Wong Kar-wai

by Brunette, Peter

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Title Statements

Full title :Wong Kar-wai / Peter Brunette.

Summary

Wong Kar-Wai traces this immensely exciting director's perennial themes of time, love, and loss, and examines the political implications of his films, especially concerning the handover of former British colony Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China. This book is the first in any language to cover all of Wong's work, from his first film, As Tears Go By, to his most recent, the still unreleased 2046. It also includes his best?known, highly honored films, Chungking Express, Happy Together, and above all, In the Mood for Love. Most importantly, Peter Brunette describes the ways in which Wong's supremely visual films attempt to create a new form of cinema by relying on stunning, suggestive visual images and audio tracks to tell their story, rather than on traditional notions of character, dialogue, and plot. The question of Wong Kar-wai's use of genre film techniques in art films is also explored in depth.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2005.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Illinois Press
Place of Publication:Urbana
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2005.

Notes

Includes transcripts of interviews with Kar-wai.

The Physical Object

Description:xviii, 149 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0252029925, 0252072375, 9780252029929, 9780252072376
oclc:ocm59350288
LC Classification:PN1998.3.W65
Dewey Decimal:791.4302/33/092

The films of Wong Kar-wai : As tears go by -- Days of being wild -- Ashes of time -- Chungking express -- Fallen angels -- Happy together -- In the mood for love -- 2046 -- Interviews with Wong Kar-wai.

Subjects

24.32 history of film art Cinema -- China Cinéma -- Histoire.l Cinéma -- Histoire.l. -- Chine Criticism, interpretation, etc Films Wang, Jiawei Wong, Kar-wai