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<p>Keeley X.: </p> <hr /> <div>== Introduction ==<br /> This Speaking In Turn was based on the an interview with Zhang Yimou in Speaking in Images by Michael Berry. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> == Early Years ==<br /> Zhang Yimou was born in 1951 in the province of Xi'an. He grew up during the cultural revolution in a family labeled by the government as &quot;double counter-revolutionary&quot; essentially meaning that his family was the worst of the worst. Because of this, Zhang was sent to the countryside for reeducation. While working a a factory, Zhang took up photography as a hobby. In 1978, when he was past the age of acceptance, Shang Yimou used his impressive portfolio of images to gain access to Beijing Film Academy. He says in the interview that he did not do this because he had a love of art but because he simply wanted to change his circumstances. And he did just that.<br /> <br /> <br /> == Cinematography ==<br /> Zhang Yimou's first foray into the world of film was actually as a cinematographer, not a director. He was with Zhang Junzhao on One and Eight and then with Chen Kaige on Yellow Earth. The work on these films would define Zhang as man who pushed boundaries and made bold, visual statements. Zhang Yimou doesn't, however, feel that he is necessarily special, just that he was the first one to be doing what he did. <br /> <br /> <br /> == Themes ==<br /> The themes that are apparent in Zhang Yimou's films are (p.110): &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Color &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Literary Adaptation &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Political Engagement &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Voyeuristic Gazes &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Bold depictions of desire &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> In terms of color, Zhang has said that he doesn't really understand why he is so into using colors, especially blues and reds, just that it is what he does. In the case of Hero and House of Flying Daggers, colors were at the very start of the movie. The time period of Hero was decided because Zhang wanted a black palace and the color of the Qin dynasty was black. The color scheme for House of Flying Daggers was based on a painting. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> His reason for doing Literary Adaptations more often than his own movies is that he doesn't really think he has a knack for writing. He also doesn't think that he has to write his own scripts just to prove his abilities as a director. <br /> <br /> <br /> == Zhang as Filmmaker ==<br /> Rarely uses story boards, or uses them only partially if he does. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Is simultaneously editing and shooting each film. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Is criticized for either pandering to the Chinese Government or to foreigners. Knows he can't win so has stopped caring. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Believes that The Story of Qui Ju is his most complete film. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Uses actual action instead of CGI as much as possible in his films. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Worked primarily with Gong Li for his first decade of films. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Discovered&quot; Zhang Ziyi.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> == Filmography ==<br /> 1987 Red Sorghum &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1989 Code Name Cougar &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1990 Ju Dou &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1991 Raise the Red Lantern &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1992 The Story of Qiu Ju &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1994 To Live &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1995 Shanghai Triad &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1997 Keep Cool &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1999 The Road Home &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1999 Not One Less &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2000 Happy Times &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2002 Hero &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2004 House of Flying Daggers &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2005 Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2006 Curse of The Golden Flower &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2007 To Each His Own Cinema &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2009 A Woman, A Gun and A Noodle Shop &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2010 Under the Hawthorn Tree &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2011 The Flowers of War &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> == Bibliograhpy ==<br /> Berry, Michael. Speaking in Images: Interviews with Contemporary Chinese Filmmakers. New York: Columbia UP, 2005. Print. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> Yimou Zhang, IMDb<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 18:35, 10 April 2012 (UTC)</div>

Keeley X. https://bou.de/u/index.php?title=Success_of_Chinese_Film_Since_1984&diff=2148 2012-03-06T22:07:19Z

<p>Keeley X.: </p> <hr /> <div>Deng Xiaoping &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Open Door Policy &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Artistic Freedom &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Media &lt;br /&gt;<br /> December 1984 Agreement to Return Hong Kong &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Fifth Generation Film Makers &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Red Sorghum &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 22:07, 6 March 2012 (UTC)</div>

