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Filmmaker-A-Month: Wong Kar-wai Wrap Up
This was an interesting watch. I think WKW made 4 masterpieces right in the middle of his career and everything else is kind of disappointing. You can see in his other early films he’s putting the pieces together for greatness, building up to In the Mood for Love and 2046; finding his voice. With the latter, he successfully added a touch of epic sci-fi to his stylish love story that somehow works perfectly. The other times he’s tried for epic storytelling it just doesn’t work. Ashes of Time and Grandmaster kind of fall flat for me, even though they’re not a bad watch. Here are some further thoughts:
I knew nothing about Happy Together and really loved it. Beautiful story, beautifully acted. I think it might be the most progressive film I’ve seen from the 90s.
Tony Leung is just the best.
I’ve seen that a lot of people really like Fallen Angels for its odd characters and manic energy. I totally get that. Someone said it perfectly encapsulates a city at 2-5am. That might be why it made me super uncomfortable and it just wasn’t for me.
A lot of directors I’ve watched with this project end their films immediately. Story ends: hard out. I really like that. WKW does not. Many of his films have like 3 or 4 conclusion scenes before the credits roll.
I know the sci-fi train stuff is what makes 2046 unique but it’s definitely my least favorite part of the film. I think because they’re just on the train and nothing really sci-fi happens. Maybe if he had to fight his way to the front of the train and then kill Tilda Swinton?
This may seem like it was a short month but I did that on purpose because my May director has over 40 films, so I’ve already started that watch. Find out who that might be tomorrow. Thanks for following! Updates here or on Twitter and Instagram.
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Filmmaker-A-Month: Wong Kar-wai- Extra Credit Shorts
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
WKW directed short: I Traveled 900km to Give It to You
Director/Writer: Wong Kar-wai
Cinematographer: Pun-Leung Kwan
Starring: Wing Fan, Farini Cheung
Seen before: No
There’s Only One Sun (2007)
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Writer: Wong Kar-wai
Cinematographer: Philippe Le Sourd
Starring: Amelie Daure, Gianpaolo Lupori, Stefan Morawietz
Seen before: No
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Filmmaker-A-Month: Wong Kar-wai- Extra Credit Shorts
wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net (1996)
Director/Writer: Wong Kar-wai
Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle
Starring: Tadanobu Asano, Karen Mok
Seen before: No
The Follow (2001)
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Writer: Andrew Kevin Walker
Cinematographer: Harris Savides
Starring: Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Adriana Lima
Seen before: No
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Filmmaker-A-Month: Wong Kar-wai- Extra Credit
Eros (2004)
WKW directed segment “The Hand”
Directors/Writers: Wong Kar-wai, Steven Soderbergh, Michelangelo Antonioni
Cinematographers: Christopher Doyle, Marco Pontecorvo, Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Robert Downey Jr. Gong Li, Chang Chen
Seen before: Yes
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Filmmaker-A-Month: Wong Kar-wai- Day 10
The Grandmaster (2013)
Yi dai zong shi
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Writers: Wong Kar-wai, Jingzhi Zou, Haofeng Xu
Cinematographer: Philippe Le Sourd
Starring: Tony Leung, Ziyi Zhang, Jin Zhang
Seen before: No
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Filmmaker-A-Month: Wong Kar-wai- Day 9
My Blueberry Nights (2007)
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Writers: Wong Kar-wai, Lawrence Block
Cinematographer: Pun-Leung Kwan, Darius Khondji
Starring: Norah Jones, Jude Law, Natalie Portman
Seen before: No
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Filmmaker-A-Month: Wong Kar-wai- Day 8
2046 (2004)
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Writer: Wong Kar-wai
Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle, Pun-Leung Kwan
Starring: Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang
Seen before: Yes
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Filmmaker-A-Month: Wong Kar-wai- Day 7
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Fa yeung nin wah
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Writer: Wong Kar-wai
Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle, Pun-Leung Kwan, Ping Bin Lee
Starring: Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Siu Ping-Lam
Seen before: Yes
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Filmmaker-A-Month: Wong Kar-wai- Day 6
