Editing Raise the Red Lantern (section)

==Distribution==
''Raise the Red Lantern'' has been distributed on [[VHS]], [[Laserdisc]] and [[DVD]] by numerous different distributors, with many coming under criticism for their poor quality.

The Razor Digital Entertainment DVD release has been widely criticised. DVD Times states "Many other viewers will find this DVD release simply intolerable."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=60729|title=DVD Times - Raise the Red Lantern|access-date=8 August 2007|publisher=DVD Times|archive-date=17 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017000110/http://dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=60729|url-status=live}}</ref> DVDTown criticised the same release, giving the video quality 1 out of 10 and the audio quality 6 out of 10, summarising that "the video is a disaster".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dvdtown.com/reviews/raise-the-red-lantern/3468/2 | title=DVD review of Raise The Red Lantern | access-date=8 August 2007 | publisher=DVDTown.com | archive-date=28 September 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928055257/http://www.dvdtown.com/reviews/raise-the-red-lantern/3468/2 | url-status=live }}</ref> DVDFile adds to this stating "this horrible DVD is only recommended to those who love the movie so much, that they’ll put up with anything to own a Region 1 release."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.dvdfile.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5323&Itemid=3.html | title=DVDFILE.com | access-date=8 August 2007| publisher=DVDFile |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928121814/http://www.dvdfile.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5323&Itemid=3.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 28 September 2007}}</ref> The translation on this version has been also widely criticised for its numerous inaccuracies.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.dvdfile.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5323&Itemid=3.html | title=DVDFILE.com | access-date=8 August 2007| publisher=DVDFile | quote=The English subtitles contain an inordinate amount of typos and grammatical inaccuracies. |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928121814/http://www.dvdfile.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5323&Itemid=3.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 28 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=62333|title=DVD Times - Raise the Red Lantern|access-date=8 August 2007|publisher=DVD Times|archive-date=17 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017001112/http://dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=62333|url-status=live}}</ref> A release by Rajon Vision has also received poor commentary.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=6797 | title=Raise the Red Lantern (Da Hong Long Gao Gao Gua) (1991) | access-date=8 August 2007 | archive-date=29 August 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829200919/http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=6797 | url-status=live }}</ref>

ERA's first release received similar attention<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=2928 | title=DVD Talk Review: Raise The Red Lantern | publisher=DVDTalk.com | access-date=8 August 2007 | archive-date=6 August 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806104846/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?id=2928 | url-status=live }}</ref> but the second digitally remastered edition has been more warmly received with DVD Times stating that "It's a film that really needs a [[The Criterion Collection|Criterion]] edition with a new print or a full restoration, but in the absence of any likelihood of that, this Era Hong Kong edition is about as good as you could hope for."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=62333 | title=DVD Times - Raise the Red Lantern | access-date=8 August 2007 | publisher=DVD Times | archive-date=17 October 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017001112/http://dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=62333 | url-status=live }}</ref> DVDBeaver broadly agrees stating "Now, this is not Criterion image quality, but it is not bad at all. It is easily the best digital representation of this film currently available."<ref name="Raise the Red Lantern - Gong Li">{{cite web |url = http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReview/rtrl.htm#r |title = Raise the Red Lantern - Gong Li |publisher = DVDBeaver |access-date = 8 August 2007 |archive-date = 17 July 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070717000208/http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReview/rtrl.htm#r |url-status = live }}</ref> DVD Talk, though, believes that "This new version is a stunner".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=24343 | title=DVD Talk Review: Raise The Red Lantern | publisher=DVDTalk.com | access-date=8 August 2007 | archive-date=16 October 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016233018/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=24343 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

A new [[MGM]] release in 2007 has also received some positive feedback.<ref name="Raise the Red Lantern - Gong Li"/>