Product Description

"Wong Kar-Wai" traces this immensely exciting director's perennial themes of time, love, and loss, and examines the political implications of his films, especially concerning the handover of former British colony Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China. This book is the first in any language to cover all of Wong's work, from his first film, "As Tears Go By", to his most recent, the still unreleased "2046". It also includes his best known, highly honoured films, "Chungking Express", "Happy Together", and above all, "In the Mood for Love".Most importantly, Peter Brunette describes the ways in which Wong's supremely visual films attempt to create a new form of cinema by relying on stunning, suggestive visual images and audio tracks to tell their story, rather than on traditional notions of character, dialogue, and plot. The question of Wong Kar-wai's use of genre film techniques in art films is also explored in depth. Peter Brunette is the Reynolds Professor of Film Studies at Wake Forest University. He has written books on Roberto Rossellini and Michelangelo Antonioni and is the co-author of "Screen/Play: Derrida and Film Theory". He is chief critic for indieWIRE.com and reviews regularly for the British trade journal, "Screen International". It is a volume in the "Contemporary Film Directors" series, edited by James Naremore.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #393335 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Customer Reviews

good book, but suited to those who plan on writing an essay about WKW
The book is contains essays written by Peter Brunette about Wong Kar Wai films. He analysis the films well and often gives his own readings into the films. It is clear that he has done his research and it reflects in his academic writing style. However I didn't find that it was that insightful, because I found that he really placed too much of an emphasis on this subject narrative of analysis. The book doesn't really offer any anecdotes or doesn't lead us into the mind of Wong Kar Wai. Instead it is purely an essay on how his films are functioning. Suited for film students who need to write an essay on Kar Wai, but ultimately, i found this a bit boring.