Keeley X. https://bou.de/u/index.php?title=Talk:Wong_Kar_Wai&diff=1335 2012-03-04T03:19:12Z

<p>Keeley X.: </p> <hr /> <div>Good luck! [[User:Root|Root]] 19:18, 29 February 2012 (UTC)<br /> <br /> 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)<br /> <br /> <br /> Hey i noticed that you have a &quot;[4]&quot; in your rewards section &quot;1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4].&quot; 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)<br /> <br /> 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)</div>

Keeley X. https://bou.de/u/index.php?title=Wong_Kar_Wai&diff=1063 2012-03-01T03:56:25Z

<p>Keeley X.: /* Thoughts */</p> <hr /> <div>== '''Early Life''' ==<br /> Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai<br /> When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 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) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> [[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> ==''' Filmography''' ==<br /> <br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1997 Happy Together''': &quot;a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Style''' ==<br /> [[File:ITMFL Francesca M. Fontana.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A scene from In the Mood for Love by Francesca M. Fontana.]]<br /> '''Time:''' &quot;The device of the intersection is a Wong Kar-wai hallmark. He has used two parallel stories since his directorial debut in 1988&quot; 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)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: &quot;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.&quot; (Scott Tobias)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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 &quot;[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&quot; (Scott Tobias).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' &quot;As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas&quot; (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and &quot;[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.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> =='''Awards'''==<br /> Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include:&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)<br /> 1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Thoughts''' ==<br /> 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. <br /> 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. <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> == '''References''' ==<br /> Bryan Walsh, . &quot;&quot;We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love&quot;.&quot; Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. &lt;http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Maggie Cheung.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Tony Leung Chiu Wai.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Tobias, Scott. &quot;Wong Kar-Wai.&quot; Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Kar Wai Wong.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Yue, Audrey. &quot;18 In the Mood for Love: Intersections of Hong Kong Modernity.&quot; Chinese Films in Focus II. London: BFI, 2008. 144-52. Print.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 02:55, 1 March 2012 (UTC)</div>

Keeley X. https://bou.de/u/index.php?title=Wong_Kar_Wai&diff=1062 2012-03-01T03:51:12Z

<p>Keeley X.: /* Style */</p> <hr /> <div>== '''Early Life''' ==<br /> Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai<br /> When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 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) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> [[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> ==''' Filmography''' ==<br /> <br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1997 Happy Together''': &quot;a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Style''' ==<br /> [[File:ITMFL Francesca M. Fontana.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A scene from In the Mood for Love by Francesca M. Fontana.]]<br /> '''Time:''' &quot;The device of the intersection is a Wong Kar-wai hallmark. He has used two parallel stories since his directorial debut in 1988&quot; 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)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: &quot;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.&quot; (Scott Tobias)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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 &quot;[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&quot; (Scott Tobias).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' &quot;As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas&quot; (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and &quot;[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.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> =='''Awards'''==<br /> Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include:&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)<br /> 1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Thoughts''' ==<br /> 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.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == '''References''' ==<br /> Bryan Walsh, . &quot;&quot;We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love&quot;.&quot; Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. &lt;http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Maggie Cheung.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Tony Leung Chiu Wai.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Tobias, Scott. &quot;Wong Kar-Wai.&quot; Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Kar Wai Wong.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Yue, Audrey. &quot;18 In the Mood for Love: Intersections of Hong Kong Modernity.&quot; Chinese Films in Focus II. London: BFI, 2008. 144-52. Print.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 02:55, 1 March 2012 (UTC)</div>

Keeley X. https://bou.de/u/index.php?title=Wong_Kar_Wai&diff=1061 2012-03-01T03:49:25Z

