Spring Light Pictures Wong Kar-wai (China Film Century Classics Series · Director Series)

Author: Jiang Xin
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Wong Kar-wai, the Hong Kong director, is now a unique flag in the Hong Kong and even Asian film industry. This book takes his successful films such as Ashes of Time, Chungking Express, Happy Together, and In the Mood for Love as the main threads to deconstruct the unique perspectives in Wong Kar-wai's films, his refusal and evasion of life's wandering and search, and his highly modern view of time and space. "2046" belongs to the future, like a movie that hasn't even been scripted but is already shouting about its shoot. No one knows what will happen, nor does anyone know if it's a distant time or a twisted point on a calendar, a blurry line on a perpetual calendar, or just a half-coordinate on a map. If it's time, I never expected to live until 2046. By my estimate, the world's end should have come in 10 years. If it's space, I also never expected to arrive in 2046. It's like a virtual reality, paradoxical to the point of imagination. This book will tell you what's popular in 2046.
"Everyone goes through this stage. Seeing a mountain, you wonder what's behind it. I want to tell him that after crossing it, you might find nothing special, and looking back might be better." "The more you want to know if you've forgotten, the clearer you remember. I once heard someone say that when you can no longer possess something, your only option is to make sure you don't forget."—Wong Kar-wai's diverse forms achieve harmony, like a magic trick. This style blends Hollywood's commercialization with the meticulous perfection of an intellectual, leaving one speechless. Based on the personal creativity of the star, several different elements come together to form a whole. —From L’Humanite (Jean-Pierre Léonardini)
Before us is a great creator. His camera captures a dance, and his aesthetic genius makes people's emotions flow naturally. —From Le Monde (Jean-Luc Dantin)
Beautiful yet cold visuals are dizzying. Wong Kar-wai shows us his personal creative realm, brilliant and irresistible in charm. —From Zurban (Valdo Riedke)