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Hong Kong versus US version
The information on the Amazon website indicates a running time of 130 minutes which is the running time of the Hong Kong version. The Weinstein US version was dramatically shorter at around 108 minutes. The two versions are different with some scenes added to the 108 minute version and some dramatic chopping of the Hong Kong 130 minute version to get to 108 minutes. In other words, neither of the two versions is complete. It is likely that the Amazon information on this release is incorrect. I would wait until this is sorted out before ordering. So if one wants a more complete version of The Grandmaster, then one would have to buy both versions. The director, Wong Kar Wai, is never finished in terms of editing the film. So that the theatrical release in the US was the Weinstein Bros version and that is a lot simpler than the more complex version that came out of Hong Kong. But both versions would be able to stand on their own.
