Wong Kar-wai was born in Shanghai in 1958 and moved to Hong Kong with his family when he was five years old. When he was studying graphic design at the Hong Kong School of Arts and Crafts in his early years, he became crazy about photography. In particular, the works of masters such as Robert Frank, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Richard Avedon had a profound impact on him. After graduating from school in 1980, he entered the TV production training class run by Hong Kong TVB to study script writing and film and television production, and later worked as a production assistant and screenwriter in a series of TVB TV series. In 1982, Wong Kar-wai left TVB and officially entered the film industry. He first worked as a film screenwriter for nearly five years. In 1987, Wong Kar-wai wrote the script for the "Gangster Trilogy" series of films for Hong Kong new wave film leader Tam Jiaming. As a result, Tan Jiaming only used the last one to make "The Final Victory", and the first one became In 1988, he wrote the script for "Carmen," Wong Kar-wai's first directorial work. From "Days of Being Wild" in 1991 to "Fallen Angel" in 1995, the continuous emergence of outstanding works has completed the establishment and consolidation of Wong Kar-wai's own artistic style. In 1997, Wong Kar-wai finally won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival for "Happy Together" and received recognition from the international film community.

The uniqueness of Wong Kar-wai's films lies first in his profound understanding of the city and era in which he lives, and he has found an appropriate way to express his life in such a special external environment. experience. He is the artist who has the most keen insight into the current situation of Hong Kong: Chungking Mansions, which is crowded with people and colorful, the dark blue sky divided by the high-rise buildings in Mong Kok, the apartment windows near Kai Tak Airport where planes can be seen taking off and landing, and of course the roadside Stalls, convenience stores and dark bars, Wong Kar-wai relied on these iconic elements to combine Hong Kong at the end of the century. The most obvious examples are "Chungking Express" and "Fallen Angel" (of course you can also combine "Ashes of Time" The lonely and indifferent desert in "Poison" can be regarded as an allegorical modern city, and the feeling of being far away and rootless in a foreign land in "Happy Together" is also a metaphor for the colonial city of Hong Kong in another foreign time and space. reflection). Wong Kar-wai is an image expressor with a strong "urban sensibility". The inorganicity and symbolism of modern cities make his works often have content hidden in form and style. In other words, the style itself is sometimes his. content. In the past works of representatives of Hong Kong New Wave directors such as Ann Hui and Tam Jiaming, you can easily touch the "realism of life" that supports the style, but you can't see this in Wong Kar-wai's films.

Wong Kar-wai's video world is a highly abstract reality, which is first reflected in his unique view of time revealed in his narrative. Scenes in Wong Kar-wai's films often present a state of suspension in the past and future of linear time, although he constantly uses details to emphasize the concept of time, such as the famous opening in "Days of Being Wild" and "Chungking Express" There are repeated narrations of dates and "Ashes of Time" often point out solar terms at the beginning of events, but the stories he tells have no special time background. They may happen every day in the corner of the city. They just come from Specimens extracted from urban life. If you watch "Chungking Express" carefully, you will find that some details of the two stories are actually intertwined with each other. Wong Kar-wai uses this hide-and-seek game to create a time-sensitive effect, which not only dissolves the The linear time concept of traditional narrative highlights the contingency and disorder of contemporary urban life, thus forming an existential spiritual implication.

The "abstract reality" of Wong Kar-wai's films is also reflected in his accidental and fragmentary narrative structure and his collage borrowing of popular codes. If you are moved after reading Wong Kar-Wai's works, it is not caused by the impression of the overall world, but because the atmosphere evoked by the details, fragments, and murmuring subjective monologues can make you have a deep understanding of the ***. . The atmosphere exists in the fragments, or is mixed in the blank space between fragments. This is very similar to the abandonment of grand narratives and the preference for detailed impressions in postmodern aesthetics.

