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WKW : the cinema of Wong Kar Wai

Wong, Kar-wai, 1958- author, interviewee, Powers, John, 1951- author, interviewer

Overview

The long-awaited retrospective from the internationally renowned film director celebrated for his visually lush and atmospheric films. Wong Kar Wai is known for his romantic and stylish films that explore--in saturated, cinematic scenes--themes of love, longing, and the burden of memory. His style reveals a fascination with mood and texture, and a sense of place figures prominently. In this volume, the first on his entire body of work, Wong Kar Wai and writer John Powers explore Wong's complete oeuvre in the locations of some of his most famous scenes. The book is structured as six conversations between Powers and Wong (each in a different locale), including the restaurant where he shot In the Mood for Love and the snack bar where he shot Chungking Express. Discussing each of Wong's eleven films--from As Tears Go By and Days of Being Wild to 2046 and The Grandmaster --the conversations also explore Wong's trademark themes of time, nostalgia, and beauty, and their roots in his personal life. The first book by Wong Kar Wai, and the first comprehensive look at his oeuvre, this stunning, lavishly illustrated volume is as evocative as walking into one of Wong's lush films.

• Publisher: Rizzoli,Distributed to the U.S. trade by Random House
• Subject: Wong, Kar-wai, 1958- / Motion picture producers and directors China Hong Kong Interviews. / Motion picture producers and directors China Hong Kong Pictorial works. / Motion pictures China Hong Kong Pictorial works. / Motion picture producers and directors. / Motion pictures. / China Hong Kong.
• ISBN: 0847846172, 9780847846177

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PN1998.3.W65 A5 2016	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE