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How do I see this movie with English subs?


The only versions I've found have none :(

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hi, I feel for you... I have the DVD version, but alas it does not have the English subtitle version either... I am bilingual in Mandarine and English, but have mostly English and European friends, and would very much love to share this amazing film with them too... I can only hope that, now that the director is getting great international recognition, his old films would be revived somehow... Tony Leung is also now becoming rather well-known internationally, so hopefully that's all going to help towards getting Hou's older, no less established works out in the open. It is such an important piece of history too...

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Hello fans who are desperate to find A City of Sadness with English subs,

I've had the same expeirence when I desperately needed the movie for my graduate thesis.

You can acctually get one from Super Happy Fun http://www.superhappyfun.com/content.htm

The quality is ok with an affordable price, around $18 plus shipping. That's about the price I paid to have them sent to Taiwan. But it's a bootleg.

By the way, anyone who's seen any of Hou's films, please help me with the survey on Hou's audiences. The questionnaire takes less than two minutes to fill out, and if you currently live in Taiwan, you might also have the chance to win a coffee voucher. The links are as follows.

If you've seen Hou's films with Chinese subs, please click
<http://www.my3q.com/home2/187/mmyang/59285.phtml>;
If you've seen Hou's films with subs other than Chinese, please click
<http://www.my3q.com/home2/187/mmyang/89408.phtml>;

Best regards,
Yang, Mei-ying

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by the quality you mean the overall quality of the image and sound and stuff im guessing?
is the translation any good? (my experience with bootlegs has been all over the map, a couple times, the subtitle translation was better and more subtle and poetic than the official translation i saw in theaters when the film was finally released here, other times, the subs have been horrible)

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