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Comedies (Screwball)

2012-04-18T23:14:22Z

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== What is a Screwball Comedy ==
Screwball comedy is a particular slap-stick style comedy that came about during the depression era in America. 
It involves over-the-top humor but also always involves a romantic element. 
Essentially then it is a goofy romantic humor style. 
"A skillful blend of sophistication and slapstick." 

== Screwball in Chinese Cinema ==
Stephen Chow: Films highlight the best aspects of Screwball Cinema, the slapstick and the unexpected turns.
A Chinese Odyssey Part 1 and 2 
Kung Fu Hustle 
Shaolin Soccer 

== Resources ==
moderntimes.com/screwball/ 
IMDb Stephen Chow

Chinese Culture and Film

2012-04-18T22:47:50Z

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= Announcements =
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= Student contributions / mid-term papers / oral reports / reading in turns =
* [[Wong Kar Wai]] -- [[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] '''Mid-term paper, please comment/check the page [[Talk:Wong Kar Wai]]'''
* [[Stephen Chow]] -- [[User:Jon|Jon]] '''Mid-term paper, please comment/check the page [[Talk:Stephen Chow]]'''
* [[Street Angel]] -- [[User:Holly|Holly]] '''Mid-term paper, please comment/check the page [[Talk:Street Angel]]'''
* [[Gong Li]] -- [[User: RisR|RisR]] '''Mid-term paper, please comment/check the page [[Talk:Gong Li]]'''
* [[Ang Lee]] -- [[User: Jacob|Jacob]] '''Mid-term paper, please comment/check the page [[Talk:Ang Lee]]'''
* [[Family/Cuisine]] -- [[User: Chris1|Chris1]] '''Mid-term paper, please comment/check the page [[Talk:Family/Cuisine]]'''

* [[Zhang Yimou]] -- [[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]]

* [[Success of Chinese Film Since 1984]] -- [[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]]

* [[Comedies (Screwball)]] -- [[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]]

* [[Chen Kaige]] -- [[User:RisR.|RisR.]]

* [[Beijing Film Academy]] -- [[User:RisR.|RisR.]]

* [[Jackie Chan]] -- [[User:RisR.|RisR.]]

* [[Infernal_Affairs_and_The_Departed]] -- [[User:Jon|Jon]]

* [[Hong_Kong_Film_Awards]] -- [[User:Jon|Jon]]

Comedies

2012-04-18T22:47:28Z

Success of Chinese Film Since 1984

2012-04-18T22:44:47Z

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== Deng Xiaoping ==
Reached an agreement with Britain to return Hong Kong back to Chinese control in 1997. 
Refered to as a "whirlwind" because he was so busy in helping to change China. 
Spent the time before 1984 traveling around the world promoting China. 
Initiated the Open Door Policy. 
1984 was also the year that China reached self-sufficiency in production of food. 

== Open Door Policy ==
Although the open door policy was officially a policy regarding equal and fair trade with China, what it ultimately resulted in was opening the door of China for the world to peer in. 
For the first time, people around the world were getting a glimpse into a country that previously was only known in myths and tales. 

== Artistic Freedom ==
Deng, while disagreeing with many of the politics of Mao's reign, also disagreed with the suppression of the arts. 
This directly lead into the Beijing Film School and the fifth generation filmmakers. 

== Fifth Generation Film Makers ==
Zhang Yimou 
Chen Kaige 
Tian ZhuangZhuang 
Wu Ziniu 
Huang Jianxin 
First generation after the open-door policy. 
Graduated in the 1980s 
Yellow Earth: directed by Chen Kaige and cinematography by Zhang Yimou; radically different from any previous Chinese films.

== Red Sorghum ==
1987 
Internationally renowned for it's beautiful cinematography, directed by Zhang Yimou. 

== Media ==
All of these goings on were bringing China into the media globally and people were really interested in China and could actually glimpse in for the first time in history. 
Films then, were a perfect medium for foreigners to view this mysterious country. 

== Conclusion ==
The success of films in 1984 was due, in my opinion, to China's opening up, to Deng Xiaoping's reforms, to the fifth generation filmmaker's distinct styles, and to the global media exposure of all of this.

== Resources ==

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/inside.china/profiles/deng.xiaoping/ 
http://www1.chinaculture.org/library/2008-01/18/content_68045.htm 
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0955443/ 
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/429642/Open-Door-policy

--[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 22:07, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Chinese Culture and Film

2012-04-15T21:39:00Z

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= Announcements =
'''Good news! Powerpoint files can now be uploaded directly using [[Special:Upload]]'''
= Student contributions / mid-term papers / oral reports / reading in turns =
* [[Wong Kar Wai]] -- [[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] '''Mid-term paper, please comment/check the page [[Talk:Wong Kar Wai]]'''
* [[Stephen Chow]] -- [[User:Jon|Jon]] '''Mid-term paper, please comment/check the page [[Talk:Stephen Chow]]'''
* [[Street Angel]] -- [[User:Holly|Holly]] '''Mid-term paper, please comment/check the page [[Talk:Street Angel]]'''
* [[Gong Li]] -- [[User: RisR|RisR]] '''Mid-term paper, please comment/check the page [[Talk:Gong Li]]'''
* [[Ang Lee]] -- [[User: Jacob|Jacob]] '''Mid-term paper, please comment/check the page [[Talk:Ang Lee]]'''
* [[Family/Cuisine]] -- [[User: Chris1|Chris1]] '''Mid-term paper, please comment/check the page [[Talk:Family/Cuisine]]'''

* [[Zhang Yimou]] -- [[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]]

* [[Success of Chinese Film Since 1984]] -- [[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]]

* [[Comedies]] -- [[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]]

* [[Chen Kaige]] -- [[User:RisR.|RisR.]]

* [[Beijing Film Academy]] -- [[User:RisR.|RisR.]]

* [[Jackie Chan]] -- [[User:RisR.|RisR.]]

* [[Infernal_Affairs_and_The_Departed]] -- [[User:Jon|Jon]]

* [[Hong_Kong_Film_Awards]] -- [[User:Jon|Jon]]

Talk:Wong Kar Wai

2012-03-04T20:41:59Z

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Good luck! [[User:Root|Root]] 19:18, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Dear Karly, can you look into handout2.doc and try to add some more genuine thoughts, the article so far looks pretty descriptive and encyclopaedic to me. Thank you very much! [[User:Root|Root]] 19:25, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Hey i noticed that you have a "[4]" in your rewards section "1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4]." I would also add more to the thoughts section about maybe a few more things that you really enjoyed about the film. Can you think of specific scenes in which he demonstrated those great visual and intellectual brilliance? I say that because i agree with you on that part. [[User:Zhongwen dianying|Zhongwen dianying]] 20:58, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback! I went ahead and deleted the [4] and I tried to add a bit more to my thoughts section in regards to what I enjoyed about In the Mood for Love. --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 03:19, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Hey Keeley, I think this looks so great! The only thing I would maybe change is that I don't think you need to use both names when crediting a source paranthetically. For example, instead of saying (Scott Tobias), I think you only need (Tobias). Everything else looks fantastic!! :) [[User:CharlotteCharles|CharlotteCharles]] 03:27, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

I've been using your page as a template for my own. Well done. -Jon

Thanks again!

