Shanghai Triad (1995) Zhang Yimou - Gong Li - Film Movement - August 4, 2020

[ShellBeacher]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgIH...ature=youtu.be

**GORGEOUS HD RESTORATION RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON BLU RAY IN NORTH AMERICA**

**ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AND GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEE FOR BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM**

Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee, Shanghai Triad is a thrilling and sumptuously stylized potboiler about the Chinese criminal underworld of the 1930's from legendary director Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern, House of Flying Daggers). Hired to be a servant to pampered nightclub singer and mob moll Xiao Jinbao (Gong Li), naive teenager Shuisheng (Wang Xiaoxiao) is thrust into the glamorous and deadly demimonde of Shanghai s crime syndicates. Over the course of seven days, Shuisheng observes mounting tensions as triad boss Tang begins to suspect traitors amongst his ranks and rivals for Xiao Jinbao's affections. Zhang's inventive take on the gangster film is assured and attention-grabbing (Variety) and Gong's central performance, a portrait of a capricious and indulgent woman who gains depth as we watch her -- is one of her finest (Chicago Tribune).

Winner - Technical Grand Prize for Cinematography - Cannes Film Festival
Winner - Best Cinematography - Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. Awards
Winner - Top Foreign Films - National Board of Review
Winner - Best Foreign Language Film - National Board of Review
Winner - Best Cinematographer - New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Nominated - Best Cinematography - Academy Awards
Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film - Golden Globes
Nominated - Golden Frog - Camerimage ---

Bonus features include Trouble in Shanghai video essay by author Grady Hendrix and booklet with new essay by film critic and lecturer John Berra.

I know John Berra, so I wholeheartedly endorse this.

Nice to see this finally getting a US release! Not sure if this is a 4K restoration, or...

Let's hope this bodes well for the other Zhang Yimou/Gong Li 90s classics on Blu-ray or even... dare one dream... 4K?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1

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