Wong Kar-wai - Collage Cinema
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If you think cinema is about clarity of vision, you should take a look at Wong Kar-wai. Movies are not about seeing clearly. They are about feeling clearly.
For example. Have you ever wondered why Wong Kar-wai is so in love with corridors? Honk Kong's narrow streets? Why he rarely shoots whole figures, but rather only body parts? His cinema is like a collage.
In his long and bright career (except Bluebarry Nights, obv) the director from Hong Kong has explored the power of subtext. One of the best ways he experimented to achieve the feeling of his cinema is with a dirty image, where things and characters are nor clearly visible in the frame. Seems paradoxical. Let's see if it really is.
Films shown
In the mood for love
Chungking Express
As tears go by
Fallen Angels
2046
Watchmen (2009)
The Master
Tenet
Mind Game (2004)
Ratatouille
Casablanca
Days of Being Wild