Wong Kar Wai

2012-03-04T03:17:48Z

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== '''Early Life''' ==
Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956. 
In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai
When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong. 
Spent a lot of time as a child watching movies with his mother which instilled in him a love of film(Scott Tobias). 
Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. 
Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie. 
Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). 
His first real hit was Days of Being Wild which is also considered to be the first of an informal trilogy that later includes In the Mood for Love and 2046.(Bryan Walsh) 
[[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]

(IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)

==''' Filmography''' ==

 
'''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. 
'''1990 Days of Being Wild''': The movie that shot Wong Kar Wai into international popularity. This is the first movie in Wong's unofficial trilogy. The movie is about a man who finds out the he is adopted but can't find his mother because his adopted mother won't tell him. He develops a relationship with two very different women and doesn't have the emotional capability of choosing between the two which ultimately leads to heartbreak all around. 
'''1994 Chungking Express''': A movie about two seperate cops and the relationships they have with somewhat nefarious women. This film brought Wong Kar Wai into the American spotlight when director Quentin Tarantino watched it and became a major fan and promoter of Wong (Scott Tobias). 
'''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings. 
'''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. 
'''1997 Happy Together''': "a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina." (Scott Tobias) 
'''2000 In the Mood for Love''': Considered the second movie in the unofficial trilogy(Bryan Walsh), In the Mood for Love is a movie about a man and woman who find out their spouses are cheating with each other and form a relationship around this awkward bond. The movie deals with struggling against society and against emotion. 
'''2004 2046''': Made at the same time as In the Mood for Love, 2046 is about a man seeking the woman he loves in another time and dealing with other relationships as he seeks to fill the space she left. This movie is considered to be the final movie in the unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh). 
'''2007 My Blueberry Nights''': Wong's only American production, My Blueberry Nights is about a disillusioned young woman who travels seeking love and the characters she meets along the way. 
'''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) 

(IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)

== '''Style''' ==
[[File:ITMFL Francesca M. Fontana.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A scene from In the Mood for Love by Francesca M. Fontana.]]
'''Time:''' "The device of the intersection is a Wong Kar-wai hallmark. He has used two parallel stories since his directorial debut in 1988" Along with the intersection, when one watches a movie by Wong Kar Wai, one is bound to observe that his movies are never a linear time frame, they are fragmented.(Audrey Yue; p.144) 
'''Romance:''' Wong's unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh) focuses on the different relationship stages that his characters go through. He addresses many complicated relationships and the emotional issues that accompany them. 
'''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: "Most of my films deal with people who are stuck in certain routines and habits that don't make them happy. They want to change, but they need something to push them. I think it's mostly love that causes them to break their routines and move on. That's why we always want to repeat shots, to show the routines and the changes as they happen." (Scott Tobias) 
'''Pre-Production:''' [http://www.youtube.com/embed/lQ3nS80QE9E Wong typically doesn't believe in using pre-production as he believes that the raw material from a first take is what makes a movie. He likes his actors/actresses to become the character.] 
'''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. 
'''Actors/Actresses:'''Wong is known for his tendency to use the same actors and actresses repeatedly throughout his films. His main actor, Tony Leung has played in six of his films and is currently filming the seventh (IMDb; Tony Leung). His favorite actress Maggie Cheung has been in five of his films (IMDb; Maggie Cheung). The reason he does this is because "[n]ormally, filmmakers would just write a script and cast people to act as certain characters in the story. But in [his] way of doing things, [he has] the actors in my mind already, so [he's] trying to borrow something that's unique to them" (Scott Tobias). 
'''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' "As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas" (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and "[he] understood that directors always wanted to change what was originally written, to improve on it. In [his] case, [he's] always thought in terms of images, so as these images occur to [him], [he has] to continue to revise the plan in order to accommodate them." (Scott Tobias) 

=='''Awards'''==
Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include: 
1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild) 
1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express) 
1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together) 
2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love) 
2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046) 
2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love) 
2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)
1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)

(IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)

== '''Thoughts''' ==
As I studied Wong Kar Wai and looked at the trailers for his films, as well as watching In the Mood for Love and 2046, I came to gain a deep respect for him. When I had read interviews from other Chinese film directors, I had been disappointed to find them to be egotistical, just like the typical American director. They all seemed to think they were as special as everyone else thought they were. But as I read and watched interviews of Wong Kar Wai, I was honestly impressed by his humility and his true ingenuity in the film industry. His lack of formal training, I feel, benefited him greatly. By not knowing how everyone else made films, he was able to create true art, unique to him. And yet he is continually humble about this ability and I find that highly admirable.
I will admit that In the Mood for Love is his only movie that I can say is up my alley, but I am more than willing to acknowledge that I just generally don't watch art house films. But In the Mood for Love was just stunningly beautiful. He captured the tension, the raw emotions of the situation so well without ever being graphic or explicit. I also enjoyed his use of colors and outfits. It was a rare film that was both visually and intellectually stimulating. One scene from the movie that just struck me for some reason was when Mrs. Chan went down to get noodles and passed Mr. Chow. For some reason the tension, the strangeness of the situation was so apparent to me. Each scene that they were together after they found out about the affair the tension between the two was tangible. Wong does an incredible job not only picking actors and actresses that have great chemistry but filming scenes where the emotions jump out at you and drag you deep into the movie.
Ultimately, I would be willing to watch more of his movies and to recommend the ones that I have seen. I consider Wong Kar Wai to be an exceptional film maker and a sign of the true creativity that is capable of coming out of the Chinese film industry now.

== '''References''' ==
Bryan Walsh, . ""We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love"." Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html>. 
"Maggie Cheung." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/>. 
"Tony Leung Chiu Wai." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/>. 
Tobias, Scott. "Wong Kar-Wai." Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/>. 
"Kar Wai Wong." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/>. 
Yue, Audrey. "18 In the Mood for Love: Intersections of Hong Kong Modernity." Chinese Films in Focus II. London: BFI, 2008. 144-52. Print. 

--[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 02:55, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Wong Kar Wai

2012-03-04T03:14:26Z

71.199.6.161: /* Awards */

== '''Early Life''' ==
Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956. 
In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai
When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong. 
Spent a lot of time as a child watching movies with his mother which instilled in him a love of film(Scott Tobias). 
Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. 
Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie. 
Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). 
His first real hit was Days of Being Wild which is also considered to be the first of an informal trilogy that later includes In the Mood for Love and 2046.(Bryan Walsh) 
[[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]

(IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)

==''' Filmography''' ==

 
'''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. 
'''1990 Days of Being Wild''': The movie that shot Wong Kar Wai into international popularity. This is the first movie in Wong's unofficial trilogy. The movie is about a man who finds out the he is adopted but can't find his mother because his adopted mother won't tell him. He develops a relationship with two very different women and doesn't have the emotional capability of choosing between the two which ultimately leads to heartbreak all around. 
'''1994 Chungking Express''': A movie about two seperate cops and the relationships they have with somewhat nefarious women. This film brought Wong Kar Wai into the American spotlight when director Quentin Tarantino watched it and became a major fan and promoter of Wong (Scott Tobias). 
'''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings. 
'''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. 
'''1997 Happy Together''': "a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina." (Scott Tobias) 
'''2000 In the Mood for Love''': Considered the second movie in the unofficial trilogy(Bryan Walsh), In the Mood for Love is a movie about a man and woman who find out their spouses are cheating with each other and form a relationship around this awkward bond. The movie deals with struggling against society and against emotion. 
'''2004 2046''': Made at the same time as In the Mood for Love, 2046 is about a man seeking the woman he loves in another time and dealing with other relationships as he seeks to fill the space she left. This movie is considered to be the final movie in the unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh). 
'''2007 My Blueberry Nights''': Wong's only American production, My Blueberry Nights is about a disillusioned young woman who travels seeking love and the characters she meets along the way. 
'''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) 

(IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)

== '''Style''' ==
[[File:ITMFL Francesca M. Fontana.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A scene from In the Mood for Love by Francesca M. Fontana.]]
'''Time:''' "The device of the intersection is a Wong Kar-wai hallmark. He has used two parallel stories since his directorial debut in 1988" Along with the intersection, when one watches a movie by Wong Kar Wai, one is bound to observe that his movies are never a linear time frame, they are fragmented.(Audrey Yue; p.144) 
'''Romance:''' Wong's unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh) focuses on the different relationship stages that his characters go through. He addresses many complicated relationships and the emotional issues that accompany them. 
'''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: "Most of my films deal with people who are stuck in certain routines and habits that don't make them happy. They want to change, but they need something to push them. I think it's mostly love that causes them to break their routines and move on. That's why we always want to repeat shots, to show the routines and the changes as they happen." (Scott Tobias) 
'''Pre-Production:''' [http://www.youtube.com/embed/lQ3nS80QE9E Wong typically doesn't believe in using pre-production as he believes that the raw material from a first take is what makes a movie. He likes his actors/actresses to become the character.] 
'''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. 
'''Actors/Actresses:'''Wong is known for his tendency to use the same actors and actresses repeatedly throughout his films. His main actor, Tony Leung has played in six of his films and is currently filming the seventh (IMDb; Tony Leung). His favorite actress Maggie Cheung has been in five of his films (IMDb; Maggie Cheung). The reason he does this is because "[n]ormally, filmmakers would just write a script and cast people to act as certain characters in the story. But in [his] way of doing things, [he has] the actors in my mind already, so [he's] trying to borrow something that's unique to them" (Scott Tobias). 
'''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' "As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas" (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and "[he] understood that directors always wanted to change what was originally written, to improve on it. In [his] case, [he's] always thought in terms of images, so as these images occur to [him], [he has] to continue to revise the plan in order to accommodate them." (Scott Tobias) 

