Days of Being Wild (re-release)

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

It's inexplicable that Wong's early masterpiece has been virtually absent from American screens since he completed it in 1991.

The New York Times Manohla Dargis

As he (Wong Kar-wai) floods the screen with beauty and fills the soundtrack with hypnotic rhythms, he forges a filmmaking style of incomparable eroticism.

Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

Sometimes cinema's highest achievements become clear only in retrospect. Days of Being Wild--now clearly revealed as one of the peaks of Hong Kong filmmaking and a masterwork of contemporary cinema giant Wong.

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

Wong Kar-wai's idiosyncratic style first became apparent in this gorgeously moody second feature.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

Its themes of passion, heartbreak and the inexorable passage of time are eternal.

Boston Globe Ty Burr

Days of Being Wild shows Wong discovering his own cinematic language, and he's as astonished as we are.

San Francisco Chronicle Carla Meyer

Superb.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Stephen Cole

It is a work of great beauty that rewards continued visits.

LA Weekly Kim Morgan

Like Proust's madeleine unleashing a flood of reminiscences in the narrator of his novel, Wong works the elements of his aesthetic — music, beautiful people and emotion — into a mood that so overtakes you it's nearly impossible to emerge from his films without feeling slightly drunk.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust

Director Wong is at his best in this rerelease of the 1991 film.

Austin Chronicle Joey O'Bryan

All those seriously interested in foreign cinema are encouraged to take a look at this atmospheric drama -- sure to be remembered as one of the key achievements of the Hong Kong cinema in the 1990s.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

Doyle's handheld camerawork is intimate and curious and his hazy colors radiate off the screen.

Village Voice J. Hoberman

Revived (with vastly improved subtitles) some 14 years after it first stunned Hong Kong critics, Days of Being Wild is a sort of meta-reverie populated by a cast of beautiful young pop icons.

TV Guide Staff (Not credited)

After years of work-for-hire, writer-director Wong Kar-wai found his creative voice, discovered his themes and styles, and solidified his collaborative creative team with this brilliant examination of one-way love and crashed relationships. (Review of Original Release)