I've been following the controversy surrounding the recent Wong Kar-wai movies releases as both a fan of his movies and a physical media collector. The dramatic

I've been following the controversy surrounding the recent Wong Kar-wai movies releases as both a fan of his movies and a physical media collector. The dramatically different color grading (a detriment most notable in In The Mood For Love, where the added green has dulled the violent reds into drab and sunfaded maroons), and the altered aspect ratios achieved by stretching and cropping, yield movies that are so far removed from the originals that they look like someone slapped an Instagram filter and called it a day. The response that's stuck with me the most is the tinge of hypocrisy in WKW's championing of the revisions, stating that the viewers should let go of the nostalgia for movies, which they themselves are built upon. I'm glad I held on to the past releases, which I posit will remain the definitive versions in his canon.