=='''Awards'''==
Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include: 
1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild) 
1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express) 
1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together) 
2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love) 
2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046) 
2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love) 
2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)
1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)

(IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)

== '''Thoughts''' ==
As I studied Wong Kar Wai and looked at the trailers for his films, as well as watching In the Mood for Love and 2046, I came to gain a deep respect for him. When I had read interviews from other Chinese film directors, I had been disappointed to find them to be egotistical, just like the typical American director. They all seemed to think they were as special as everyone else thought they were. But as I read and watched interviews of Wong Kar Wai, I was honestly impressed by his humility and his true ingenuity in the film industry. His lack of formal training, I feel, benefited him greatly. By not knowing how everyone else made films, he was able to create true art, unique to him. And yet he is continually humble about this ability and I find that highly admirable.
I will admit that In the Mood for Love is his only movie that I can say is up my alley, but I am more than willing to acknowledge that I just generally don't watch art house films. But In the Mood for Love was just stunningly beautiful. He captured the tension, the raw emotions of the situation so well without ever being graphic or explicit. I also enjoyed his use of colors and outfits. It was a rare film that was both visually and intellectually stimulating.
Ultimately, I would be willing to watch more of his movies and to recommend the ones that I have seen. I consider Wong Kar Wai to be an exceptional film maker and a sign of the true creativity that is capable of coming out of the Chinese film industry now.

== '''References''' ==
Bryan Walsh, . ""We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love"." Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html>. 
"Maggie Cheung." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/>. 
"Tony Leung Chiu Wai." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/>. 
Tobias, Scott. "Wong Kar-Wai." Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/>. 
"Kar Wai Wong." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/>. 
Yue, Audrey. "18 In the Mood for Love: Intersections of Hong Kong Modernity." Chinese Films in Focus II. London: BFI, 2008. 144-52. Print. 

--[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 02:55, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Wong Kar Wai

2012-02-29T23:22:20Z

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== '''Early Life''' ==
Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956. 
In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai
When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong. 
Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. 
Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie. 
Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). 
His first real hit was Days of Being Wild which is also considered to be the first of an informal trilogy that later includes In the Mood for Love and 2046.(Bryan Walsh) 
[[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]

(IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)

==''' Filmography''' ==

 
'''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. 
'''1990 Days of Being Wild''': The movie that shot Wong Kar Wai into international popularity. This is the first movie in Wong's unofficial trilogy. The movie is about a man who finds out the he is adopted but can't find his mother because his adopted mother won't tell him. He develops a relationship with two very different women and doesn't have the emotional capability of choosing between the two which ultimately leads to heartbreak all around. 
'''1994 Chungking Express''': A movie about two seperate cops and the relationships they have with somewhat nefarious women. This film brought Wong Kar Wai into the American spotlight when director Quentin Tarantino watched it and became a major fan and promoter of Wong (Scott Tobias). 
'''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings. 
'''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. 
'''1997 Happy Together''': "a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina." (Scott Tobias) 
'''2000 In the Mood for Love''': Considered the second movie in the unofficial trilogy(Bryan Walsh), In the Mood for Love is a movie about a man and woman who find out their spouses are cheating with each other and form a relationship around this awkward bond. The movie deals with struggling against society and against emotion. 
'''2004 2046''': Made at the same time as In the Mood for Love, 2046 is about a man seeking the woman he loves in another time and dealing with other relationships as he seeks to fill the space she left. This movie is considered to be the final movie in the unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh). 
'''2007 My Blueberry Nights''': Wong's only American production, My Blueberry Nights is about a disillusioned young woman who travels seeking love and the characters she meets along the way. 
'''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) 

== '''Style''' ==
 
Wong is known for his signature art house films 
'''Time:''' Wong tends to kind of mess with time in his movies. He rarely uses a traditional story format but instead prefers to move forward, backward, or in both directs within a film. His films are therefore typically not chronological. 
'''Romance:''' Wong's unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh) focuses on the different relationship stages that his characters go through. He addresses many complicated relationships and the emotional issues that accompany them. 
'''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: "Most of my films deal with people who are stuck in certain routines and habits that don't make them happy. They want to change, but they need something to push them. I think it's mostly love that causes them to break their routines and move on. That's why we always want to repeat shots, to show the routines and the changes as they happen." (Scott Tobias) 
'''Pre-Production:''' [http://www.youtube.com/embed/lQ3nS80QE9E Wong typically doesn't believe in using pre-production as he believes that the raw material from a first take is what makes a movie. He likes his actors/actresses to become the character.] 
'''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. 
'''Actors/Actresses:'''Wong is known for his tendency to use the same actors and actresses repeatedly throughout his films. His main actor, Tony Leung has played in six of his films and is currently filming the seventh (IMDb; Tony Leung). His favorite actress Maggie Cheung has been in five of his films (IMDb; Maggie Cheung). The reason he does this is because "[n]ormally, filmmakers would just write a script and cast people to act as certain characters in the story. But in [his] way of doing things, [he has] the actors in my mind already, so [he's] trying to borrow something that's unique to them" (Scott Tobias). 
'''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' "As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas" (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and "[he] understood that directors always wanted to change what was originally written, to improve on it. In [his] case, [he's] always thought in terms of images, so as these images occur to [him], [he has] to continue to revise the plan in order to accommodate them." (Scott Tobias) 

=='''Awards'''==
Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include: 
1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild) 
1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express) 
1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4] 
2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love) 
2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046) 
2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love) 
2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)
1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)

(IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)

== '''References''' ==
Bryan Walsh, . ""We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love"." Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html>. 
"Maggie Cheung." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/>. 
"Tony Leung Chiu Wai." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/>. 
Tobias, Scott. "Wong Kar-Wai." Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/>. 
"Kar Wai Wong." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/>.

Wong Kar Wai

2012-02-29T23:22:02Z

71.199.6.161: /* Style */

== '''Early Life''' ==
Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956. 
In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai
When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong. 
Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. 
Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie. 
Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). 
His first real hit was Days of Being Wild which is also considered to be the first of an informal trilogy that later includes In the Mood for Love and 2046.(Bryan Walsh) 
[[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]

(IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)

==''' Filmography''' ==

 
'''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. 
'''1990 Days of Being Wild''': The movie that shot Wong Kar Wai into international popularity. This is the first movie in Wong's unofficial trilogy. The movie is about a man who finds out the he is adopted but can't find his mother because his adopted mother won't tell him. He develops a relationship with two very different women and doesn't have the emotional capability of choosing between the two which ultimately leads to heartbreak all around. 
'''1994 Chungking Express''': A movie about two seperate cops and the relationships they have with somewhat nefarious women. This film brought Wong Kar Wai into the American spotlight when director Quentin Tarantino watched it and became a major fan and promoter of Wong (Scott Tobias). 
'''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings. 
'''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. 
'''1997 Happy Together''': "a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina." (Scott Tobias) 
'''2000 In the Mood for Love''': Considered the second movie in the unofficial trilogy(Bryan Walsh), In the Mood for Love is a movie about a man and woman who find out their spouses are cheating with each other and form a relationship around this awkward bond. The movie deals with struggling against society and against emotion. 
'''2004 2046''': Made at the same time as In the Mood for Love, 2046 is about a man seeking the woman he loves in another time and dealing with other relationships as he seeks to fill the space she left. This movie is considered to be the final movie in the unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh). 
'''2007 My Blueberry Nights''': Wong's only American production, My Blueberry Nights is about a disillusioned young woman who travels seeking love and the characters she meets along the way. 
'''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) 

