It is important to note why this is a complex topic. Wong Kar-wai is a living artist who painstakingly (some say misguidedly) altered his own work for the 4K release. He has explicitly stated that the old transfers are "wrong."
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That was why she found herself deep in the "Other Items" section of the Archive.org listing. The official upload had millions of views, but a user comment, posted twelve years ago on a forum thread linked in the description, caught her eye.
Archive.org’s web player compresses the video further. You need to (usually the largest file in the list) and play it through VLC Media Player or MPV.