Wong Kar-Wai: Auteur of Time

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Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019 M07 25 - 191 pages
This study of Hong Kong cult director Wong Kar-wai provides an overview of his career and in-depth analysis of his seven feature films to date. Teo probes Wong's cinematic and literary influences - from Martin Scorsese to Haruki Murakami - yet shows how Wong transcends them all.
 

Contents

1 Introduction
1
As Tears Go By
15
Days of Being Wild
31
Chungking Express
47
Ashes of Time
65
Fallen Angels
83
Happy Together
98
In the Mood for Love
114
2046
134
10 MiniProjects and Conclusion
153
Notes
167
Bibliography
177
Filmography
181
Index
184
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Stephen Teo is associate professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is the author of several books, including Hong Kong Cinema: The Extra Dimensions (1997), Chinese Martial Arts Cinema: The Wuxia Tradition (2009), and Eastern Approaches to Western Film: Asian Reception and Aesthetics in Cinema (2019).

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