== '''Style''' ==
 
Wong is known for his signature art house films 
'''Time:''' Wong tends to kind of mess with time in his movies. He rarely uses a traditional story format but instead prefers to move forward, backward, or in both directs within a film. His films are therefore typically not chronological. 
'''Romance:''' Wong's unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh) focuses on the different relationship stages that his characters go through. He addresses many complicated relationships and the emotional issues that accompany them. 
'''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: "Most of my films deal with people who are stuck in certain routines and habits that don't make them happy. They want to change, but they need something to push them. I think it's mostly love that causes them to break their routines and move on. That's why we always want to repeat shots, to show the routines and the changes as they happen." (Scott Tobias) 
'''Pre-Production:''' [http://www.youtube.com/embed/lQ3nS80QE9E Wong typically doesn't believe in using pre-production as he believes that the raw material from a first take is what makes a movie. He likes his actors/actresses to become the character.] 
'''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. 
'''Actors/Actresses:'''Wong is known for his tendency to use the same actors and actresses repeatedly throughout his films. His main actor, Tony Leung has played in six of his films and is currently filming the seventh (IMDb; Tony Leung). His favorite actress Maggie Cheung has been in five of his films (IMDb; Maggie Cheung). The reason he does this is because "[n]ormally, filmmakers would just write a script and cast people to act as certain characters in the story. But in [his] way of doing things, [he has] the actors in my mind already, so [he's] trying to borrow something that's unique to them" (Scott Tobias). 
'''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' "As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas" (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and "[he] understood that directors always wanted to change what was originally written, to improve on it. In [his] case, [he's] always thought in terms of images, so as these images occur to [him], [he has] to continue to revise the plan in order to accommodate them." (Scott Tobias) 

=='''Awards'''==
Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include: 
1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild) 
1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express) 
1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4] 
2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love) 
2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046) 
2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love) 
2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)
1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)

(IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)

==''' Bibliography''' ==

 
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/bio 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Kar-wai 
http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/ 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== '''References''' ==
Bryan Walsh, . ""We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love"." Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html>. 
"Maggie Cheung." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/>. 
"Tony Leung Chiu Wai." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/>. 
Tobias, Scott. "Wong Kar-Wai." Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/>. 
"Kar Wai Wong." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/>.

Wong Kar Wai

2012-02-29T23:21:45Z

71.199.6.161: /* Filmography */

== '''Early Life''' ==
Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956. 
In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai
When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong. 
Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. 
Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie. 
Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). 
His first real hit was Days of Being Wild which is also considered to be the first of an informal trilogy that later includes In the Mood for Love and 2046.(Bryan Walsh) 
[[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]

(IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)

==''' Filmography''' ==

 
'''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. 
'''1990 Days of Being Wild''': The movie that shot Wong Kar Wai into international popularity. This is the first movie in Wong's unofficial trilogy. The movie is about a man who finds out the he is adopted but can't find his mother because his adopted mother won't tell him. He develops a relationship with two very different women and doesn't have the emotional capability of choosing between the two which ultimately leads to heartbreak all around. 
'''1994 Chungking Express''': A movie about two seperate cops and the relationships they have with somewhat nefarious women. This film brought Wong Kar Wai into the American spotlight when director Quentin Tarantino watched it and became a major fan and promoter of Wong (Scott Tobias). 
'''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings. 
'''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. 
'''1997 Happy Together''': "a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina." (Scott Tobias) 
'''2000 In the Mood for Love''': Considered the second movie in the unofficial trilogy(Bryan Walsh), In the Mood for Love is a movie about a man and woman who find out their spouses are cheating with each other and form a relationship around this awkward bond. The movie deals with struggling against society and against emotion. 
'''2004 2046''': Made at the same time as In the Mood for Love, 2046 is about a man seeking the woman he loves in another time and dealing with other relationships as he seeks to fill the space she left. This movie is considered to be the final movie in the unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh). 
'''2007 My Blueberry Nights''': Wong's only American production, My Blueberry Nights is about a disillusioned young woman who travels seeking love and the characters she meets along the way. 
'''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) 

== '''Style''' ==
 
Wong is known for his signature art house films 
'''Time:''' Wong tends to kind of mess with time in his movies. He rarely uses a traditional story format but instead prefers to move forward, backward, or in both directs within a film. His films are therefore typically not chronological. 
'''Romance:''' Wong's unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh) focuses on the different relationship stages that his characters go through. He addresses many complicated relationships and the emotional issues that accompany them. 
'''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: "Most of my films deal with people who are stuck in certain routines and habits that don't make them happy. They want to change, but they need something to push them. I think it's mostly love that causes them to break their routines and move on. That's why we always want to repeat shots, to show the routines and the changes as they happen." (Scott Tobias) 
'''Pre-Production:''' [http://www.youtube.com/embed/lQ3nS80QE9E Wong typically doesn't believe in using pre-production as he believes that the raw material from a first take is what makes a movie. He likes his actors/actresses to become the character.] 
'''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. 
'''Actors/Actresses:'''Wong is known for his tendency to use the same actors and actresses repeatedly throughout his films. His main actor, Tony Leung has played in six of his films and is currently filming the seventh (IMDb; Tony Leung). His favorite actress Maggie Cheung has been in five of his films (IMDb; Maggie Cheung). The reason he does this is because "[n]ormally, filmmakers would just write a script and cast people to act as certain characters in the story. But in [his] way of doing things, [he has] the actors in my mind already, so [he's] trying to borrow something that's unique to them" (Scott Tobias). 
'''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' "As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas" (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and "[he] understood that directors always wanted to change what was originally written, to improve on it. In [his] case, [he's] always thought in terms of images, so as these images occur to [him], [he has] to continue to revise the plan in order to accommodate them." (Scott Tobias) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:50, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

=='''Awards'''==
Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include: 
1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild) 
1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express) 
1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4] 
2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love) 
2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046) 
2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love) 
2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)
1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)

(IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)

==''' Bibliography''' ==

 
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/bio 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Kar-wai 
http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/ 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== '''References''' ==
Bryan Walsh, . ""We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love"." Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html>. 
"Maggie Cheung." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/>. 
"Tony Leung Chiu Wai." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/>. 
Tobias, Scott. "Wong Kar-Wai." Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/>. 
"Kar Wai Wong." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/>.

Wong Kar Wai

2012-02-29T23:21:31Z

71.199.6.161: /* Early Life */

== '''Early Life''' ==
Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956. 
In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai
When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong. 
Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. 
Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie. 
Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). 
His first real hit was Days of Being Wild which is also considered to be the first of an informal trilogy that later includes In the Mood for Love and 2046.(Bryan Walsh) 
[[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]

(IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)

==''' Filmography''' ==

 
'''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. 
'''1990 Days of Being Wild''': The movie that shot Wong Kar Wai into international popularity. This is the first movie in Wong's unofficial trilogy. The movie is about a man who finds out the he is adopted but can't find his mother because his adopted mother won't tell him. He develops a relationship with two very different women and doesn't have the emotional capability of choosing between the two which ultimately leads to heartbreak all around. 
'''1994 Chungking Express''': A movie about two seperate cops and the relationships they have with somewhat nefarious women. This film brought Wong Kar Wai into the American spotlight when director Quentin Tarantino watched it and became a major fan and promoter of Wong (Scott Tobias). 
'''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings. 
'''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. 
'''1997 Happy Together''': "a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina." (Scott Tobias) 
'''2000 In the Mood for Love''': Considered the second movie in the unofficial trilogy(Bryan Walsh), In the Mood for Love is a movie about a man and woman who find out their spouses are cheating with each other and form a relationship around this awkward bond. The movie deals with struggling against society and against emotion. 
'''2004 2046''': Made at the same time as In the Mood for Love, 2046 is about a man seeking the woman he loves in another time and dealing with other relationships as he seeks to fill the space she left. This movie is considered to be the final movie in the unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh). 
'''2007 My Blueberry Nights''': Wong's only American production, My Blueberry Nights is about a disillusioned young woman who travels seeking love and the characters she meets along the way. 
'''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== '''Style''' ==
 
