Ashes of Time Redux

So way back in the 90s, one of our favorite modern filmmakers, Wong Kar Wai, was long in production and struggling with a film called Ashes of Time, a strange, surreal wuxia. Halfway through he needed to reenergize and went and shot a little film called Chungking Express. Remember that one? It rules and is still my favorite of his. Anyway, he finally finished Ashes, except nobody really gave a shit when it came out, and we've been subjected to shoddily-transferred alternate versions of the film. Someone eventually decided, though, that it might be a good idea to create a new, director-approved transfer of the film, which played at this year's Cannes film festival under the title Ashes of Time Redux, and this time time it was received much better. The film should be making a small theatrical run soon, and in the meantime here's a nice little interview with Kar-Wai about the film.