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Wong Kar-Wai
Was born 17 July 1958, years active 1982 – present. Born in Shanghai then moved to Hong Kong with his parents when he was five. While he was growing up new to the area he struggled with the langue of the Hong Kong province. Later he went to Hong Kong Polytechnic College, where he studied graphic design. He then moved to a production training course organized by Hong Kong television broadcast limited (TVB) where he studied scriptwriting and then went on to become a full time script writer where he worked on eight different television projects. He then began working with Alan tang that owned the production house that celebrated on his first set of films, (Wong first film: As Tears Go Bye 1988). It was during this time that Wong style took shape. Exceptional at ‘art’ films, they are different to Hong Kong normal films, he is able to capture commonality with broader genre: expresser intensity, exaggerated, facial expressions, reactions, gestures etc. Wong belongs to the second New-Wave (Hong Kong) that belonged to the mid-1980s. Wong main themes that he covers in his films include: Identity and Hong Kong’s relation to China, history and the personal issues (directly or indirectly). Music is very prominent and a static element in all of Wong's work. In Wong’s work the concept of the ‘moment’ is a crucial component of Wong's oeuvre, the notion of time is a pervading concept in all of Wong's films, capturing time is a constantly evident, his camera doting on specific moments and intent on finishing difference in repetition. Points of note -1st Chinese to win the Best Director Award at Cannes film Festival (1997) -Director with the most films (6, all directed between 1989 to 2000) among the Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures, selected by Hong Kong Film Awards in celebration of 100 years of movies. -Does not use detailed scripts for his films. -He claims that the late Argentinean writer inspires his non-linear style of story telling Manuel Puig's novel titled "The Buenos Aires Affair". Wong Kar-Wai - what members say
Wong Kar-Wai - filmography
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Wong Kar-Wai facts5 most recent filmsMy Blueberry Nights - 2.5 starsMy Blueberry Nights - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars Eros - 2.0 stars 2046 - 3.0 stars In the Mood for Love - 3.5 stars 5 highest-rated filmsIn the Mood for Love - 3.5 starsFallen Angels - 3.5 stars Chungking Express - 3.5 stars Days of Being Wild - 3.0 stars Happy Together - 3.0 stars 5 lowest-rated filmsEros - 2.0 starsMy Blueberry Nights - 2.5 stars My Blueberry Nights - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars 2046 - 3.0 stars Fallen Angels - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars Most frequent co-starsMaggie Cheung - 10 times - show filmsTony Leung - 9 times - show films Rebecca Pan - 6 times - show films Leslie Cheung - 5 times - show films Takeshi Kaneshiro - 5 times - show films Most frequent directorsKar Wai Wong - 5 times - show filmsKar-Wai Wong - 2 times - show films Wong Kar-wai - 1 times - show films Wong - 1 times - show films Steven Soderbergh - 1 times - show films |
Beautiful cinematography 12 January 2005
...It's when I watched the accompanying 'making of' that I realised how Wong Kar-Wai and friends had to put this together from a huge amount of footage - whole characters were...
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Not a jump on point for Wong Kar-Wai 9 August 2006
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