Wong is known for his signature art house films 
'''Time:''' Wong tends to kind of mess with time in his movies. He rarely uses a traditional story format but instead prefers to move forward, backward, or in both directs within a film. His films are therefore typically not chronological. 
'''Romance:''' Wong's unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh) focuses on the different relationship stages that his characters go through. He addresses many complicated relationships and the emotional issues that accompany them. 
'''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: "Most of my films deal with people who are stuck in certain routines and habits that don't make them happy. They want to change, but they need something to push them. I think it's mostly love that causes them to break their routines and move on. That's why we always want to repeat shots, to show the routines and the changes as they happen." (Scott Tobias) 
'''Pre-Production:''' [http://www.youtube.com/embed/lQ3nS80QE9E Wong typically doesn't believe in using pre-production as he believes that the raw material from a first take is what makes a movie. He likes his actors/actresses to become the character.] 
'''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. 
'''Actors/Actresses:'''Wong is known for his tendency to use the same actors and actresses repeatedly throughout his films. His main actor, Tony Leung has played in six of his films and is currently filming the seventh (IMDb; Tony Leung). His favorite actress Maggie Cheung has been in five of his films (IMDb; Maggie Cheung). The reason he does this is because "[n]ormally, filmmakers would just write a script and cast people to act as certain characters in the story. But in [his] way of doing things, [he has] the actors in my mind already, so [he's] trying to borrow something that's unique to them" (Scott Tobias). 
'''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' "As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas" (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and "[he] understood that directors always wanted to change what was originally written, to improve on it. In [his] case, [he's] always thought in terms of images, so as these images occur to [him], [he has] to continue to revise the plan in order to accommodate them." (Scott Tobias) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:50, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

=='''Awards'''==
Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include: 
1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild) 
1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express) 
1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4] 
2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love) 
2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046) 
2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love) 
2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)
1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)

(IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)

==''' Bibliography''' ==

 
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/bio 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Kar-wai 
http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/ 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== '''References''' ==
Bryan Walsh, . ""We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love"." Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html>. 
"Maggie Cheung." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/>. 
"Tony Leung Chiu Wai." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/>. 
Tobias, Scott. "Wong Kar-Wai." Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/>. 
"Kar Wai Wong." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/>.

Wong Kar Wai

2012-02-29T23:21:18Z

71.199.6.161: /* Early Life */

== '''Early Life''' ==
Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956. 
In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai
When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong. 
Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. 
Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie. 
Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). 
His first real hit was Days of Being Wild which is also considered to be the first of an informal trilogy that later includes In the Mood for Love and 2046.(Bryan Walsh) 
[[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]

(IMDb; Kaw Wai Wong)

==''' Filmography''' ==

 
'''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. 
'''1990 Days of Being Wild''': The movie that shot Wong Kar Wai into international popularity. This is the first movie in Wong's unofficial trilogy. The movie is about a man who finds out the he is adopted but can't find his mother because his adopted mother won't tell him. He develops a relationship with two very different women and doesn't have the emotional capability of choosing between the two which ultimately leads to heartbreak all around. 
'''1994 Chungking Express''': A movie about two seperate cops and the relationships they have with somewhat nefarious women. This film brought Wong Kar Wai into the American spotlight when director Quentin Tarantino watched it and became a major fan and promoter of Wong (Scott Tobias). 
'''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings. 
'''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. 
'''1997 Happy Together''': "a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina." (Scott Tobias) 
'''2000 In the Mood for Love''': Considered the second movie in the unofficial trilogy(Bryan Walsh), In the Mood for Love is a movie about a man and woman who find out their spouses are cheating with each other and form a relationship around this awkward bond. The movie deals with struggling against society and against emotion. 
'''2004 2046''': Made at the same time as In the Mood for Love, 2046 is about a man seeking the woman he loves in another time and dealing with other relationships as he seeks to fill the space she left. This movie is considered to be the final movie in the unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh). 
'''2007 My Blueberry Nights''': Wong's only American production, My Blueberry Nights is about a disillusioned young woman who travels seeking love and the characters she meets along the way. 
'''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== '''Style''' ==
 
Wong is known for his signature art house films 
'''Time:''' Wong tends to kind of mess with time in his movies. He rarely uses a traditional story format but instead prefers to move forward, backward, or in both directs within a film. His films are therefore typically not chronological. 
'''Romance:''' Wong's unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh) focuses on the different relationship stages that his characters go through. He addresses many complicated relationships and the emotional issues that accompany them. 
'''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: "Most of my films deal with people who are stuck in certain routines and habits that don't make them happy. They want to change, but they need something to push them. I think it's mostly love that causes them to break their routines and move on. That's why we always want to repeat shots, to show the routines and the changes as they happen." (Scott Tobias) 
'''Pre-Production:''' [http://www.youtube.com/embed/lQ3nS80QE9E Wong typically doesn't believe in using pre-production as he believes that the raw material from a first take is what makes a movie. He likes his actors/actresses to become the character.] 
'''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. 
'''Actors/Actresses:'''Wong is known for his tendency to use the same actors and actresses repeatedly throughout his films. His main actor, Tony Leung has played in six of his films and is currently filming the seventh (IMDb; Tony Leung). His favorite actress Maggie Cheung has been in five of his films (IMDb; Maggie Cheung). The reason he does this is because "[n]ormally, filmmakers would just write a script and cast people to act as certain characters in the story. But in [his] way of doing things, [he has] the actors in my mind already, so [he's] trying to borrow something that's unique to them" (Scott Tobias). 
'''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' "As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas" (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and "[he] understood that directors always wanted to change what was originally written, to improve on it. In [his] case, [he's] always thought in terms of images, so as these images occur to [him], [he has] to continue to revise the plan in order to accommodate them." (Scott Tobias) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:50, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

=='''Awards'''==
Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include: 
1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild) 
1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express) 
1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4] 
2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love) 
2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046) 
2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love) 
2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)
1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)

(IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)

==''' Bibliography''' ==

 
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/bio 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Kar-wai 
http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/ 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== '''References''' ==
Bryan Walsh, . ""We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love"." Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html>. 
"Maggie Cheung." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/>. 
"Tony Leung Chiu Wai." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/>. 
Tobias, Scott. "Wong Kar-Wai." Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/>. 
"Kar Wai Wong." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/>.

Wong Kar Wai

2012-02-29T23:19:26Z

71.199.6.161: /* References */

== '''Early Life''' ==

Kar Wai Wong, known as Wong Kar Wai in the United States, was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956. 
When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong. 
Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. 
Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie. 
Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). 
His first real hit was Days of Being Wild which is also considered to be the first of an informal trilogy that later includes In the Mood for Love and 2046.(Bryan Walsh) 
[[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]
--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

==''' Filmography''' ==

 
'''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. 
'''1990 Days of Being Wild''': The movie that shot Wong Kar Wai into international popularity. This is the first movie in Wong's unofficial trilogy. The movie is about a man who finds out the he is adopted but can't find his mother because his adopted mother won't tell him. He develops a relationship with two very different women and doesn't have the emotional capability of choosing between the two which ultimately leads to heartbreak all around. 
'''1994 Chungking Express''': A movie about two seperate cops and the relationships they have with somewhat nefarious women. This film brought Wong Kar Wai into the American spotlight when director Quentin Tarantino watched it and became a major fan and promoter of Wong (Scott Tobias). 
'''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings. 
'''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. 
'''1997 Happy Together''': "a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina." (Scott Tobias) 
'''2000 In the Mood for Love''': Considered the second movie in the unofficial trilogy(Bryan Walsh), In the Mood for Love is a movie about a man and woman who find out their spouses are cheating with each other and form a relationship around this awkward bond. The movie deals with struggling against society and against emotion. 
'''2004 2046''': Made at the same time as In the Mood for Love, 2046 is about a man seeking the woman he loves in another time and dealing with other relationships as he seeks to fill the space she left. This movie is considered to be the final movie in the unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh). 
'''2007 My Blueberry Nights''': Wong's only American production, My Blueberry Nights is about a disillusioned young woman who travels seeking love and the characters she meets along the way. 
'''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== '''Style''' ==
 
