Wong Kar Wai: A Five Film Retrospective

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Wong Kar Wai : A Five Film Retrospective

Thesis Statement : Wong Kar Wai 's art and style of storytelling and directing is built through his personal influences and Hong Kong 's political and social relationships

Wong Kar Wai 's development

As a storyteller

As a director

As an artist

Wong Kar Wai 's influences

Italian Neo- realism

French New Wave

Wong Kar Wai 's films

Brief synopsis

Chungking Express

Fallen Angels

Happy Together

In the

Mood for Love

2046

Analysis and Connections of the films

Screenplay

Characters

Plot

Themes

Directing

Cinematography

Comparison to other films

Wong Kar Wai as a postmodern artist

Wong Kar Wai : A Five Film Retrospective

Wong Kar Wai 's art and style of storytelling and directing is built through his personal influences and Hong Kong 's political and social relationships . Notorious for his unique approach and technique , Wong Kar Wai combines stories of the city , mostly tackling Hong Kong 's current social and political issues , with radical experimentation and audacious methods of directing . He started as an apprentice in one of Alan Tang Kwong-Wing 's production houses . Tang is the renowned owner of The Wing Scope Co . and In-gear Film Production Company and became Wang 's first producer for his first film As Tears Go by

However , before Wang considered himself as a full-time film director , he started first writing his stories for television . After he finished taking a course on graphic designing at the Hong Kong Polytechnic School , he furthered his studies by taking up at the Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited a course on a production training course offered by the said television station . From here , Wong Kar Wai sharpened his skills in screenplay . After almost five years , he was given his first break in film when Hong Kong actor- producer Alan Tang funded his first film . His stories run to almost all genres , ranging from action , comedy , drama to crime and romance . However , his most famous and award- winning films such as Chungking Express , Fallen Angels , Happy Together , and In the Mood for Love all narrate stories of affection and romantic love . On these movies , Wong Kar Wai tackles about the uncertainty of romance amidst the noise and the fast-paced life of the city . With this , Wong Kar Wai 's films are usually easily detected because of his consistent use of the ideas of time and love among his films . However , he regards Final Victory as his finest screenplay . A comedy- crime story , Final Victory is a film which he has written for the movie director Patrick Tam

As a director , on the other hand , Wong Kar Wai is detectable through his bold experimentations and views about film directing . He often employs alienation and dislocation in his filmmaking , two aspects that Tam has a major influence on him . Together with these , Wang also applies striking and salient visual aesthetic wherein colors are creatively used to stir atmosphere , mood , and emotions . Moreover , Wang prefers to focus on the details...