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The Lovers on the Bridge 1991
This is the story that I would dream about. It is the perfect encapsulation of my most crazy imaginations come to life, built from the stories that linger in my head. When I was a child, I was always daydreaming – I painted pictures in my head so vividly that it would keep me up at night. I pranced around playing dress-up in a world that was so absurdly ridiculous. And these stories were always mine; sometimes so loud and eccentric…
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Lust, Caution 2007
I’m left with mixed emotions. I want to like this film but there’s something that’s holding me back.
What’s so frustrating about this film is that there is so much potential. Set against the backdrop of Hong Kong and Shanghai’s political turmoil during the Japanese occupation, an entirely bygone era is magnificently revived. I find that it’s all in the small details: the camera pans to capture the frenzied shuffle of mahjong tiles on the table, smoke drifts from the…Translated from by
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Chungking Express 1994
Loneliness and heartbreak permeate every frame of ChungKing Express. Yet at first glance, the scenes are not reflective of it. Far from being bleak or muted, the scenes are splattered with saturated tones, illuminated by the harsh lighting of fluorescent lights. It’s situated in a city that is teeming with life – all within the big Hong Kong hustle and bustle of takeout dinners, shouting street vendors, endless movement: the city never sleeps.
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A Man and a Woman 1966
This film’s beauty lies in the banality of everyday life through the exploration of love’s fragility; of things happening by a string of chances and coincidences.
In real life, love is subtle.
Just like in real life, love is revealed in the small gestures and the slow silences of the film –in the fleeting expressions of the face, the subtleties of one’s body language. You see it in the way that Jean-Luc casually drapes his hand over Anne’s chair when…
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