Wong is known for his signature art house films 
'''Time:''' Wong tends to kind of mess with time in his movies. He rarely uses a traditional story format but instead prefers to move forward, backward, or in both directs within a film. His films are therefore typically not chronological. 
'''Romance:''' Wong's unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh) focuses on the different relationship stages that his characters go through. He addresses many complicated relationships and the emotional issues that accompany them. 
'''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: "Most of my films deal with people who are stuck in certain routines and habits that don't make them happy. They want to change, but they need something to push them. I think it's mostly love that causes them to break their routines and move on. That's why we always want to repeat shots, to show the routines and the changes as they happen." (Scott Tobias) 
'''Pre-Production:''' [http://www.youtube.com/embed/lQ3nS80QE9E Wong typically doesn't believe in using pre-production as he believes that the raw material from a first take is what makes a movie. He likes his actors/actresses to become the character.] 
'''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. 
'''Actors/Actresses:'''Wong is known for his tendency to use the same actors and actresses repeatedly throughout his films. His main actor, Tony Leung has played in six of his films and is currently filming the seventh (IMDb; Tony Leung). His favorite actress Maggie Cheung has been in five of his films (IMDb; Maggie Cheung). The reason he does this is because "[n]ormally, filmmakers would just write a script and cast people to act as certain characters in the story. But in [his] way of doing things, [he has] the actors in my mind already, so [he's] trying to borrow something that's unique to them" (Scott Tobias). 
'''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' "As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas" (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and "[he] understood that directors always wanted to change what was originally written, to improve on it. In [his] case, [he's] always thought in terms of images, so as these images occur to [him], [he has] to continue to revise the plan in order to accommodate them." (Scott Tobias) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:50, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

=='''Awards'''==
Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include: 
1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild) 
1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express) 
1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4] 
2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love) 
2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046) 
2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love) 
2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)
1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)

(IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)

==''' Bibliography''' ==

 
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/bio 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Kar-wai 
http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/ 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== '''References''' ==
Bryan Walsh, . ""We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love"." Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html>. 
"Maggie Cheung." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/>. 
"Tony Leung Chiu Wai." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/>. 
Tobias, Scott. "Wong Kar-Wai." Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/>. 
"Kar Wai Wong." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/>.

Wong Kar Wai

2012-02-29T23:17:56Z

71.199.6.161: /* Awards */

Wong Kar Wai

2012-02-29T23:09:01Z

71.199.6.161:

== '''Early Life''' ==

Kar Wai Wong, known as Wong Kar Wai in the United States, was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956. 
When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong. 
Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. 
Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie. 
Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). 
His first real hit was Days of Being Wild which is also considered to be the first of an informal trilogy that later includes In the Mood for Love and 2046.(Bryan Walsh) 
[[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]
--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

==''' Filmography''' ==

 
'''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. 
'''1990 Days of Being Wild''': The movie that shot Wong Kar Wai into international popularity. This is the first movie in Wong's unofficial trilogy. The movie is about a man who finds out the he is adopted but can't find his mother because his adopted mother won't tell him. He develops a relationship with two very different women and doesn't have the emotional capability of choosing between the two which ultimately leads to heartbreak all around. 
'''1994 Chungking Express''': A movie about two seperate cops and the relationships they have with somewhat nefarious women. This film brought Wong Kar Wai into the American spotlight when director Quentin Tarantino watched it and became a major fan and promoter of Wong (Scott Tobias). 
'''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings. 
'''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. 
'''1997 Happy Together''': "a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina." (Scott Tobias) 
'''2000 In the Mood for Love''': Considered the second movie in the unofficial trilogy(Bryan Walsh), In the Mood for Love is a movie about a man and woman who find out their spouses are cheating with each other and form a relationship around this awkward bond. The movie deals with struggling against society and against emotion. 
'''2004 2046''': Made at the same time as In the Mood for Love, 2046 is about a man seeking the woman he loves in another time and dealing with other relationships as he seeks to fill the space she left. This movie is considered to be the final movie in the unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh). 
'''2007 My Blueberry Nights''': Wong's only American production, My Blueberry Nights is about a disillusioned young woman who travels seeking love and the characters she meets along the way. 
'''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== '''Style''' ==
 
Wong is known for his signature art house films 
'''Time:''' Wong tends to kind of mess with time in his movies. He rarely uses a traditional story format but instead prefers to move forward, backward, or in both directs within a film. His films are therefore typically not chronological. 
'''Romance:''' Wong's unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh) focuses on the different relationship stages that his characters go through. He addresses many complicated relationships and the emotional issues that accompany them. 
'''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: "Most of my films deal with people who are stuck in certain routines and habits that don't make them happy. They want to change, but they need something to push them. I think it's mostly love that causes them to break their routines and move on. That's why we always want to repeat shots, to show the routines and the changes as they happen." (Scott Tobias) 
'''Pre-Production:''' [http://www.youtube.com/embed/lQ3nS80QE9E Wong typically doesn't believe in using pre-production as he believes that the raw material from a first take is what makes a movie. He likes his actors/actresses to become the character.] 
'''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. 
'''Actors/Actresses:'''Wong is known for his tendency to use the same actors and actresses repeatedly throughout his films. His main actor, Tony Leung has played in six of his films and is currently filming the seventh (IMDb; Tony Leung). His favorite actress Maggie Cheung has been in five of his films (IMDb; Maggie Cheung). The reason he does this is because "[n]ormally, filmmakers would just write a script and cast people to act as certain characters in the story. But in [his] way of doing things, [he has] the actors in my mind already, so [he's] trying to borrow something that's unique to them" (Scott Tobias). 
'''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' "As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas" (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and "[he] understood that directors always wanted to change what was originally written, to improve on it. In [his] case, [he's] always thought in terms of images, so as these images occur to [him], [he has] to continue to revise the plan in order to accommodate them." (Scott Tobias) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:50, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

=='''Awards'''==
 
1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild) 
1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express) 
1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4] 
2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love) 
2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love) 
2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

==''' Bibliography''' ==

 
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/bio 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Kar-wai 
http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/ 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== '''References''' ==
Bryan Walsh, . ""We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love"." Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html>. 
"Maggie Cheung." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/>. 
"Tony Leung Chiu Wai." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/>. 
Tobias, Scott. "Wong Kar-Wai." Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/>.

