Comrades: Almost a Love Story (03/03/2017)

[Marten]

Frigging finally!!! Best news I've heard in a while.

I can't believe it took them this long to release this. Couldn't even find a decent DVD of this for years.

One of Hong Kong's most underrated films. On par with WKW's best films minus the flash and glitz.

Really hope it's a good remaster.

http://dvd.jsdvd.com/product_info.php?products_id=33025

[Fabs]

Awesome! Even if it isn't great quality, at least we can get something that is easy to buy and not at scalper prices!

[nitin]

Wow great news out of nowhere.

[John_Drake]

Originally Posted by Marten

Really hope it's a good remaster.

Brilliant news!

Even if it isn't a stellar master, it still would be better than the shite DVD I have.

Day one.

[BleedOrange11]

Excellent! Loved this movie. It's likely the 4K remaster from L'Immagine Ritrovata.

[John_Drake]

Any word on possible subs?

[Fabs]

There's usually always English subs on these discs from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

[stobbart]

Doyle is hilarious in this film

[Dragon Lee]

korean release up for preorder at nova and kimchidvd.

[almo89]

Originally Posted by stobbart

Doyle is hilarious in this film

Seeing him drunk off his ass teaching his students gives me a chuckle each time.

[p_cqvist]

Originally Posted by John_Drake

Any word on possible subs?

It has English, Chinese and Korean subs according to the listing.

[DangerousG]

Theres actually a semi decent HDTV rip of Comrades out there in the wild but this remaster is definitely exciting news

[Phesstve]

Originally Posted by DangerousG

Theres actually a semi decent HDTV rip of Comrades out there in the wild but this remaster is definitely exciting news

I saw this "HDTV x264 1080p AAC-HQC" floating around, but most of the English subs are off sync (from what I hear). By the way, I am on the fence of this movie. Is it much better than the "Fly Me to Polaris" (1999), as that one was not so good (except for Cecilia Cheung doing a decent acting job)... It was a bit clumsy and seemed rushed to make....

[elite]

Originally Posted by Phesstve

I saw this "HDTV x264 1080p AAC-HQC" floating around, but most of the English subs are off sync (from what I hear). By the way, I am on the fence of this movie. Is it much better than the "Fly Me to Polaris" (1999), as that one was not so good (except for Cecilia Cheung doing a decent acting job)... It was a bit clumsy and seemed rushed to make....

I've never seen this movie because there haven't been any decent home video releases until (presumably) now. From everything I've read over the years though is that this movie is a classic.

[BleedOrange11]

For what it's worth, Comrades is the highest rated Hong Kong movie on IMDB (8.2/10). It's wonderfully made, and not underrated at all.

[John_Drake]

Anyone else having trouble completing an order with JSDVD.com?

I get to the payment page and then....nothing.

[elite]

Up for pre-order on DDDHouse:

http://www.dddhouse.com/v3/product_d...roductID=15966

[Tony208]

A top 5 romance film all time. Pre-ordered!

[ganlie]

DDDHouse preorder
http://www.dddhouse.com/v3/product_d...roductID=15966--- This is region A

Kimchi DVD pre-order
http://kimchidvd.com/en/good/goods.jsp?good_seq=21384 --- This is region 3



This is one of the most romantic movie that came out of Hong Kong in the 90's and probably still holds the title now. And Maggie Cheung shines with this performance. The previous DVD releases were generally had bad pictures or cropped out. The movie was a huge hit in Hong Kong and it has been playing in festival everywhere. Recently it was chosen as one of the Maggie Cheung film festival shown in New York. It won Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for Maggie in 1997 Hong Kong Film Awards. According to wikipedia: "The film has been screened theatrically for the first time in nearly a decade at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 2012 with a new 35 mm print supervised by director Peter Chan. The film will be shown at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in 2013." Hopefully this release reflects the new remaster from Peter Chan.

This is no brainer purchase if you love Asian movie and love Maggie Cheung. Considering Maggie is semi retired now, this is definitely a welcome release. Maybe someday Criterion will consider this movie as part of its catalogue.

[cardiac161]

KimchiDVD just revised the region coding for Comrades..it is now Region A.