Viva Erotica

Beloved Hong Kong icon Leslie Cheung (Happy Together) stars as Sing, an ambitious out-of-work filmmaker with two flops to his name. When his producer secures funding for his next project from a freshly cleaned-up Triad financier, he is saddled with the sexy Taipei starlet Mango (Shu Qi). Tasked with being more "Wong Jing than Wong Kar-wai" and encouraged by his long-suffering girlfriend (pop diva Karen Mok), Sing gets to work on his first softcore porno.

Featuring a star-making performance from the stunning Shu Qi (Millenium Mambo) as the production’s stubborn ingénue, alongside her Sex & Zen II co-star Elvis Tsui, Viva Erotica offers an electrifying behind-the-scenes look at the sleazy world of Category III filmmaking in a declining industry. Inspired by the career of Bosco Lam (A Chinese Torture Chamber Story) and Lo Chi-leung’s arduous experiences as an assistant-director-from-hell, the film is replete with tongue-in-cheek references and guest cameos from the likes of Anthony Wong (Ebola Syndrome) and Sean Lau Ching-wan (Running Out Of Time). Viva Erotica is an ode to artistry and perseverance that now stands as one of the defining Hong Kong films of the 1990s.

directed by: Lo Chi Leung, Derek Yee
starring: Shu Qi, Leslie Cheung, Karen Mok, Elvis Tsui
1996 / 99 min / 1.85:1 / Cantonese DTS-HD MA 2.0

Additional info:

• Region A Blu-ray
• High definition presentation
• Interview with director Lo Chi-leung
• Commentary by film scholar Brian Hu and journalist Ada Tseng of the podcast “Saturday School”
• Booklet with new writing by Ross Chen
• Optional English subtitles
• Optional Chinese subtitles
• New art by Derek Gabryszak & Leo Mak
• Limited Edition of 3000 copies