Wong Kar Wai

2012-02-29T22:42:16Z

71.199.6.161:

== '''Early Life''' ==

Kar Wai Wong, known as Wong Kar Wai in the United States, was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956. 
When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong. 
Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. 
Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie. 
Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988. 
His first real hit was Days of Being Wild which is also considered to be the first of an informal trilogy that later includes In the Mood for Love and 2046. 
[[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]
--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

==''' Filmography''' ==

 
'''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. 
'''1990 Days of Being Wild''': The movie that shot Wong Kar Wai into international popularity. This is the first movie in Wong's unofficial trilogy. The movie is about a man who finds out the he is adopted but can't find his mother because his adopted mother won't tell him. He develops a relationship with two very different women and doesn't have the emotional capability of choosing between the two which ultimately leads to heartbreak all around. 
'''1994 Chungking Express''': A movie about two seperate cops and the relationships they have with somewhat nefarious women. This film brought Wong Kar Wai into the American spotlight when director Quentin Tarantino watched it and became a major fan and promoter of Wong. 
'''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings. 
'''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. 
'''1997 Happy Together''': This is a movie about a Chinese couple in Argentina and the struggles the two men deal with. 
'''2000 In the Mood for Love''': Considered the second movie in the unofficial trilogy(Bryan Walsh), In the Mood for Love is a movie about a man and woman who find out their spouses are cheating with each other and form a relationship around this awkward bond. The movie deals with struggling against society and against emotion. 
'''2004 2046''': Made at the same time as In the Mood for Love, 2046 is about a man seeking the woman he loves in another time and dealing with other relationships as he seeks to fill the space she left. This movie is considered to be the final movie in the unofficial trilogy. 
'''2007 My Blueberry Nights''': Wong's only American production, My Blueberry Nights is about a disillusioned young woman who travels seeking love and the characters she meets along the way. 
'''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== '''Style''' ==
 
Wong is known for his signature art house films 
'''Time:''' Wong tends to kind of mess with time in his movies. He rarely uses a traditional story format but instead prefers to move forward, backward, or in both directs within a film. His films are therefore typically not chronological. 
'''Romance:''' Wong's unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh) focuses on the different relationship stages that his characters go through. He addresses many complicated relationships and the emotional issues that accompany them. 
'''Being “stuck”:''' This is a central theme of most of his movies; the characters are stuck in their place and try as they might they cannot seem to overcome it. 
'''Pre-Production:''' [http://www.youtube.com/embed/lQ3nS80QE9E Wong typically doesn't believe in using pre-production as he believes that the raw material from a first take is what makes a movie. He likes his actors/actresses to become the character.] 

'''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. 
'''Actors/Actresses:'''Wong is known for his tendency to use the same actors and actresses repeatedly throughout his films. His main actor, Tony Leung has played in six of his films and is currently filming the seventh (IMDb; Tony Leung). His favorite actress Maggie Cheung has been in five of his films (IMDb; Maggie Cheung). He says that he favors this method because of his non-traditional filming methods. 
'''Non-Traditional Filming method:'''Wong Kar Wai, having never gone to film school, is known for a unique style in film-making. Firstly, he write all of his scripts, but he doesn't do a full dialogue, he leaves a lot of the dialogue up the actors. This is part of the reason he uses repeat actors because they know how to handle Wong's expectation that they become their characters. He also doesn't storyboard unless he absolutely has to and prefers to let the movie go with the flow that it wants to. 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:50, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

=='''Awards'''==
 
1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild) 
1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express) 
1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4] 
2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love) 
2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love) 
2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

==''' Bibliography''' ==

 
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/bio 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Kar-wai 
http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/ 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== '''References''' ==
Bryan Walsh, . ""We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love"." Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html>. 
"Maggie Cheung." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/>. 
"Tony Leung Chiu Wai." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/>.

Wong Kar Wai

2012-02-29T22:31:03Z

71.199.6.161:

== '''Early Life''' ==

Kar Wai Wong, known as Wong Kar Wai in the United States, was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956. 
When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong. 
Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. 
Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie. 
Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988. 
His first real hit was Days of Being Wild which is also considered to be the first of an informal trilogy that later includes In the Mood for Love and 2046. 
[[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]
--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

==''' Filmography''' ==

 
'''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. 
'''1990 Days of Being Wild''': The movie that shot Wong Kar Wai into international popularity. This is the first movie in Wong's unofficial trilogy. The movie is about a man who finds out the he is adopted but can't find his mother because his adopted mother won't tell him. He develops a relationship with two very different women and doesn't have the emotional capability of choosing between the two which ultimately leads to heartbreak all around. 
'''1994 Chungking Express''': A movie about two seperate cops and the relationships they have with somewhat nefarious women. This film brought Wong Kar Wai into the American spotlight when director Quentin Tarantino watched it and became a major fan and promoter of Wong. 
'''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings. 
'''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. 
'''1997 Happy Together''': This is a movie about a Chinese couple in Argentina and the struggles the two men deal with. 
'''2000 In the Mood for Love''': Considered the second movie in the unofficial trilogy(Bryan Walsh), In the Mood for Love is a movie about a man and woman who find out their spouses are cheating with each other and form a relationship around this awkward bond. The movie deals with struggling against society and against emotion. 
'''2004 2046''': Made at the same time as In the Mood for Love, 2046 is about a man seeking the woman he loves in another time and dealing with other relationships as he seeks to fill the space she left. This movie is considered to be the final movie in the unofficial trilogy. 
'''2007 My Blueberry Nights''': Wong's only American production, My Blueberry Nights is about a disillusioned young woman who travels seeking love and the characters she meets along the way. 
'''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== '''Style''' ==
 
Wong is known for his signature art house films 
'''Time:''' Wong tends to kind of mess with time in his movies. He rarely uses a traditional story format but instead prefers to move forward, backward, or in both directs within a film. His films are therefore typically not chronological. 
'''Romance:''' Wong's unofficial trilogy (Bryan Walsh) focuses on the different relationship stages that his characters go through. He addresses many complicated relationships and the emotional issues that accompany them. 
'''Being “stuck”:''' This is a central theme of most of his movies; the characters are stuck in their place and try as they might they cannot seem to overcome it. 
'''Pre-Production:''' [http://www.youtube.com/embed/lQ3nS80QE9E Wong typically doesn't believe in using pre-production as he believes that the raw material from a first take is what makes a movie. He likes his actors/actresses to become the character.] 

'''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. 
'''Actors/Actresses:'''Wong is known for his tendency to use the same actors and actresses repeatedly throughout his films. His two favorite actors are Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung who have both appeared in a majority of his films. He says that he favors this method because of his non-traditional filming methods. 
'''Non-Traditional Filming method:'''Wong Kar Wai, having never gone to film school, is known for a unique style in film-making. Firstly, he write all of his scripts, but he doesn't do a full dialogue, he leaves a lot of the dialogue up the actors. This is part of the reason he uses repeat actors because they know how to handle Wong's expectation that they become their characters. He also doesn't storyboard unless he absolutely has to and prefers to let the movie go with the flow that it wants to. 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:50, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

=='''Awards'''==
 
1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild) 
1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express) 
1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4] 
2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love) 
2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love) 
2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

==''' Bibliography''' ==

 
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/bio 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Kar-wai 
http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/ 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== '''References''' ==
Bryan Walsh, . ""We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love"." Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html>.

Wong Kar Wai

2012-02-26T00:46:02Z

71.199.6.161: /* Style */

== '''Early Life''' ==

Kar Wai Wong, known as Wong Kar Wai in the United States, was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956. 
When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong. 
Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. 
Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie. 
Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988. 
His first real hit was Days of Being Wild which is also considered to be the first of an informal trilogy that later includes In the Mood for Love and 2046. 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

==''' Filmography''' ==

 
'''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. 
'''1990 Days of Being Wild''': The movie that shot Wong Kar Wai into international popularity. This is the first movie in Wong's unofficial trilogy. The movie is about a man who finds out the he is adopted but can't find his mother because his adopted mother won't tell him. He develops a relationship with two very different women and doesn't have the emotional capability of choosing between the two which ultimately leads to heartbreak all around. 
'''1994 Chungking Express''': A movie about two seperate cops and the relationships they have with somewhat nefarious women. This film brought Wong Kar Wai into the American spotlight when director Quentin Tarantino watched it and became a major fan and promoter of Wong. 
'''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings. 
'''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. 
'''1997 Happy Together''': This is a movie about a Chinese couple in Argentina and the struggles the two men deal with. 
'''2000 In the Mood for Love''': Considered the second movie in the unofficial trilogy, In the Mood for Love is a movie about a man and woman who find out their spouses are cheating with each other and form a relationship around this awkward bond. The movie deals with struggling against society and against emotion. 
'''2004 2046''': Made at the same time as In the Mood for Love, 2046 is about a man seeking the woman he loves in another time and dealing with other relationships as he seeks to fill the space she left. This movie is considered to be the final movie in the unofficial trilogy. 
'''2007 My Blueberry Nights''': Wong's only American production, My Blueberry Nights is about a disillusioned young woman who travels seeking love and the characters she meets along the way. 
'''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== '''Style''' ==
 