In Wong Kar-wai's films, you can find a large number of pop culture symbols, such as pop music, trademarks, cartoon toys, etc., including the characters he likes to use very much, such as policemen, killers, and punks, which are actually a subculture on the edge of the city. Symbols, this kind of consumption code provided by the city, become like a mirror through Wong Kar-wai's collage, reflecting the transformation of modern society from concrete real images into symbolic sensibility. This also makes his films extremely sensitive, fresh and thought-provoking.

Of course, when talking about Wong Kar-Wai's films, what you immediately think of are the dazzling and shaky shots shot with handheld cameras, irregular compositions and the use of gorgeous but cold tones. This trademark imagery is largely due to his long-time collaborators, art director Zhang Shuping and cinematographer Du Kefeng. Today, you can see this Wong Kar-Wai style image in many Hong Kong independent art films and even some commercial films, but most of them are only simple copies and lack inherent creativity.

Wong Kar-wai’s movies have a cool and dazzling sense of form, but they are actually full of emotions: the irony of fast food love in "Chungking Express" and the delicate and entangled emotions in "Happy Together" The scene where Takeshi Kaneshiro makes ice cream for his father in "Fallen Angel" is both unforgettable. A consistent theme in his works is: the desire between people for some kind of talk and communication, and the helplessness of the impossibility of individual communication that is far stronger than this desire. There is no one in the Chinese film industry who is better at expressing this theme so delicately and vividly than Wong Kar-Wai.

It is too early to draw conclusions today about Wong Kar-wai's achievements. The famous British magazine "Sound and Picture" selected Wong Kar-wai as the most important film innovator in the 1990s. In front of his name were André Bazin in the 1950s and Andy Warhol in the 1970s. The magazine said in its evaluation of him: "Wong Kar-wai may not be all of future movies, but he has definitely pointed out a direction for future movies."

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"Carmen" (1989) Andy Lau Jacky Cheung Maggie Man Tsz-leung

"Days of Being Wild" (1990) Leslie Cheung Maggie Cheung Carina Lau and Andy Lau Jacky Leung Chiu-wai

"Ashes of Time" (1994) ) Leslie Cheung, Lin Qingxia, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Jacky Cheung, Carina Lau, and Caini Yang

"Chungking Express" (1995) Tony Leung, Faye Wong, Jincheng Wu, Lin Qingxia

"Fallen Angel" (1996) Dawn, Reis Ka-hin, Jincheng Wu, Yang Caini, Mok Wenwei

"Happy Together" (1997) Tony Leung, Leslie Cheung and Zhang Chen

"In the Mood for Love" (2000) Tony Leung Maggie Cheung

"2046" (2004) Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Faye Wong, Carina Lau, Takuya Kimura Dong Jie and Maggie Cheung

"Car God" (2005) (BMW car commercial episode 6)

"Hand of Cupid" (2006) (Wong Kar-wai, Stephen Soderbergh) A three-part film directed by the three major directors Antonioni) Gong Li and Zhang Zhen

"Blueberry Nights" (2007) Norah Jones Jude Law Rachel Weisz Nata Natalie Portman David Strathairn

"Ashes of Time" (2009) Leslie Cheung, Lin Qingxia, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Jacky Cheung, Carina Lau and Caini Yang

"The Grandmaster" (2010) Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Zhao Benshan and Zhang Chen

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Leslie Cheung: Wong Kar-wai is successful. His broad-mindedness in looking at things and what he wants to express are really Different from ordinary directors.

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Classic lines from "Carmen in Mong Kok" -

Because I know myself very well, I can't promise you anything.

Don’t say it twice. If you say it twice, I will believe it.

I would rather be a hero for a day than a worm for the rest of my life!

There is cooked rice in the kitchen, and I also bought a few cups. I know that they will be broken soon, so I secretly hid one until one day you need that cup. When the time comes, just give me a call and I'll tell you where to put it.

I want to tell you that I found the cup.

Classic lines from "Days of Being Wild" -

The masterpiece "Days of Wild" is on the 16th, April 16th. You were with me one minute before three o'clock in the afternoon on April 16, 1960, and I will remember this minute because of you. From now on we are friends for a minute, that's a fact, you can't change it because it's in the past. I will come again tomorrow.

