Wong Kar Wai

Early Life

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

--Duo Duo 23:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Filmography

1988 As Tears Go By
1990 Days of Being Wild
1994 Chungking Express/Ashes of Time
1995 Fallen Angels
1997 Happy Together
2000 In the Mood for Love
2004 2046
2007 My Blueberry Nights
2012 The Grandmasters (in post production)

--Duo Duo 23:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Style

Wong is known for his signature art house films
Time: Wong tends to kind of mess with time in his movies. He rarely uses a traditional story format but instead prefers to move forward, backward, or in both directs within a film. His films are therefore typically not chronological.
Romance: Wong's unofficial trilogy focuses on the different relationship stages that his characters go through. He addresses many complicated relationships and the emotional issues that accompany them.
Being “stuck”: This is a central theme of most of his movies; the characters are stuck in their place and try as they might they cannot seem to overcome it.
Pre-Production: Wong typically doesn't believe in using pre-production as he believes that the raw material from a first take is what makes a movie. He likes his actors/actresses to become the character.
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Editing: To Wong, editing is almost like making the movie again. He
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--Duo Duo 23:50, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Awards

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

--Duo Duo 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Bibliography

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

--Duo Duo 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)