How does Wong Kar-Wai reveal his emotions of Hong Kong in his cinema?
Considering the distinct characteristics of Hong Kong in the 1900s when Wong Kar-Wai lived, what can we discover about the atmosphere in Hong Kong society and his sentiment from his cinema ?
field this is situated in :
“Wong Kar-Wai is one of the greatest film directors known as ‘In
the Mood for Love’, ‘Chungking Express’ and more.
His films are famous for stylish visuals and focusing on mood and
atmosphere rather than plot or storyline.
Across the film, he has made emptiness, futile, and loneliness emotions permeate throughout the style, mise-en-scene, and the
story.
Not only Wong Kar-Wai’s characteristics,
the situation in Hong Kong especially 1990s to 2000s would be one of the
elements of his film’s mood.
Not only my opinion, but his interviews, film
techniques, dialogues, mise-en-scene and more reveal his feelings about Hong
Kong in the films he made.
Inquiry into the Hong Kong’s history and social
atmosphere in the middle and late 1990s of Hong Kong would make more easier to
understand Wong Kar-Wai’s films.
A further
study of how Wong Kar-Wei expressed his feelings about Hong Kong in films would
make the audience sink into the film more deeply with rich emotions”
Through the cinema which is made by Wong Kar Wei
especially 1990s and 2000s would be the key to this project.
Finding his interview and biography would help me
understand more of his situation and thoughts.
Especially
reading Wong Kar-Wei’s film critiques throughout his whole film will make the
progress clear.
Cheuk, Pak Tong (2008) : Hong Kong New Wave Cinema.
Bettinson, Gary (Hong Kong
University Press 2014) : The Sensuous
Cinema of Wong Kar-Wai : Film Poetics and the Aesthetic of Disturbance
John Powers (2016) WKW: The Cinema of Wong Kar Wai
Brunette, Peter. : Wong Kar-wai.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2005.
Teo, Stephen. : Wong Kar-Wai. London: BFI, 2005.
Teo, Stephen. : Hong Kong Cinema: The Extra Dimensions. London: BFI, 1997.
Rayns, Tony. : In the Mood for Love. London: BFI Film Classics, 2015.
Lalanne, Jean-Marc, David Martinez, Ackbar Abbas, and Jimmy Ngai. : Wong
Kar Wai. Paris: Editions Dis Voir, 1997.
Bordwell, David. : Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of
Entertainment. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000.
I have upload layout for dissertation and few pdf files of bibliography