I don’t know if he remembered that minute because of me, but I will always remember this person. After that, he really came every day, and we went from being friends for one minute to being friends for two minutes. Before long, we saw each other for at least an hour every day.

I used to think that a minute would pass quickly, but in fact it can be very long. One day someone pointed at his watch and told me that he would always remember me because of that minute. At that time, I thought it was very touching... But now I look at the clock, and I tell myself that I want to start from this minute. Start forgetting about this person.

I heard someone say that there is a kind of bird in the world that has no legs. It can only fly and fly. When it gets tired of flying, it sleeps in the wind. This kind of bird can only go to the ground once in its life. That time is when it dies.

Why do you have to accommodate me? Accommodating me only lasts a while, but it won't last a lifetime. You and I will not be happy together.

I finally arrived at my biological mother’s home, but she refused to see me. The servant said she no longer lived here. When I left the house, I knew there was a pair of eyes staring at me from behind, but I would never look back. I just want to meet her and see what she looks like. Since she doesn't give me a chance, I will definitely not give her a chance.

I used to think that there was a kind of bird that could fly from the beginning and only land on the day of death. In fact, it never went anywhere. The bird was already dead in the first place. I once said that I won’t know who my favorite woman is until the last minute. I don’t know what she is doing now. It's starting to get bright. The weather looks good today. I wonder what the sunset will be like today?

Classic line from "Chungking Express" -

Representative work "Chungking Express" Everyone has a time when they fall in love, and every time I fall in love, I will go for a run, because running can change the relationship. The water in your body evaporates, making me less prone to tears. How can I shed tears? In May's mind, I am a cool man.

When we were closest, the distance between me and her was only 0.01 centimeters. 57 hours later, I fell in love with this woman.

When I was closest to her, the distance between us was only 0.01 centimeters. I knew nothing about her. Six hours later, she liked another man.

The day we broke up was April Fool's Day, so I always thought she was joking, and I was willing to let her joke last for a month. From the day we broke up, I bought a can of pineapples that expired on May 1st every day, because pineapples are May’s favorite thing to eat, and May 1st is my birthday. I told myself that if she doesn't come back when I buy 30 cans, this relationship will expire.

I don’t know since when, everything has a date on it. The saury will expire, the canned meat will expire, and even the plastic wrap will expire. I began to doubt that in this world, there are still What doesn't expire?

Finally, I found my 30th can of pineapples in a convenience store. On the morning of May 1st, I began to understand one thing. In May’s heart, there was no difference between me and this canned pineapple.

In fact, knowing a person does not mean anything. People will change. Today he likes pineapples, but tomorrow he can like something else.

I did not expect that the rest she mentioned was real rest. Throughout the night, I watched two Cantonese feature films and ate chef salad four times. As daylight approached, I knew it was time to leave. When I was leaving, I helped her take off her shoes. I remember my mother said that if a woman wears high heels to bed, her feet will be swollen the next day. She must have walked a long way last night. For a beautiful woman like her, her high heels should be very clean.

On May 1, 1994, a woman said "Happy Birthday" to me. Because of this sentence, I will always remember this woman. If memory is also a can, I hope this can will not expire; if I must add a date, I hope it will last ten thousand years.

The date on the can told me that I didn't have many days left, and if I couldn't find the Indians, I would be in trouble.

I don’t know when it started. I became a very careful person. Every time I wear a raincoat, I wear sunglasses. You never know when it will rain. The sun comes out.

I don’t know if I forgot to turn off the faucet when I went to work, or if the house is becoming more and more emotional. I always thought it was strong, but who knew it would cry so hard. When a person is crying, you only need to give her a pack of tissues, but when a house is crying, you have to do a lot more.

When I watched it cry, I was very happy, because its appearance seemed to have changed, but its essence remained the same. It was still an emotional towel.

I had a dream that afternoon. When I arrived at his house, when I walked out of the house, I thought I would wake up. Who knows, it turns out that some dreams will never wake up.

