The World of Wong Kar-Wai Collector's Edition - The Criterion Collection With his lush and sensual visuals, pitch-perfect soundtracks, and soulful romanticism, WONG KAR WAI has established himself as one of the defining auteurs of contemporary cinema. Joined by such key collaborators...
With his lush and sensual visuals, pitch-perfect soundtracks, and soulful romanticism, Wong Kar Wai has established himself as one of the defining auteurs of contemporary cinema. Joined by such key collaborators as cinematographer Christopher Doyle; editor and production and costume designer William Cha...
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Then things got quite for a while, until just last week Criterion finally announced their 2021 release titles for March, and one of them is this gorgeousWorld Of Wong Kar Wai Collection. The set will feature 7 of Wong’s films –As Tears Go By / Days of Being Wild / Chungking Express...
The Criterion Collection's World of Wong Kar Wai set offers a rare chance to get your hands around modern cinema's slipperiest body of work.
If you aren’t a cinephile with a large knowledge of international films, you may not be familiar with the work of Wong Kar-Wai. Over his illustrious 30+ year career in filmmaking, the writer-director has worked on 10 feature films, and is probably best known for his informal series of...
“I’m tired of all this ‘cinema is dead’ shit." As the Criterion Collection releases a box set of his work, Wong Kar-wai explains himself. By David Ehrlich March 25, 2021 1:00 pm Features The Movies of Wong Kar Wai, Ranked from Worst to Best The Criterion Collection's World of...
Next week, his brand-new 20th-anniversary restoration of In the Mood for Love will finally debutat the New York Film Festival followed by a nationwide tour that includes other recent restorations of his work, and an eventual Criterion box set release. Meanwhile, production on his long-gestating...
and more resonant than our own. Few films do that better than those of Wong Kar Wai, the Hong Kong auteur whose iconic sunglasses are more famous than many other directors’ movies. With his blend of pop exuberance and alienated melancholy, he is one of those rare filmmakers whose work is...
While we eagerly await the next long-form work from Wong Kar Wai—currently announced to be the long-gestating Blossoms, based on a novel by Jin Yucheng—the Hong Kong director has curated a short film for Saint Laurent's Self 05 release, entitled A Night in Shanghai.Directed by photograph...