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The era-defining aesthetic of “In the Mood for Love”
- whall6 3y agoIf you enjoy In the Mood for Love, I would highly suggest watching the rest of his movies. Every single one is a masterpiece. Maybe start with Chungking Express for a more upbeat and fun movie.
- drexlspivey 3y agoCalifornia Dreamin is forever associated with Chungking Express now, it's impossible to listen to it without thinking of the movie.
- whall6 3y agoIt’s canned pineapple for me!
- JKCalhoun 3y agoAnd yet the opening soundtrack is like something from Philip Glass. Amazing soundtrack. (Also, Faye Wong covering The Cranberries, Dreams for the closing song - great.)
- hotnfresh 3y agoI think of Congo. Underrated when judged as a B (minus) movie.
- alamortsubite 3y agoIt's all subjective, but My Blueberry Nights is a masterpiece?
- bluepizza 3y agoI absolutely love it, and believe someday people will see it in a more favorable light. Most of the criticism seems to center around aesthetics over plot, which apply to all of his films, or that the characters are unrealistic fetishes, which again, apply to all of his films. Looking at an English speaking Wong Kar Wai film located in America may have brought some shock to the critics, who understood how disjointed his films are. But Cantonese speaking audiences already knew that. My Blueberry Nights is a masterpiece.
- fidotron 3y agoI definitely think his movies with Doyle are worth watching, but without . . . he just seems lost. Chungking Express, Fallen Angels etc. through to 2046, are cinematographic first with anything else a very distant lower priority. What seems so unusual is the reverse is also true. Doyle without Wong Kar-wai is not the same.
- gumby 3y agoLike Lennon and McCartney
- dzolob 3y agoThe Grandmaster is a poem too.
- ww520 3y agoSome of his movies were ahead of their time, like Happy Together [1], amazing directing and performance. The acting was soul crushing [2]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VPvFaAWX9U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VPvFaAWX9U [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlPsE0gKTd4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlPsE0gKTd4
- muro 3y agoThe first part was certainly pretty. The rest, I'm not sure. I found it quite boring.
- ilrwbwrkhv 3y agohttps://archive.ph/nNZh1 https://archive.ph/nNZh1
- gniv 3y agoThat page doesn't render correctly the intricate visuals of the original (which, btw, works for me without a subscription).
- bluedays 3y agoFun fact I discovered recently is that Lost in Translation was heavily influenced by In The Mood For Love.
- ghaff 3y agoIf not the whole thing there are definitely aspects of Lost in Translation that connect if you’ve ever been in the situation where someone was translating you.
- oska 3y agoI loved In the Mood for Love but loathed Lost in Translation. I don't see any parallels, either in mood or cinematography. I think Coppola is name-checking the earlier film to claim cred, as has been the story of her whole career, based as it is on the original 'cred' gifted to her by way of her surname.
- pavlov 3y agoIt’s good that this classic has been resurfaced by its stylistic cameo in “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — a movie which has a lot to admire, but tries so extremely hard to be clever and likable that it just fell completely flat for me. I watched it twice, and both times I just found myself wishing I was watching “In the Mood for Love” instead when the multiverse kaleidoscope spun that way.
- fasterik 3y agoAgreed. Everything Everywhere had a lot of style and the potential to be a great film, but it got bogged down in unfunny gags and sentimental cliches. Tár deserved to win best picture, in my opinion.
- CharlesW 3y ago> Everything Everywhere had a lot of style and the potential to be a great film… "Great" is subjective. We all experience art through our own lens, and for me it was magic. I'm glad that, sometimes, Weird Shit™ like Everything Everywhere All at Once, Swiss Army Man, etc. can somehow make it through a system that abhors risk.
- bluepizza 3y agoTár was subtly layered. I saw several people discussing it as if it was about "the separation of art and artist", when the film spent several minutes explaining how much of a talentless phony she was. EEAAT was much easier to digest. The message was embedded and one doesn't need to reflect on it, and make decisions about it.
- flappyeagle 3y agoYou misread Tar
- bluepizza 3y agoPlease expand, don't leave me hanging.
- shmde 3y agoHow are those things flying around ? Lots of CSS Transitions and Transforms ?
- et-al 3y agoYup! It's not the easiest page to inspect, but there's a healthy amount of `transform: translate3d` going on. Parallax scrolling is a good keyword to start with.
- rwmj 3y agoJia Zhangke (mentioned in the article as being influenced) directed a similar film with incredible cinematography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Is_Purest_White https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Is_Purest_White / https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7298400/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7298400/
- drexlspivey 3y agoBuying noodles never looked so good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypY9OaKCfRU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypY9OaKCfRU
- AlchemistCamp 3y agoThe movie that was in many ways its sequel, 2046, was also a masterpiece.
- vietthan 3y agoAnyone who wants more of movies like this, please check out "Past Lives". I call it "In The Mood For Love" in New York.
- liorben-david 3y agoNot about the content of the article, but there are few things as annoying as being hit with multiple popups preventing me from reading the article. I guess I expect it on shadier parts of the internet. Seeing it on the New Yorker is just embarressing.
- exodust 3y agoNever watched film but remember listening to Yumeji's Theme on repeat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1w4qnfux-o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1w4qnfux-o Live version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=923np_OxcG4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=923np_OxcG4 Didn't stay to read article - the barrage of animation uppers, downers and sideways contortion is not enjoyable!