In fact, it’s not that he didn’t come, he just went to the wrong place. That night, we were all in California, but there was a 15-hour difference between us. It was 11 o'clock in the morning over there. I wonder if he will remember to make an appointment with me at 8 o'clock tonight?

On every plane, there must be a stewardess you want to date. This time last year, I very successfully managed to date one at an altitude of 25,000 feet. I thought I would be with her for a long time, like a fully fueled airplane that could fly very far. Who knows where the plane will transfer...

Classic lines from "Ashes of Time"——

Many years after the masterpiece "Ashes of Time", I had a nickname called "Ashes of the West" poison". In fact, anyone can become vicious, as long as you have tried what is called "jealousy". I don't mind how others see me, I just don't want others to be happier than me.

It seems that you are in your early forties. In the past forty years, there are always some things that you don’t want to mention again, or there are some people that you don’t want to see again, and some people have been sorry to you. Maybe you thought about killing them, but you didn't dare. Ha, or maybe you think it’s not worth it, but actually killing someone is very easy. I have a friend who is very good at martial arts, but his life has been a little difficult recently. As long as you give him a little bit of silver, he will definitely help you kill that person. Just think about it. In fact, it is not easy to kill someone, but many people will take this risk in order to survive.

Not long ago, I met someone who gave me a jar of wine. She said it was called "drunk life and dreaming of death". After drinking it, you can forget everything you have done before. I wonder why there is such a wine.

She said that the biggest trouble people have is that they have a good memory. If you can forget everything, every day will be a new beginning. How happy would you be?

Do you know the difference between drinking alcohol and drinking water? Wine becomes warmer as you drink it, while water becomes colder as you drink it.

If a person has a bad memory, he should not go to too many places of right and wrong, because you may forget your enemies.

Let him be sad! Since I'm so unhappy, why don't I find someone to be with me. I just want him to taste what it's like not to be alone.

If you want a person to die alone, the most painful way is to kill his favorite person first.

Some people only find out that the person who left is their favorite after they leave.

When a person is frustrated, he will more or less find an excuse to cover up. In fact, Murong Yan and Murong Yan are just two identities of the same person. Behind these two identities, there is an injured person hiding.

Do you know, I once looked for that woman because someone said that your favorite woman is her. I originally wanted to kill her, but then I didn’t do it because I didn’t want to prove that she was her. . I once asked myself if the woman you like most is me, but now I don’t want to know anymore. If one day I can't help but ask, you must lie to me. No matter how unwilling you are, don't tell me that the person you like most is not me.

If you are determined to avenge your brother, you have to raise a sum of money. No one will offend the swordsman of the Taiwei Mansion for a donkey. Revenge has a price. If you are ugly, I advise you to give up on this idea. Do you think I have any plans for you? I just want to tell you that if you want to sell it, you will be worth more than that donkey.

Everyone will stick to their own beliefs. Others think it is a waste of time, but she thinks it is very important.

There is a season for when flowers bloom, but no one knows when horse thieves will arrive.

I have heard people say before that if the knife is sharp, the blood spurting out from the wound will sound like the sound of wind, which is very nice. I didn’t expect that the first time I heard it was my own blood.

There is a profession that is suitable for you. It can help you earn some money while also doing good deeds. Are you interested? You, think about it, but be quick, you know, you will get hungry soon.

Usually people who take money without even looking at it will soon spend all their money, but Hong Qi counts carefully, and I know that this kind of person will not stay with me for long.

Don’t think that it is easy to deceive a woman. The more innocent a woman is, the more straightforward it is.

What is the place behind this desert?

It is another desert.

Everyone will go through this stage. When they see a mountain, they want to know what is behind the mountain. I really want to tell him that maybe if you go to the back of the mountain, you will find that there is nothing special. Looking back, you will feel that this side is better.

Although I like her very much, I don’t want her to know, because I understand that what you can’t get is always the best. Every time she stared at the little child, I knew she was actually thinking of someone else. I was very jealous of Ouyang Feng. I wanted to know what it felt like to be liked, but I ended up hurting a lot of people.

