Wong Kar-Wai’s visually stunning In the Mood for Love, is a 2000 film set in Hong Kong 1962. The two protagonists, Chow Mo-Wan, and Su Li-Zhen (Ms. Chan), become neighbors where they learn about the infidelity of their partners. Through their mutual betrayal, they begin to develop an intimate bond, but fear expressing it to avoid devaluation of their character. Wong is able to exhibit the love and perversity that circulate throughout the film with minimal physical affection and dialogue. Particular
aesthetic. The reason is aesthetic that can create atmosphere and mood. Especially, one of the most famous Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai, who direct In the mood for Love (2000) put many elements in Aesthetic such as mise en scene, sounds, editing and the cinematography. Aesthetic is an essential factor to construct a character, and create mood. Especially Wong Kar Wai has unique aesthetic to elicit emotion. “” Those components can bring audiences into the movie. In this essay, I will argue that the
is aesthetic. The reason is that aesthetic can create atmosphere and mood. Especially, one of the most famous Hong kong director Wong Kar Wai, who direct In the mood for Love (2000) put many elements of Aesthetic such as Mise en scene, sounds and cinematography. Aesthetic is an essential factor to construct a character, and create mood. Especially Wong Kar Wai has unique aesthetic to elicit emotion. “” Those components can bring audience to the movie. In this essay, I will argue that the subject
Wong Kar Wai, born 17 July 1958 is a Shanghainese-born (Shanghai, a southern coastal city in People’s Republic of China) Second Wave director based in Hong Kong. Wong’s family emigrated from Shanghai to Hong Kong in 1963. For many Shanghainese, assimilation into the Hong Kong’s different dialect and cultural context proved to be difficult for most. These early experiences left a lasting impression and influenced three of his feature films set in the 1960s. Two of these films, In the Mood for Love
Wong Kar-wai’s Chungking Express (1994) follows two cops, Cop 223 (Takeshi Kaneshiro) and Cop 663 (Tony Leung Chiu Wai), as they navigate around their incidence with unrequited love and their ultimate decision to move on from such a disheartening position. However, the unique structure of the movie is that it translates both experiences separately, first with Cop 223, and half way through the movie the audience is introduced to Cop 663’s story. Throughout the film, though the main characters’ stories
speculative thriller. As the movie opened in a mahjong-game in Shanghai in WWII-era, we met Mrs. Mak, who was a undercover role played by Chia-Chi Wong(“Wong”)( played by Tang Wei), a serect agent of the puppet government of Japan Mr. Yee (play by Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) who was the assassinated target of Wong. Wong belonged to a troupe of drama students(“the troupe”) from Hong Kong University who plan this assassination. Lust, Caution, the next creation after Ann Lee had won the Best Director for Brokeback