! I've been waitin' for a decent DVD release for Ashes of Time...

I was just about to order the HK Mei Ah version... :)

Can't wait!

Does TF1 ever release stuff with english subtitles though? I've been under the imporession that they are strictly for french speakers.

ronin--i have that crappy mei ah version, and i've been waiting to replace it for a good long while. stay far away! and josh--TF1 released a fantastic edition of "in the mood for love," english subs included. let us hope that means "ashes of time" will also be english friendly...

It does not look promising on the English subtitles front, tragically.

http://www.asia-diffusion.com/new/dvd.php?id_dvd=2133

Rhythm-X, is your alias taken from one of Kool Keith's many alter egos? If so - well done!

(Bummer about the Ashes of Time subs, but hopefully if there's a remastered version it's only a matter of time until someone else picks it up. Now...if only someone would remaster Johnnie To's "The Mission"...)

And what about The Blade (dao) ?
It ll be also released in french proper dvd in may (23th), same thing for The Three Outlaw Samurais and some others Hideo Gosha's movies.

Well, i just don't thing there ll be english subs (maybe french forced subs...)

;)

shura-Where'd you hear about The Blade getting a French release?

where ?
In the Streetfighter's box (released few weeks ago), there's a teaser, you could see Ding On, he's training hard to master the broken heavy sword, and after you got "MAI 2006".
For further details, check http://www.asia-diffusion.com/new/dvd.php?id_dvd=2426
(it said available on 06/23/2006)

We are waiting for this dvd for more than 4/5 years !
hope it helps ;)

Thanks a lot man. You just made my day.

But, there's no subs. :(

I heard last year from someone in the know that there would be no further releases of the original (non-recut) Ashes of Time, so we can probably assume this is the remastered "director's cut" version. That said I doubt there will be English subs simply because TF1's recent release of As Tears Go By lacked them as well.

Yep, no english subs for HK vidéo's release, maybe even french forced subs.

About Ashes of Time, it seems it's the cut choosen by WKW himself (for the occidental market). But i don't know more.

X'll get wreck wreck, breakin your neck neck.
Your brain is the seed, like a bird I go peck peck.

To not be COMPLETELY off topic, does anyone have any idea how different the new cut of this (which I assume this is) was supposed to be from the one(s) we're familiar with?

Apparently it won't be a new cut after all. Sorry if I got anyone excited for nothing.

Any review of it so far?

it is a new cut , it is edited by about 8min