As Tears Go By
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Country: Hong Kong
Year: 1988
WKW's impressive first feature ably converts the director's now celebrated
visual style into an incendiary "Heroic Bloodshed" street opera á la John Woo.
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Days of Being Wild
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Country: Hong Kong
Year: 1991
In his first hypnotic backward glance at Hong Kong in 1960, Wong Kar-Wai follows its half dozen characters through their individual searches for intimacy. With Leslie Cheung (FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE) and Maggie Cheung (IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE).
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Fallen Angels
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Country: Hong Kong
Year: 1995
In this neo-noir fantasy, Leon Lai stars as a hitman who is the object of unrequited passion for two women; the female agent (Michele Reis) who hands down his assignments, and an orange-haired punkette named Baby (Karen Mok). Hong Kong. 1996. 95 min. Color. Letterboxed in Cantonese w/English subtitles.
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Chungking Express
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Country: Hong Kong
Year: 1996
Tasty take-out isn't the only thing served hot at this little fast-food place - the lives and loves of its colorful customers also criss-cross over the counter!
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Happy Together
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Country: Hong Kong
Year: 1997
Wong Kar-Wai's HAPPY TOGETHER is a cinematic balancing act, a stunning display of filmmaking style and a touching love story evenly mixed into one film.
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