<p>Keeley X.: /* References */</p> <hr /> <div>== '''Early Life''' ==<br /> Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai<br /> When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 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) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> [[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> ==''' Filmography''' ==<br /> <br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1997 Happy Together''': &quot;a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Style''' ==<br /> [[File:ITMFL Francesca M. Fontana.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A scene from In the Mood for Love by Francesca M. Fontana.]]<br /> '''Time:''' &quot;The device of the intersection is a Wong Kar-wai hallmark. He has used two parallel stories since his directorial debut in 1988&quot; 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.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: &quot;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.&quot; (Scott Tobias)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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 &quot;[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&quot; (Scott Tobias).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' &quot;As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas&quot; (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and &quot;[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.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> =='''Awards'''==<br /> Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include:&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)<br /> 1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Thoughts''' ==<br /> 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.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == '''References''' ==<br /> Bryan Walsh, . &quot;&quot;We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love&quot;.&quot; Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. &lt;http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Maggie Cheung.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Tony Leung Chiu Wai.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Tobias, Scott. &quot;Wong Kar-Wai.&quot; Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Kar Wai Wong.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Yue, Audrey. &quot;18 In the Mood for Love: Intersections of Hong Kong Modernity.&quot; Chinese Films in Focus II. London: BFI, 2008. 144-52. Print.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 02:55, 1 March 2012 (UTC)</div>

Keeley X. https://bou.de/u/index.php?title=Wong_Kar_Wai&diff=1060 2012-03-01T03:48:42Z

<p>Keeley X.: /* Style */</p> <hr /> <div>== '''Early Life''' ==<br /> Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai<br /> When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 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) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> [[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> ==''' Filmography''' ==<br /> <br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1997 Happy Together''': &quot;a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Style''' ==<br /> [[File:ITMFL Francesca M. Fontana.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A scene from In the Mood for Love by Francesca M. Fontana.]]<br /> '''Time:''' &quot;The device of the intersection is a Wong Kar-wai hallmark. He has used two parallel stories since his directorial debut in 1988&quot; 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.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: &quot;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.&quot; (Scott Tobias)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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 &quot;[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&quot; (Scott Tobias).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' &quot;As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas&quot; (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and &quot;[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.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> =='''Awards'''==<br /> Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include:&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)<br /> 1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Thoughts''' ==<br /> 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.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == '''References''' ==<br /> Bryan Walsh, . &quot;&quot;We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love&quot;.&quot; Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. &lt;http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Maggie Cheung.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Tony Leung Chiu Wai.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Tobias, Scott. &quot;Wong Kar-Wai.&quot; Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Kar Wai Wong.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/&gt;.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 02:55, 1 March 2012 (UTC)</div>

Keeley X. https://bou.de/u/index.php?title=Wong_Kar_Wai&diff=1059 2012-03-01T03:34:00Z

<p>Keeley X.: /* Style */</p> <hr /> <div>== '''Early Life''' ==<br /> Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai<br /> When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 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) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> [[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> ==''' Filmography''' ==<br /> <br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1997 Happy Together''': &quot;a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Style''' ==<br /> [[File:ITMFL Francesca M. Fontana.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A scene from In the Mood for Love by Francesca M. Fontana.]]<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: &quot;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.&quot; (Scott Tobias)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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 &quot;[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&quot; (Scott Tobias).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' &quot;As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas&quot; (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and &quot;[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.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> =='''Awards'''==<br /> Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include:&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)<br /> 1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Thoughts''' ==<br /> 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.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == '''References''' ==<br /> Bryan Walsh, . &quot;&quot;We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love&quot;.&quot; Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. &lt;http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Maggie Cheung.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Tony Leung Chiu Wai.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Tobias, Scott. &quot;Wong Kar-Wai.&quot; Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Kar Wai Wong.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/&gt;.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 02:55, 1 March 2012 (UTC)</div>

Keeley X. https://bou.de/u/index.php?title=Wong_Kar_Wai&diff=1058 2012-03-01T03:31:39Z

