Farewell My Concubine 4K UHD (Criterion Collection)

[MifuneFan]

Farewell My Concubine (1993) will be coming to 4K UHD from Criterion in July!

Farewell My Concubine 4K

https://www.criterion.com/films/3409...l-my-concubine

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration of the original director’s cut, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• New conversation between Chinese-cultural-studies scholar Michael Berry and producer Janet Yang
• Documentary from 2003 on the making of the film
• Interview from 1993 with director Chen Kaige conducted by journalist Charlie Rose
• Trailer
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: An essay by author and scholar Pauline Chen

New cover by Eric Skillman

A breathtakingly intimate romance unfolds against a sweeping backdrop of social upheaval in renowned director Chen Kaige’s sumptuous saga of passion, fate, and the transcendent possibilities of art. Spanning fifty years of twentieth-century Chinese history, Farewell My Concubine follows aspiring actors Dieyi (a heartbreaking Leslie Cheung) and Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) as they emerge from a childhood of brutal training to become Beijing-opera stars, with life mirroring art as Dieyi’s unrequited love for Xiaolou and the country’s changing political tides engulf them in their own personal tragedies of jealousy and betrayal. The first Chinese film to win the Palme d’Or is epic filmmaking of the highest order—visually and emotionally ravishing from frame to exquisite frame.

Farewell My Concubine (1993) | Trailer | Kaige Chen - YouTube

[trip66]

Holy crap! I've been waiting for a proper release forever. I got the Nova release from Korea some time ago, and its an ancient transfer. Can not wait!

[brian9229]

Finally, a new disc for my ancient BF #2, the bd is dreadful.

[Umdlye]

Bit puzzled by this being the only 4K release in July that doesn't seem to have HDR, but I'm sure it will look amazing regardless!

[Lope de Aguirre]

Cool - I will blind buy this film.

[TheBondFan]

Originally Posted by trip66

Holy crap! I've been waiting for a proper release forever. I got the Nova release from Korea some time ago, and its an ancient transfer. Can not wait!

You should read the international section more often

[trip66]

Originally Posted by TheBondFan

You should read the international section more often

I read it everyday. What are you getting at? The French 4k release?

[DAT_JB]

Ohh yes Finally!!!
Let this disc be good please. Otherwise great announcements.

[nicwood]

Originally Posted by trip66

I read it everyday. What are you getting at? The French 4k release?

This is the upcoming Carlotta UHD: https://laboutique.carlottafilms.com...-de-chen-kaige

This will be a FiM or LSP encode. Also, the Carlotta UHD has 2.0 audio in addition to 5.1!

[disco1979]

For some reason I didn't expect this to come from Criterion but it seems absolutely tailor-made for Criterion.

[NeoNical]

Really excited for this one. One of the best films of all time no doubt about it.

[chucktatum]

Originally Posted by nicwood

This is the upcoming Carlotta UHD: https://laboutique.carlottafilms.com...-de-chen-kaige

This will be a FiM or LSP encode. Also, the Carlotta UHD has 2.0 audio in addition to 5.1!

Only French subtitles though, unfortunately.

[amputd]

Never seen it. Day one!

[movieeddie]

MASTERPIECE! Day one for sure.Been waiting for this one.Hope it looks fantastic.Can't wait.

[bookcase]

Never seen this, but that trailer leaves me intrigued!

[ReVision]

I still haven't watched this film yet, might have to spring for this Criterion copy together with Le Samourai in July

[nicwood]

Carlotta France have just shown packaging pics of their new UHD and it shows that their master actually has HDR / DV compared to the SDR-only Criterion. It’d be interesting to see if it’s a homebrewed grade but they could have also made a HDR master out of Wings of Desire for example if they wanted to sell all of their 4Ks with HDR.

https://x.com/carlottafilms/status/1...397195489?s=46

[trip66]

Originally Posted by nicwood

Carlotta France have just shown packaging pics of their new UHD and it shows that their master actually has HDR / DV compared to the SDR-only Criterion. It’d be interesting to see if it’s a homebrewed grade but they could have also made a HDR master out of Wings of Desire for example if they wanted to sell all of their 4Ks with HDR.

https://x.com/carlottafilms/status/1...397195489?s=46

The slip from the Carolotta set looks mostly like the slip from the Nova blu-ray.
I was thinking of selling my Nova set on Ebay, but since the Nova is a Criterion like scanvo case, I think I'll keep the slip and put the Criterion 4k in it. The nova slip is beautiful. The Caralotta might be just as nice.

[Rauha]

French release.
Cannot comment on image quality yet. Have to back up and and remux with subs first before I can watch it.

[nicwood]

Originally Posted by Rauha

French release.
Cannot comment on image quality yet. Have to back up and and remux with subs first before I can watch it.

Feel free to visit the Carlotta release thread in the international section for more info. I’ve already posted caps there. It’s a gorgeous UHD with an excellent encode by LSP.