I used to think so, but seeing him grow up day by day, I knew he would leave me sooner or later. Now I feel like nothing matters. I used to think that sentence was very important, because I felt that some words would last a lifetime if I said them. Now think about it, it doesn't make any difference if you say them or not, some things will change. I always thought I had won, until one day I looked in the mirror and realized that I had lost. In my best moments, the people I loved most were not around me. How wonderful it would be to start over!

I know that the best way to avoid being rejected is to reject others first.

In fact, "Drunk to death" is just a joke she made to me. The more you wonder if you have forgotten, the more clearly you remember.

I once heard someone say that when you can no longer have it, the only thing you can do is to make yourself not forget it.

Classic lines from "Fallen Angels" -

I have worked with her for one hundred and fifty-five weeks, and today is the first time we have sat together. Because human emotions are difficult to control. So we kept our distance because the best partners are not supposed to have feelings.

As a partner, in addition to getting to know her, you also need to give her the opportunity to get to know you.

When you were young, you thought there was an answer to everything. But when you get older, you may feel that there is no so-called answer in life. Every day you have the opportunity to pass by many people, and some people may become your friends or confidants, so I never give up any opportunity to rub against others. Sometimes I get a bloody headache, so what the heck! Just be happy.

Many times, a person's character will affect his career. The best thing about doing this is that you don’t have to make decisions. Who should die, when, and where should have been decided by others. I am a very lazy person, I like others to arrange everything for me. So I need a partner.

Looking at the garbage a person throws away, you will easily know what he has done recently. He comes to this bar every time and seems to like the quietness here. Sometimes, I would sit in the seat where he sat, because in this way, I seemed to feel that I was with him. Some people are not suitable for getting too close to, and they will not be interested if they know too much. I am a very realistic person and I know how to make myself happier.

After working with a person for a long time, your habits will be more or less affected by him. Although I am familiar with this perfume, I am not used to smelling it on other women.

Many people think that people in our industry don’t have many friends. In fact, killers always have elementary school classmates.

People say women are made of water, but actually some men are the same. Most people's first love is in their teens, but as for me, I may be a late bloomer, or I may have higher requirements. On May 30, 1995, I got my first love. It's like a store. I don't know how long I can stay there. Of course, the longer the better.

I heard someone say that everything expires. I don't know when her relationship with JOHNNY will expire, but I think it will be soon.

I wonder if I am too optimistic. Not long after, I asked her to watch a football match again, but she didn't arrive. I always thought that her relationship with JOHNNY would expire soon, but who knew that the one that would expire the fastest would be me. I waited from the opening to the end. When the lights turned off in the stadium, I knew she wouldn't come. I started to fall out of love. No way?

When I was leaving, I asked him to take me home. It’s been a long time since I’ve been on a motorcycle, and I haven’t been so close to a person for a long time, even though I knew the road wasn’t very far. I knew it wouldn't be long before I got off the bus. However, this minute, I feel so warm.

Classic lines from "Happy Together" -

In the masterpiece "Happy Together", He Baorong said "It's better, let's do it all over again", which is very interesting to me. Lethality, I have been with him for a long time, and we were separated in the middle, but every time I hear him say this, I always get together with him again.

Sometimes, ears are more important than eyes. Many things are better heard with ears than seen with eyes. A person pretends to be happy, but his voice cannot be fake. You will know if you listen carefully.

I am much closer to him. I can’t hear anything. I can only hear my own heart beating. I wonder if he hears it?

I always thought that He Baorong and I were different. It turns out that when we are lonely, everyone is the same.

I finally came to the waterfall. I suddenly thought of He Baorong. I felt so sad. I always thought that there should be a couple standing here.

In January 1997, I finally came to the end of the world. This is the last lighthouse in the south of South America. Beyond it is the Antarctic. Suddenly I wanted to go home, even though I was with them. It was far away, but I felt very close at that moment.

Classic lines from "In the Mood for Love" - ??

I have never thought about the masterpiece "In the Mood for Love". I used to just wonder how they got started. Now I know that many things happen unconsciously. I thought it was nothing, but I started to worry about when your husband would come back. It's best not to come back. I know this is wrong. Can you do me a favor? I want to be mentally prepared.

