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-[[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]
+[[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto. creative commons, retrieved from Wikimedia Commons. Click [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wong_Kar-wai_at_2008_TIFF.jpg here] for original source.]]
 == '''Biography''' ==
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 My style of movie making is unique. When watching one of my movies Lisa Scwarzbaum had this to say about understanding my style of movies: "The best way ...is to prepare to get lost. I mean literally, thrown without compass into a thicket of imagery and time-shifting both undeniably gorgeous and ultimately inconsequential, about characters as interchangeable as they are operatically grand, with their big loves and crazy style." This is how she refers the 2008 redux of my 1994 movie "Ashes of Time", in her ''Entertainment Weekly'' review (She gave me a B+...Can you believe that? I thought it was much better than that...)
 Here are a few keys to understanding my particular style of movie making.

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 == '''Style''' ==
 "The best way ...is to prepare to get lost. I mean literally, thrown without compass into a thicket of imagery and time-shifting both undeniably gorgeous and ultimately inconsequential, about characters as interchangeable as they are operatically grand, with their big loves and crazy style." So said Lisa Schwarzbaum, about the 2008 redux of my 1994 movie "Ashes of Time", in her ''Entertainment Weekly'' review (She gave me a B+...Can you believe that? I thought it was much better than that...)
 [[File:ITMFL Francesca M. Fontana.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A scene from In the Mood for Love by Francesca M. Fontana.]]

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 == '''Biography''' ==
-My name is Wong Kar-wai. I was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956. When I was only 5, I moved to Hong Kong with my mother. I grew up there and spent a lot of time as a child watching movies. This instilled in me a love of film(Tobias). I graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic College (in Graphic Design)in 1980. Then, I attended a two year production program and started writing for television. I didn't become a screenwriter until the mid 1980s- my first movie ("As Tears go by") came out in 1988(Tobias). It was not very successful. I never did attend film school. Since I was in Hong Kong, I do not fit into the "generations" of the film school in Beijing.
+My name is Wong Kar-wai. I was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956. When I was only 5, I moved to Hong Kong with my mother. I grew up there and spent a lot of time watching movies. This instilled in me a love of film(Tobias). I graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic College (in Graphic Design)in 1980. Then, I attended a two year production program and started writing for television. I didn't become a screenwriter until the mid 1980s- my first movie ("As Tears go by") came out in 1988(Tobias). It was not very successful. I never did attend film school. Since I was in Hong Kong, I do not fit into the "generations" of the film school in Beijing.
-(IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)
+My first critically acclaimed movie was "Days of Being Wild" in 1990. It didn't do all that well, initially, in the theater, but, in later years, many would consider this to be one of my best movies- in 2011 it was named one of the best 100 Chinese movies. International audiences considered it a sort of "Cantonese 'Rebel without a cause'". It is the first of an unofficial trilogy (the other two shows are "In the Mood for Love" (2000) and "2046". "2046" took me 5 years to make; it was released in 2004.(Walsh)
 (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)
 == '''Style''' ==
 [[File:ITMFL Francesca M. Fontana.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A scene from In the Mood for Love by Francesca M. Fontana.]]
 '''Time:''' "The device of the intersection is a Wong Kar-wai hallmark. He has used two parallel stories since his directorial debut in 1988" Along with the intersection, when one watches a movie by Wong Kar Wai, one is bound to observe that his movies are never a linear time frame, they are fragmented.(Audrey Yue; p.144)<br />
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 (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)
 == '''Thoughts''' ==

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-== '''Early Life''' ==
+== '''Biography''' ==
-'''Wong'''Kar-wai was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956.<br />
+My name is Wong Kar-wai. I was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956. When I was only 5, I moved to Hong Kong with my mother. I grew up there and spent a lot of time as a child watching movies. This instilled in me a love of film(Tobias). I graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic College (in Graphic Design)in 1980. Then, I attended a two year production program and started writing for television. I didn't become a screenwriter until the mid 1980s- my first movie ("As Tears go by") came out in 1988(Tobias). It was not very successful. I never did attend film school. Since I was in Hong Kong, I do not fit into the "generations" of the film school in Beijing.
-When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong.<br />
-Spent a lot of time as a child watching movies with his mother which instilled in him a love of film(Scott Tobias).<br />
+My first critically acclaimed movie was "Days of Being Wild" in 1990. It didn't do all that well, initially, in the theater, but, in later years, many would consider this to be one of my best movies- in 2011 it was named one of the best 100 Chinese movies. International audiences considered it a sort of "Cantonese 'Rebel without a cause'". It is the first of an unofficial trilogy (the other two shows are "In the Mood for Love" and "2046".(Walsh) [[File:Karen_Seto.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wong Kar-wai in Toronto, photo by Karen Seto.]]
 (IMDb; Kar Wai Wong)

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 == '''Early Life''' ==
-Kar Wai '''Wong''' was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956.<br />
+'''Wong'''Kar-wai was born in Shanghai, China on July 17th 1956.<br />
 When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong.<br />
 Spent a lot of time as a child watching movies with his mother which instilled in him a love of film(Scott Tobias).<br />

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 Yue, Audrey. "18 In the Mood for Love: Intersections of Hong Kong Modernity." Chinese Films in Focus II. London: BFI, 2008. 144-52. Print.<br />
+=== Presentation ===
 --[[User:Keeley X.|Keeley X.]] 02:55, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

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

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 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Days of Being Wild)<br />
 Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Director (Chungking Express)<br />
-Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)[4]<br />
+Cannes Film Festival, Best Director (Happy Together)<br />
 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (In the Mood for Love)<br />
 European Film Awards, Screen International Award (2046)<br />

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 In the United States we know him as '''Wong''' Kar Wai
 When he was only 5, he left Shanghai and traveled with his mother to Hong Kong.<br />
-Spent a lot of time as a child watching movies with his mother which instilled in him a love of film.(Scott Tobias)<br />
+Spent a lot of time as a child watching movies with his mother which instilled in him a love of film(Scott Tobias).<br />
 Dropped out of art school and never attended a film school. <br />
 Spent almost a decade writing scripts before making a movie.<br />