Wong Kar-wai

by Brunette, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780252072376
• ISBN10: 0252072375
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-22
• Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

Summary

Wong Kar-Waitraces 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 unreleased2046. It also includes his best known, highly honoured 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. Peter Brunette is the Reynolds Professor of Film Studies at Wake Forest University. He has written books on Roberto Rossellini and Michelangelo Antonioni and is the co-author ofScreen/Play: Derrida and Film Theory. He is chief critic for indieWIRE.com and reviews regularly for the British trade journal,Screen International. A volume in the Contemporary Film Directors series, edited by James Naremore

Author Biography

Peter Brunette is the Reynolds Professor of Film Studies at Wake Forest University. He has written books on Roberto Rossellini and Michelangelo Antonioni and is the coauthor of Screen/Play: Derrida and Film Theory. He is chief critic for indieWIRE.com and reviews regularly for the British trade journal, Screen International.

Table of Contents

Photo Credits	x
Preface	xiii
TEARS, TIME, AND LOVE: THE FILMS OF WONG KAR-WAI	1	(112)
As Tears Go By	1	(15)
Days of Being Wild	16	(14)
Ashes of Time	30	(15)
Chungking Express	45	(12)
Fallen Angels	57	(13)
Happy Together	70	(16)
In the Mood for Love	86	(15)
2046	101	(6)
Notes	107	(6)
INTERVIEWS WITH WONG KAR-WAI	113	(22)
Filmography	135	(8)
Bibliography	143	(4)
Index	147

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