Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2022)

[DooK]

The much anticipated historical anthology movie, with segments helmed by veteran Hong Kong directors Sammo Hung, Ann Hui, Patrick Tam, Yuen Woo Ping, Johnnie To, the late Ringo Lam, and Tsui Hark. It's getting a bluray release on October 31, distributed by Panorama.

https://www.yesasia.com/global/septe...0-en/info.html

[Mr_Orange]

Is it really only 112 minutes long though?

Some coverage from City on Fire: Septet

Also available from DDDHouse: Septet on BluRay from DDDHouse

[apollo828]

Originally Posted by Mr_Orange

Is it really only 112 minutes long though?

That's my understanding, unless there's an alternate cut somewhere out there.

[DooK]

Originally Posted by Mr_Orange

Is it really only 112 minutes long though?

Some coverage from City on Fire: Septet

Also available from DDDHouse: Septet on BluRay from DDDHouse

According to movie reviews, 113 min is the runtime of the theatrical cut.

[Mr_Orange]

Originally Posted by apollo828

That's my understanding, unless there's an alternate cut somewhere out there.

Originally Posted by DooK

According to movie reviews, 113 min is the runtime of the theatrical cut.

Thanks. That seems very short for a film tackling multiple decades of Hong Kong's history. It probably amounts to 15 minutes per director.

[Mr_Orange]

Originally Posted by Futurhythm

They're only 10-15/20 minutes long.

Hmm, my interest in getting this on BD is waning.

Have you seen it?

[munin]

I think the consensus is "fine" but unremarkable and very safe (for obvious reasons).

[Mr_Orange]

Originally Posted by munin

I think the consensus is "fine" but unremarkable and very safe (for obvious reasons).

OK, understood. I think I'll pass then. I'm not really interested in a "version" of events that keeps the current dictator happy.