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How Wong Kar-wai inspired filmmakers like Sofia Coppola and Barry Jenkin
- rado 6y agoBertolucci's “Besieged” (1998) surpassed WKW, but few people have checked it out.
- perfmode 6y agoEbert really didn't enjoy it. I assume you have good reason to recommend. What did he miss? https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/besieged-1999 https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/besieged-1999
- rado 6y agoThe French New Wave wandering spirit, the dynamic almost music video aesthetic etc. got a new life in WKW and with “Besieged” Bertollucci seemed to say, nice try kid, now watch this. All of the above plus politics, even more beauty and uncompromising vision.