Posts Tagged ‘In the Mood for Love’
An Appreciation – Chungking Express
There are few filmmakers who can capture the feeling of longing the way Wong Kar Wai does. Throughout his career, WKW has consistently revisited the ways in which people come together or fall apart. His characters are constantly moving, interacting or separating, or barely missing…
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An Appreciation – Lost in Translation
The beauty of life is that it is not made up of plots. We don’t go through our daily routines in three act structures where our actions slowly build up to a climactic peak. Most times, we move within our own bubbles not knowing where…
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Film Review – The Grandmaster
Wong Kar Wai (WKW) likes to take his time. For his latest film, The Grandmaster, some reports state the project was announced almost ten years ago. Others claim it took nearly five years to be completed, including one entire year just for editing. This is…
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Blu-ray Review – In the Mood for Love
The nice thing about The Criterion Collection is not only that they choose interesting titles to add to their ever growing catalogue, but that they also take care of the films that are already in it. This month brings the Blu-ray upgrade of Wong Kar-wai’s…
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Top 5 – Doomed Romances
Another Top 5 segment from The MacGuffin. This time Allen and Brandi share their top 5 doomed romances. This segment is also available on Stitcher and iTunes. The audio version can be downloaded directly from here. After you’ve watched the video please vote in our…
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Watching Wong Kar-Wai’s In The Mood for Love (2000) recently, I was reminded again of how great this movie is. Wong Kar-Wai is one of the world’s very best directors working today, having the ability to take simple themes such as love and loneliness, and…
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