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Ashes of Time Alternate DVD Cover

Posted 2003-01-18 (土) 午前12:30 by terra

Once, when I was at a Wong Kar Wai forum, a guy posted a DVD cover that he had made for an amature design competition, as an alternative to the official Hong Kong DVD release of Ashes of Time. Seeing his work, I was also inspired to produce my take, the film being one of my all-time favourites. Around that time, I had ordered and just received a copy of the Japanese edition of the official soundtrack (gorgeous, lush soundtrack I might add).

Ashes of Time Alternate DVD Cover

The CD cover and inserts were printed on rough porous paper, which was lovely. It reminded one of the desert. Wanting to maintain a consistant look between the CD and the DVD, I decided to scan one of the images found in the the CD inserts, and digitially edited and blended it with a official still of the movie, together with a series of small photos to create a translucent rice-paper effect. I tested the print on some high DPI inkjet paper and found the result quite pleasing. I prefer it the official release which I feel was hastily done, as most Hong Kong DVD covers are.

Subjects: Film, Television & Anime 映像

Tags: DVD, Hong Kong, soundtrack, Wong Kar Wai

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hi, ashes of time is my

On June 3rd, 2008 Anonymous (not verified) said:

hi,

ashes of time is my favorite movie too. i have got the soundtrack but not the jap edition. and my CD cover is the one with all the characters on it. the cover looks really cool. may i know where you got ur soundtrack from? and anyway wong ka wai got ma-yoyo to edit the soundtrack for the new version of ashes of time. i wonder how it sounds. well, good day. nice to know that there are others who like to film too. :)

I got mine from Amazon Japan

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On June 5th, 2008 terra said:

I got mine from Amazon Japan a few years ago. The movie is called Rakuen no Kizu in Japanese, which translates roughly to “The Flaw of Paradise”: 楽園の瑕. The packaging, like most Japanese packaging, is superb. The cover of the Japanese DVD edition is really nice, but the price was so scary at that time and I wasn’t sure what the quality looked like so I didn’t dare invest in it.

I can’t wait for the new version of Ashes of Time. I hope it’s a major improvement although I really love the film as it is. To be honest I’m a bit scared that he might remove my favourite elements from the film (like the introduction, which was missing in the French version and the main reason why I did not upgrade earlier). If he were only to improve the quality of the image so I can replace my Mei Ah dvd, I would be happy as it is. I just wish he’d have a double edition, one with the original cut and one with the new cut, both remastered.