Happy Together (1997)
Chun gwong cha sit
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Writers: Wong Kar-wai, Manuel Puig (novel)
Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung, Chang Chen
Seen before: No
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Filmmaker-A-Month: Wong Kar-wai- Day 5
Fallen Angels (1995)
Do lok tin si
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Writer: Wong Kar-wai
Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle
Starring: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro
Seen before: No
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Filmmaker-A-Month: Wong Kar-wai- Day 4
Ashes of Time (1994)
Dung che sai duk
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Writers: Wong Kar-wai, Louis Cha (novel)
Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle, Pun-Leung Kwan
Starring: Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Leslie Cheung
Seen before: No
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Filmmaker-A-Month: Wong Kar-wai- Day 3
Chungking Express (1994)
Chung Hing sam lam
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Writer: Wong Kar-wai
Cinematographers: Christopher Doyle, Andrew Lau
Starring: Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung
Seen before: Yes
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Filmmaker-A-Month: Wong Kar-wai- Day 2
Days of Being Wild (1990)
Ah fei jing juen
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Writers: Wong Kar-wai, Jeffery Lau
Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung
Seen before: No
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Filmmaker-A-Month: Wong Kar-wai- Day 1
As Tears Go By (1988)
Gong Gok ka moon
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Writers: Wong Kar-wai, Jeffery Lau
Cinematographer: Andrew Lau
Starring: Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung
Seen before: No
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Filmmaker-A-Month: April- Wong Kar-wai
Wong Kar-wai
Born: July 17, 1958 in Shanghai, China
First feature film: As Tears Go By (1988)
Final feature film: The Grandmaster (2013)
Wong Kar-wai makes movies about love that look like they live in a kaleidoscope. Last September I put up a poll to select my director for the month and I was really hoping Wong would win, but now I’m giving myself the opportunity, I don’t care what you say. (You’ll say it’s good, I know you will). Really excited for this. I think I’ve only seen 3 of his films and love all of them. As I mentioned yesterday it’s a shorter month, only 10 films and some shorts, which will give me a chance to get a jumpstart on May because that one is going to be LOOOONG. So here we go!
Follow along on twitter, Instagram and here on Tumblr.
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Filmmaker-A-Month: Jonathan Demme- Wrap Up
I didn’t really know that much about Jonathan Demme and I gotta say, not only do I like a lot of his films but I like him as a person. He seems to have been a genuinely good person that cared about other people and put his empathy into his art. His less than great films really bum me out, especially the one that was recut and became mediocre. Above is my ranking and here are some further thoughts:
I still believe Silence of the Lambs is one of the best films ever made. Just flawless. Gets better every time I watch it.
His early comedies are fun and very unique. I didn’t know he was so similar to Robert Altman in his style. Melvin and Howard was not what I expected at all.
Stop Making Sense is the best concert film ever made. His other concert films are pretty good, too, but I just don’t really care for the musicians as much as I love Talking Heads. Couldn’t he have made films of only my favorite bands? That seems reasonable.
His documentaries are just as good as his narrative. The Agronomist and his Jimmy Carter doc are fantastic. And the latter is incredibly topical right now.
I really wish some day they’ll release a restored version of the Swing Shift director's cut. It’s a really fantastic version of a film that’s just okay. Original cut is a good film.
Ice cold take: they shouldn't have made more Hannibal movies. No need. You had a perfect thing.
Okay, now on to April. Spoiler, it’s a shorter watch because I’ll be getting a jump start on May, which has way too many films. Thanks for following! Updates here or on Twitter and Instagram.
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Filmmaker-A-Month: Jonathan Demme- Extra Credit
Jimmy Carter Man From Plains (2007)
Documentary
Director: Jonathan Demme
Writer: Jonathan Demme
Cinematographer: Declan Quinn
Starring: Jimmy Carter
Seen before: No
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