<p>Keeley X.: /* Style */</p> <hr /> <div>== '''Early Life''' ==<br /> Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai<br /> When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 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) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> [[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> ==''' Filmography''' ==<br /> <br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1997 Happy Together''': &quot;a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Style''' ==<br /> [[File:ITMFL Francesca M. Fontana.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A scene from In the Mood for Love by Francesca M. Fontana.]]<br /> Wong is known for his signature art house films&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: &quot;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.&quot; (Scott Tobias)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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 &quot;[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&quot; (Scott Tobias).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' &quot;As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas&quot; (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and &quot;[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.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> =='''Awards'''==<br /> Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include:&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)<br /> 1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Thoughts''' ==<br /> 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.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == '''References''' ==<br /> Bryan Walsh, . &quot;&quot;We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love&quot;.&quot; Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. &lt;http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Maggie Cheung.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Tony Leung Chiu Wai.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Tobias, Scott. &quot;Wong Kar-Wai.&quot; Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Kar Wai Wong.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/&gt;.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 02:55, 1 March 2012 (UTC)</div>

Keeley X. https://bou.de/u/index.php?title=Wong_Kar_Wai&diff=1057 2012-03-01T03:31:04Z

<p>Keeley X.: /* Style */</p> <hr /> <div>== '''Early Life''' ==<br /> Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai<br /> When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 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) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> [[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> ==''' Filmography''' ==<br /> <br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1997 Happy Together''': &quot;a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Style''' ==<br /> [[File:ITMFL Francesca M. Fontana.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]<br /> Wong is known for his signature art house films&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: &quot;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.&quot; (Scott Tobias)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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 &quot;[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&quot; (Scott Tobias).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' &quot;As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas&quot; (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and &quot;[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.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> =='''Awards'''==<br /> Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include:&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)<br /> 1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Thoughts''' ==<br /> 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.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == '''References''' ==<br /> Bryan Walsh, . &quot;&quot;We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love&quot;.&quot; Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. &lt;http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Maggie Cheung.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Tony Leung Chiu Wai.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Tobias, Scott. &quot;Wong Kar-Wai.&quot; Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Kar Wai Wong.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/&gt;.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 02:55, 1 March 2012 (UTC)</div>

Keeley X. https://bou.de/u/index.php?title=Wong_Kar_Wai&diff=1056 2012-03-01T03:29:49Z

<p>Keeley X.: /* Style */</p> <hr /> <div>== '''Early Life''' ==<br /> Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai<br /> When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 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) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> [[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> ==''' Filmography''' ==<br /> <br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1997 Happy Together''': &quot;a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Style''' ==<br /> ITMFL Francesca M. Fontana.jpg&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Wong is known for his signature art house films&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: &quot;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.&quot; (Scott Tobias)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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 &quot;[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&quot; (Scott Tobias).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' &quot;As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas&quot; (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and &quot;[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.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> =='''Awards'''==<br /> Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include:&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)<br /> 1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Thoughts''' ==<br /> 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.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == '''References''' ==<br /> Bryan Walsh, . &quot;&quot;We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love&quot;.&quot; Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. &lt;http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Maggie Cheung.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Tony Leung Chiu Wai.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Tobias, Scott. &quot;Wong Kar-Wai.&quot; Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Kar Wai Wong.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/&gt;.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 02:55, 1 March 2012 (UTC)</div>

Keeley X. https://bou.de/u/index.php?title=File:ITMFL_Francesca_M._Fontana.jpg&diff=1055 2012-03-01T03:28:20Z

<p>Keeley X.: A scene from In the Mood for Love by Francesca M. Fontana</p> <hr /> <div>A scene from In the Mood for Love by Francesca M. Fontana</div>

Keeley X. https://bou.de/u/index.php?title=Wong_Kar_Wai&diff=1054 2012-03-01T03:02:15Z