Wong is known for his signature art house films 
'''Time:''' Wong tends to kind of mess with time in his movies. He rarely uses a traditional story format but instead prefers to move forward, backward, or in both directs within a film. His films are therefore typically not chronological. 
'''Romance:''' Wong's unofficial trilogy focuses on the different relationship stages that his characters go through. He addresses many complicated relationships and the emotional issues that accompany them. 
'''Being “stuck”:''' This is a central theme of most of his movies; the characters are stuck in their place and try as they might they cannot seem to overcome it. 
'''Pre-Production:''' Wong typically doesn't believe in using pre-production as he believes that the raw material from a first take is what makes a movie. He likes his actors/actresses to become the character. 
[<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lQ3nS80QE9E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>] 
'''Editing:''' To Wong, editing is almost like making the movie again. He 
[<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>] 
'''Actors/Actresses:'''Wong is known for his tendency to use the same actors and actresses repeatedly throughout his films. His two favorite actors are Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung who have both appeared in a majority of his films. He says that he favors this method because of his non-traditional filming methods. 
'''Non-Traditional Filming method:'''Wong Kar Wai, having never gone to film school, is known for a unique style in film-making. Firstly, he write all of his scripts, but he doesn't do a full dialogue, he leaves a lot of the dialogue up the actors. This is part of the reason he uses repeat actors because they know how to handle Wong's expectation that they become their characters. He also doesn't storyboard unless he absolutely has to and prefers to let the movie go with the flow that it wants to. 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:50, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

=='''Awards'''==
 
1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild) 
1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express) 
1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4] 
2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love) 
2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love) 
2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

==''' Bibliography''' ==

 
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/bio 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Kar-wai 
http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/ 
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,501041004-702208,00.html 
http://mubi.com/cast_members/1700 
http://www.filmmisery.com/2011/12/wong-kar-wai-marathon-the-informal-trilogy/10596/ 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Wong Kar Wai

2012-02-26T00:38:07Z

71.199.6.161: /* Filmography */

== '''Early Life''' ==

Kar Wai Wong, known as Wong Kar Wai in the United States, was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956. 
When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong. 
Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. 
Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie. 
Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988. 
His first real hit was Days of Being Wild which is also considered to be the first of an informal trilogy that later includes In the Mood for Love and 2046. 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

==''' Filmography''' ==

 
'''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. 
'''1990 Days of Being Wild''': The movie that shot Wong Kar Wai into international popularity. This is the first movie in Wong's unofficial trilogy. The movie is about a man who finds out the he is adopted but can't find his mother because his adopted mother won't tell him. He develops a relationship with two very different women and doesn't have the emotional capability of choosing between the two which ultimately leads to heartbreak all around. 
'''1994 Chungking Express''': A movie about two seperate cops and the relationships they have with somewhat nefarious women. This film brought Wong Kar Wai into the American spotlight when director Quentin Tarantino watched it and became a major fan and promoter of Wong. 
'''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings. 
'''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. 
'''1997 Happy Together''': This is a movie about a Chinese couple in Argentina and the struggles the two men deal with. 
'''2000 In the Mood for Love''': Considered the second movie in the unofficial trilogy, In the Mood for Love is a movie about a man and woman who find out their spouses are cheating with each other and form a relationship around this awkward bond. The movie deals with struggling against society and against emotion. 
'''2004 2046''': Made at the same time as In the Mood for Love, 2046 is about a man seeking the woman he loves in another time and dealing with other relationships as he seeks to fill the space she left. This movie is considered to be the final movie in the unofficial trilogy. 
'''2007 My Blueberry Nights''': Wong's only American production, My Blueberry Nights is about a disillusioned young woman who travels seeking love and the characters she meets along the way. 
'''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== '''Style''' ==
 
Wong is known for his signature art house films 
'''Time:''' Wong tends to kind of mess with time in his movies. He rarely uses a traditional story format but instead prefers to move forward, backward, or in both directs within a film. His films are therefore typically not chronological. 
'''Romance:''' Wong's unofficial trilogy focuses on the different relationship stages that his characters go through. He addresses many complicated relationships and the emotional issues that accompany them. 
'''Being “stuck”:''' This is a central theme of most of his movies; the characters are stuck in their place and try as they might they cannot seem to overcome it. 
'''Pre-Production:''' Wong typically doesn't believe in using pre-production as he believes that the raw material from a first take is what makes a movie. He likes his actors/actresses to become the character. 
[<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lQ3nS80QE9E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>] 
'''Editing:''' To Wong, editing is almost like making the movie again. He 
[<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>]

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:50, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

=='''Awards'''==
 
1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild) 
1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express) 
1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4] 
2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love) 
2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love) 
2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

==''' Bibliography''' ==

 
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/bio 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Kar-wai 
http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/ 
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,501041004-702208,00.html 
http://mubi.com/cast_members/1700 
http://www.filmmisery.com/2011/12/wong-kar-wai-marathon-the-informal-trilogy/10596/ 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Wong Kar Wai

2012-02-26T00:36:37Z

71.199.6.161: /* Filmography */

== '''Early Life''' ==

Kar Wai Wong, known as Wong Kar Wai in the United States, was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956. 
When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong. 
Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. 
Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie. 
Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988. 
His first real hit was Days of Being Wild which is also considered to be the first of an informal trilogy that later includes In the Mood for Love and 2046. 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

==''' Filmography''' ==

 
1988 As Tears Go By: Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. 
1990 Days of Being Wild: The movie that shot Wong Kar Wai into international popularity. This is the first movie in Wong's unofficial trilogy. The movie is about a man who finds out the he is adopted but can't find his mother because his adopted mother won't tell him. He develops a relationship with two very different women and doesn't have the emotional capability of choosing between the two which ultimately leads to heartbreak all around. 
1994 Chungking Express: A movie about two seperate cops and the relationships they have with somewhat nefarious women. This film brought Wong Kar Wai into the American spotlight when director Quentin Tarantino watched it and became a major fan and promoter of Wong. 
1994 Ashes of Time: A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings. 
1995 Fallen Angels: A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. 
1997 Happy Together: This is a movie about a Chinese couple in Argentina and the struggles the two men deal with. 
2000 In the Mood for Love: Considered the second movie in the unofficial trilogy, In the Mood for Love is a movie about a man and woman who find out their spouses are cheating with each other and form a relationship around this awkward bond. The movie deals with struggling against society and against emotion. 
2004 2046: Made at the same time as In the Mood for Love, 2046 is about a man seeking the woman he loves in another time and dealing with other relationships as he seeks to fill the space she left. This movie is considered to be the final movie in the unofficial trilogy. 
2007 My Blueberry Nights: Wong's only American production, My Blueberry Nights is about a disillusioned young woman who travels seeking love and the characters she meets along the way. 
2012 The Grandmasters (in post production) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

== '''Style''' ==
 
Wong is known for his signature art house films 
'''Time:''' Wong tends to kind of mess with time in his movies. He rarely uses a traditional story format but instead prefers to move forward, backward, or in both directs within a film. His films are therefore typically not chronological. 
'''Romance:''' Wong's unofficial trilogy focuses on the different relationship stages that his characters go through. He addresses many complicated relationships and the emotional issues that accompany them. 
'''Being “stuck”:''' This is a central theme of most of his movies; the characters are stuck in their place and try as they might they cannot seem to overcome it. 
'''Pre-Production:''' Wong typically doesn't believe in using pre-production as he believes that the raw material from a first take is what makes a movie. He likes his actors/actresses to become the character. 
[<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lQ3nS80QE9E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>] 
'''Editing:''' To Wong, editing is almost like making the movie again. He 
[<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>]

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:50, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

=='''Awards'''==
 
1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild) 
1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express) 
1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4] 
2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love) 
2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love) 
2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046) 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

==''' Bibliography''' ==

 
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/bio 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Kar-wai 
http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/ 
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,501041004-702208,00.html 
http://mubi.com/cast_members/1700 
http://www.filmmisery.com/2011/12/wong-kar-wai-marathon-the-informal-trilogy/10596/ 

--[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)