Release Date: Jul 6, 2004 Region: 1 Runtime: 114 mins Studio: New Line Home Entertainment Audio:
ENGLISH: DTS 6.1 [CC] ENGLISH: DD-EX 5.1 [CC]
Video:
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color
Subtitles: English, Spanish Packaging: Keep Case Rating: R Features:
Beyond the Movie features The Science and Psychology of the Chaos Theory The History and Allure of Time Travel Fact Track All-Access Pass features Filmmaker Commentary by Co-Directors and Co-Screenwriters Eric Bress and j. Mackye Gruber The Creative Process Documentary Visual Effects Documentary Storyboard Gallery Original Theatrical Trailer DVD-ROM content Script-to-Screen Image Gallery Exclusive infinifilm Content And More!
Zhang Ziyi looks as beautiful as ever in Purple Butterfly, a film that takes her out of the martial-arts world of Hero and House of Flying Daggers. She plays a member of Purple Butterfly, an underground resistance group fighting against the Japanese aggression in early-1930s China. The movie's central dilemma comes when her ex-lover, a Japanese agent (Toru Nakamura), returns to Shanghai and is earmarked for assassination by Purple Butterfly. This compelling-sounding set-up is frustratingly unfulfilled, as director Ye Lou (Shuzou River) opts for an opaque brand of storytelling, in which chronology is jumbled and drama short-circuited. The film looks gorgeous, but it is close to impossible to understand what is going on at any given moment. If handsome images and dreamlike editing are enough, the movie might work for a very select group of patient viewers and Zhang Ziyi fanatics. --Robert Horton
Release Date: Sep 13, 2004 Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Features:
Commentary - 1. Filmmaker Commentary/Featurette - 1. All Access Pass/Documentary - 1. Beyond The Movie- The Science and Psychology of the Chaos Theory/Deleted Scenes/Original Theatrical Trailer/Photo Gallery/ Script To Screen - Director's Cut/Commentary Digest/Scene Medleys
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