<p>Keeley X.: </p> <hr /> <div>== '''Early Life''' ==<br /> Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai<br /> When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 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) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> [[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> ==''' Filmography''' ==<br /> <br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1997 Happy Together''': &quot;a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Style''' ==<br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Wong is known for his signature art house films&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: &quot;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.&quot; (Scott Tobias)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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 &quot;[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&quot; (Scott Tobias).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' &quot;As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas&quot; (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and &quot;[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.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> =='''Awards'''==<br /> Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include:&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)<br /> 1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Thoughts''' ==<br /> 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.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == '''References''' ==<br /> Bryan Walsh, . &quot;&quot;We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love&quot;.&quot; Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. &lt;http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Maggie Cheung.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Tony Leung Chiu Wai.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Tobias, Scott. &quot;Wong Kar-Wai.&quot; Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Kar Wai Wong.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/&gt;.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 02:55, 1 March 2012 (UTC)</div>

Keeley X. https://bou.de/u/index.php?title=Wong_Kar_Wai&diff=1053 2012-03-01T03:01:40Z

<p>Keeley X.: </p> <hr /> <div>== '''Early Life''' ==<br /> Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai<br /> When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 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) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> [[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> ==''' Filmography''' ==<br /> <br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1997 Happy Together''': &quot;a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Style''' ==<br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Wong is known for his signature art house films&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: &quot;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.&quot; (Scott Tobias)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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 &quot;[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&quot; (Scott Tobias).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' &quot;As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas&quot; (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and &quot;[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.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> =='''Awards'''==<br /> Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include:&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)<br /> 1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)<br /> <br /> <br /> == '''Thoughts''' ==<br /> 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.<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> <br /> == '''References''' ==<br /> Bryan Walsh, . &quot;&quot;We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love&quot;.&quot; Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. &lt;http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Maggie Cheung.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Tony Leung Chiu Wai.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Tobias, Scott. &quot;Wong Kar-Wai.&quot; Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Kar Wai Wong.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/&gt;.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 02:55, 1 March 2012 (UTC)</div>

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<p>Keeley X.: /* Filmography */</p> <hr /> <div>== '''Early Life''' ==<br /> Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai<br /> When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 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) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> [[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> ==''' Filmography''' ==<br /> <br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1997 Happy Together''': &quot;a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> == '''Style''' ==<br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Wong is known for his signature art house films&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: &quot;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.&quot; (Scott Tobias)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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 &quot;[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&quot; (Scott Tobias).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' &quot;As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas&quot; (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and &quot;[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.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> =='''Awards'''==<br /> Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include:&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)<br /> 1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> <br /> == '''References''' ==<br /> Bryan Walsh, . &quot;&quot;We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love&quot;.&quot; Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. &lt;http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Maggie Cheung.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Tony Leung Chiu Wai.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Tobias, Scott. &quot;Wong Kar-Wai.&quot; Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Kar Wai Wong.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/&gt;.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 02:55, 1 March 2012 (UTC)</div>

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<p>Keeley X.: </p> <hr /> <div>[https://wiki.vm.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/uvu/index.php/uvu:Community_Portal Click here to learn how to use this Wiki.] [[User:Root|Root]] 11:42, 10 January 2012 (UTC)<br /> <br /> = Contents =<br /> * [[Origins of Chinese film]] [[User:Root|Root]] 11:42, 10 January 2012 (UTC)<br /> * [[Wong Kar Wai]] --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] <br /> * [[Stephen Chow]] -- [[User:Jon|Jon]]</div>

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<p>Keeley X.: </p> <hr /> <div>[https://wiki.vm.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/uvu/index.php/uvu:Community_Portal Click here to learn how to use this Wiki.] [[User:Root|Root]] 11:42, 10 January 2012 (UTC)<br /> <br /> = Contents =<br /> * [[Origins of Chinese film]] [[User:Root|Root]] 11:42, 10 January 2012 (UTC)<br /> * [[Wong Kar Wai]] --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 02:56, 1 March 2012 (UTC)<br /> * [[Stephen Chow]] -- [[User:Jon|Jon]]</div>

