A Moment Of Romance Blu-Ray

Small-time gangster Wah Dee (Andy Lau, Infernal Affairs) is hired by triad boss Trumpet (Tommy Wong, The Killer) as a getaway driver for a risky heist that goes wrong. Dee thinks quickly and takes Jo Jo (Jacklyn Chien-Lien Wu, The Barefooted Kid) hostage to save his skin, but his bosses order her to be killed. They flee and begin a forbidden relationship while being hunted by both sides of the law. The film is produced by Johnnie To (Throwdown) and Ringo Lam (City on Fire) and sensationally directed by Benny Chan in his feature film debut. With breakneck pace and violence reminiscent of To and Takashi Miike, and Wong Kar-wai's beautiful and emotional style, the film offers fantastic performances from Lau and Wu in her debut film. A Moment of Romance is a classic of Hong Kong cinema that has been imitated often but rarely surpassed.

SPECIAL FEATURES

4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative

Original audio in uncompressed mono PCM

Archival interview with Benny Chan discussing his start in the industry, A Moment of Romance, and his collaborators on the film (2016, 21 min)

In Love and Danger: HK Cinema Through A Moment of Romance - A new visual essay by critic and Asian film expert David Desser on the genre tropes in A Moment of Romance and their use in Hong Kong cinema (2023, 26 min)

Audio commentary by Frank Djeng, expert on Asian cinema

Newly translated English subtitles by Dylan Cheung

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