Ayoubou
It's truely a wonderful artistic work by Wong as usual!
oloanharahap
I Love this masterpiece by Wong Kar Wai. The cinematography, The Acting, The music especially in this film just incredible. Once you heard "Yumeji's Theme" it never leaves you after the film ends. A unique experience for romantic theme. The noodles scene, the smoking scene, the camera works made me fall in love with this art house cinema by WKW. There's no sex scene and there's no dramatic scene but we can feel the love in this film. The film itself nothing more than a tragedy and ironic even though sometimes there was funny scene between Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung characters. Not many people can enjoy this type of film but if you do i believe you'll feel the same that this is one of the best romantic film ever. 9 out of 10.
Anssi Vartiainen
In Hong Kong in the 1960s, a man and a woman end up living as neighbours. At first they're casual acquaintances, finding some common areas of interest, but barely more than that. Their bond deepens when they find that their spouses might be having an affair with each other. This brings them closer, but they vow not to repeat the sin that has brought them together.In the Mood for Love is a very different kind of love story. It talks just as much about loneliness and the need for human connection as it talks about love or lust or any of that stuff. Both Mrs. Chan (Maggie Cheung) and Mr. Chow (Tony Chiu-Wai Leung) live lives surrounded by people. Their apartments are rented rooms in other people's houses. Those people are rarely more than a doorway away, yet a recurring theme of the movie is them eating alone in their rooms or out on a stand somewhere. Only in each other they find that something that sparks a connection. Yet in 60s Hong Kong their friendship is something they have to hide, something they cannot share with others, adding to their isolation.The story alone is strong enough, but it's also told beautifully. Both of the main actors are superb in their roles, with Maggie Cheung especially pulling off a role of a lifetime. But a huge part of the film's success is also thanks to its director Kar-Wai Wong, who gives the whole film a dreamlike existence. Loneliness is expressed through meaningless of time. Lots of scenes are very similar with one another or they seem to move fluidly from one to another, but suddenly you realize that a significant amount of time has passed. One of the tricks through which this is shown being the changing dresses of Mrs. Chan. The film contains multiple small touches like that, but I shall not ruin them here for you.In fact, time loses so much of its meaning that it's almost recommended to see this movie twice to get the full experience. The friendship and romance between the two main characters is a slow thing and sometimes you realize only a few scenes later that something important already happened.Powerful film and well worth a double-viewing.
Prem chakyadath (premchakyadath)
One of the finest film made by the director Wong kar wai. this film beautifully tells the story through marvellous cinematography and production design. every frame is like a painting for Wong kar wai as he has delicately planned and shot. Actors performance are based on the improvisation made on real dialogue/script written during the shoot which also comes as natural conversation. Wongkarwai has used his content and knowledge very well along with the detailing in the story such as change in the weather, talking about certain food items etc. Lighting of the film also addressed smartly the mood and emotion of the character and location. High contrast with good color make you really mad with your eyes. Approach of the characters towards the situation is also a key to set the mood correct.
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