If you have one more ferry ticket, would you like to go with me?

If you have an extra ticket, will you take me with you?

Cherry blossoms only bloom for one season, and true love comes only once. If it's just loneliness, please don't love me.

I never thought that marriage was so complicated. I thought it was enough for one person to do well, but when two people are together, it is not enough for them to do well alone.

Those vanished years seem to be visible through a piece of dusty glass, but cannot be grasped... He has been thinking about everything in the past. If he can break through the dusty glass, he will Will go back to the long gone years.

Classic lines from "2046" -

Passengers going to 2046 have only one purpose, which is to retrieve their lost memories. Because in 2046, nothing changes. No one knows if this is true because no one has ever returned. I'm the only one.

How long does it take for a person to leave 2046? No one knows. Some people can leave effortlessly, but for some people, it takes a long time, a lot of effort, and even bruises. I can't remember how long I stayed on this train. I began to feel deeply lonely.

In the past, when a person had an ulterior secret in his heart, he would run into the mountains, find a tree, dig a hole in the tree, tell the secret to the hole, and then use soil to hide it. Seal it, and no one will ever know the secret.

I once fell in love with someone, and then she left. I went to 2046 because I thought she was waiting for me there, but I couldn't find her. I really want to know if she likes me, but I never get the answer. Her answer is like a secret that no one will ever know.

All memories are wet.

I quickly adapted to this kind of life. Although sometimes it was just a sideshow, and although many of them were just misty relationships, it didn't matter. There were so many lifetimes.

If one day you can forget the past, remember to come to me.

I once fell in love with someone, and I wanted to know if she liked me. I found that this robot looked a lot like her, and I started trying to find the answer in her. I kept trying, but she never responded. When I was most disappointed, I thought about giving up, but soon I continued. Slowly, I began to doubt myself. Her lack of response to you may not be because she is slow to respond, but maybe it is because she has no feelings for you. In the end, I finally understood that some things cannot be forced, and all I can do is give up.

There is a joke that when 0 in Arabic numerals meets 8, 0 says to 8, "Do you think I can't recognize you if you tie up your waist with a belt?" After leaving Hong Kong for a few years, I really feel that she has changed from 0 to 8! So, I always try my best to untie the belt in the middle of 8...

Sometimes I feel that the world has become really funny. In the past, I only wanted to write novels for one person to read, but now I write novels to prevent myself from starving and to read to all boring people. In the past, two people with desires and passions tried their best to avoid each other, but now two people with no desires and passions are trying their best to get close to each other... maybe , only wine can rekindle my passion. Wine is a good thing!

Because of professional needs, I have become accustomed to waiting. However, I have never experienced the heartache of waiting for someone! I have never tried to spend U.S. dollars not by the denomination but by centimeters.

In just two hours, the price of a glass of beer has risen from one centimeter to three centimeters. I drank slowly enough, but I still felt that I drank too fast because my friend hadn't shown up yet. I don’t know how long I have to wait for him! I began to imagine that I was a very, very small ant, because, with the speed at which a small ant drinks, a glass of beer must last a long, long time...

I finally found out that he was a postman. Moreover, I also know that the "letters" I have never cared about will soon disappear in this world. As I said, people will always find various ways to communicate. Without letters, the government will cancel the post office, and there will be no postman in the world. Therefore, the identity of the postman is like the U.S. dollars in my box, which will soon expire and become invalid. He told me that he was going to try his luck in a place. It is said that the policy of that place will remain unchanged...

I once tried to have another dream, but I failed. I finally understood, My dream only belongs to the person who left! I also discovered that having dreams turns out to be a painful thing!

That day, he asked me if I would go with him if he bought one more ticket. I refused. In fact, how much I wanted to go with him, but I don’t know why, but the chip in my brain gave me a refusal command...

In fact, love is time-sensitive, and knowing each other is too long. It doesn't work either too early or too late. If I met her in another time or space, the ending might be different.

I understand one thing from her: as long as you don’t give up, you will always have a chance