Every Wong Kar-wai Movie Is Getting a 4K Restoration, Timed to ‘In the Mood for Love’ 20th Anniversary

Wong Kar-wai has announced his 10 feature films will all be getting 4K restorations.

The director recently told Filmmaker Magazine (via The Film Stage) that his plan is to have the restorations ready for a theatrical tour in 2020 to mark the 20th anniversary of “In the Mood for Love.” Wong’s feature films include “As Tears Go By” (1988), “Days of Being Wild” (1990), “Chungking Express” (1994), “Ashes of Time” (1994), “Fallen Angels” (1995), “Happy Together” (1997), “In the Mood for Love” (2000), “2046” (2004), “My Blueberry Nights” (2007), and “The Grandmaster” (2013).“We’ve been working on these restorations for a long time,” the director told Filmmaker.

“A few years ago I watched my film somewhere, looked at the monitor, and said, ‘Why does it look so messy?’ They said, ‘Now we are used to 4K projections, so you have to upgrade it, otherwise you will have those kind of feelings.’ We have been working on it.

Last year in Lyon,

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