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<p>Keeley X.: </p> <hr /> <div>[https://wiki.vm.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/uvu/index.php/uvu:Community_Portal Click here to learn how to use this Wiki.] [[User:Root|Root]] 11:42, 10 January 2012 (UTC)<br /> <br /> = Contents =<br /> * [[Origins of Chinese film]] [[User:Root|Root]] 11:42, 10 January 2012 (UTC)<br /> * [[Wong Kar Wai]] --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 02:56, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:55, 25 February 2012 (UTC)<br /> * [[Stephen Chow]] -- [[User:Jon|Jon]]</div>

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<p>Keeley X.: </p> <hr /> <div>[https://wiki.vm.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/uvu/index.php/uvu:Community_Portal Click here to learn how to use this Wiki.] [[User:Root|Root]] 11:42, 10 January 2012 (UTC)<br /> <br /> = Contents =<br /> * [[Origins of Chinese film]] [[User:Root|Root]] 11:42, 10 January 2012 (UTC)<br /> * [[Wong Kar Wai]] -- --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 02:56, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[[User:Duo Duo|Duo Duo]] 23:55, 25 February 2012 (UTC)<br /> * [[Stephen Chow]] -- [[User:Jon|Jon]]</div>

Keeley X. https://bou.de/u/index.php?title=Wong_Kar_Wai&diff=1047 2012-03-01T02:55:24Z

<p>Keeley X.: </p> <hr /> <div>== '''Early Life''' ==<br /> Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai<br /> When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Made his first full length movie As Tears Go By in 1988 (Scott Tobias). &lt;br /&gt;<br /> 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) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> [[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> ==''' Filmography''' ==<br /> <br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1988 As Tears Go By''': Wong Kar Wai's first film; a love story. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1994 Ashes of Time''': A movie about a swordsman who goes to the desert to seek out men to fulfill his contract killings.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1995 Fallen Angels:''' A movie about a hitman and his attempt to deal with his less murderous emotions. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''1997 Happy Together''': &quot;a luminous road movie examining the tumultuous relationship between gay lovers in Argentina.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''2012 The Grandmasters''' (in post production) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> == '''Style''' ==<br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> Wong is known for his signature art house films&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Being “stuck”:''' As Wong put it in an interview: &quot;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.&quot; (Scott Tobias)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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.]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Editing:''' To Wong, [http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0e__NMHiDg editing is almost like making the movie again]. &lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''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 &quot;[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&quot; (Scott Tobias).&lt;br /&gt;<br /> '''Non-Traditional Filming method:''' &quot;As a kid, [he] spent most of [his] time in cinemas&quot; (Scott Tobias) and after working in TV and writing scripts he came to a point where he could make his own movies and &quot;[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.&quot; (Scott Tobias) &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> =='''Awards'''==<br /> Wong has been nominated for or won awards from 30 different institutions over the years for his films. Some of his awards include:&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1991 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4]&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2000 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2004 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 César Award, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)&lt;br /&gt;<br /> 2001 German Film Awards, Best Foreign Film (In the Mood for Love)<br /> 1991 Golden Horse Film Festival, Golden Horse Award (Days of Being Wild)<br /> <br /> (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)<br /> <br /> <br /> == '''References''' ==<br /> Bryan Walsh, . &quot;&quot;We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love&quot;.&quot; Time Magazine World. Time, 2004. Web. 29 Feb 2012. &lt;http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,702208-2,00.html&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Maggie Cheung.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001041/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Tony Leung Chiu Wai.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504897/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Tobias, Scott. &quot;Wong Kar-Wai.&quot; Wong Kar-Wai. Onion Inc., 28 Feb. 2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.avclub.com/articles/wong-karwai,13700/&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;Kar Wai Wong.&quot; IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. &lt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/&gt;.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 02:55, 1 March 2012 (UTC)</div>

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