Flowers of Shanghai Blu-ray Staff Picks Muddy Waters

Muddy Waters

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'Apocalypse Now: Final Cut' Director: Francis Ford Coppola (1979/2019) 2 discs

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Flowers of Shanghai Blu-ray Staff Picks Muddy Waters'Flowers of Shanghai' Director: Hou Hsiao Hsien (1998) Shanghainese and Cantonese w English subtitles Criterion Collection Blu ray 4k restoration. Includes 'Beautiful Realism' documentary, interview, essay and more. Set across four 'flower houses' in 1880's Shanghai where confined courtesans sevice wealthy clients in opulent surroundings. The insular world lends itself to cruelty, tension and jealousies. Shot in a series of langurous long takes.