Wong Kar-wai
Also Known As: Wong Kar Wai, Kar Wai Wong, Kar-wai Wong, 왕 가위, 王家卫, 王家衛, ウォン・カーワァイ, Vương Gia Vệ
Biography: Wong Kar-wai is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylized films. Wong's films frequently feature protagonists who yearn for romance in the midst of a knowingly brief life and scenes that can often be described as sketchy, digressive, exhilarating, and containing vivid imagery.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Shanghai, China
Adult: No
Birthday: July 17, 1958
Age: 66 years old
Gender: Male
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One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
Overview: Tracing the beginnings of Jet Tone Films, which was founded in 1991 by Wong Kar Wai for the production of Ashes of Time (1994), the film features never-before-seen materials, including deleted scenes, behind-the-scene footage, and selected narration by Wong Kar Wai.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2021-04-02
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The Road to "The Grandmaster"
Overview: This is not a documentary describing the filming process of "The Grandmaster", but a record of Wong Kar-wai and Chen Xunqi's personal visits to martial artists all over the mainland to collect valuable martial arts information. It is divided into two episodes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2012-11-15
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In the Mood for Melville
Overview: Various directors and film critics discuss Jean-Pierre Melville’s importance and influence in the world of cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-12-15
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Hong Kong Stories
Overview: A documentary about Hong Kong cinema mythology via Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud’s experience as screenwriters in the HK film industry, working for Wong Kar-wai, Tsui Hark, Daniel Lee and Johnnie To
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Cinema Lesson
Overview: Presented here is a 2001 "cinema lesson" from the Cannes Film Festival, featuring Wong and film theorist and producer Gilles Ciment.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-01
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Silent Romance
Overview: Dummy, a deaf mute, is a brilliant and undiscovered cartoonist whose current publication has been gradually ignored by his readers. Consequently, the drop of the sale has promptly provoked his superior urging him to adopt a new style. During the midst of a mental struggle for new subjects, Cactus, a night club hostess, walks into his life, as he silently and secretly falls in love with her. However, nurturing with an instinctive inferiority complex that had been fostered by his shortcomings all his life. Dummy had not been able to gather his courage to reveal his love to Cactus.....
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-04
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The First Monday in May
Overview: Chronicles the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's most attended fashion exhibition in history, "China: Through The Looking Glass," an exploration of Chinese-inspired Western fashions by Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-15
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Chaos By Design
Overview: Controversial director Angela Chan explores the "La Cage Aux Folles" demi-monde that thrives in today's Hong Kong, but which has never before been portrayed in a major movie. Alex To plays a handsome fashion designer trapped in a tangle of ambiguous relationships that becomes even more complex when he falls for a beautiful D.J. (Cecilia Yip) who, with the help of her best friend (Cherie Chung), is trying to get out of an arranged marriage. This film looks and sounds like a comedy, but has some serious comments about a veiled segment of Hong Kong.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-04-29
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The Haunted Cop Shop II
Overview: Specially trained government troops are sent to clean out a city that is plagued by vampires, ghosts and cannibalistic zombies.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-04-28
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In the Mood for Doyle
Overview: Christopher Doyle is one of the best known and most acclaimed directors of photography in world cinema. Born in Australia, he sees himself as an Asian citizen rather than a Westerner. His artistic contribution to the films of Wong Kar-wai, Zhang Jimou and Fruit Chan films, among others, is indisputable. Filmed in DV and Super8, this documentary is a kind of wild and stylized road movie -- from Bangkok to Hong Kong, via New York. The camera follows this eccentric and outrageous artist as he gives us his thoughts on his past and present work. From the recent sets of Invisible Waves by Thailand's Pen ek Ratanaruang, and M. Night Shyamalan's Lady in the Water, to the locations in Hong Kong where he shot some of his most famous pictures, such as In The Mood for Love and Dumplings, Chris Doyle talks about his cinematic fascination for Asian culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-30
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Let the Wind Carry Me
Overview: Focusing on Mark Lee Ping-bin, one of the most talented and prolific cinematographers in Asia, the movie details the itinerant lifestyle of a deeply observant and philosophical artist and the tolls that his profession takes on his family life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2009-11-23
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A Special Day
Overview: At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-16
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Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together'
Overview: A making of documentary for Happy Together. Includes interviews, on-set footage, cut scenes and footage of crew members revisiting the locations where Happy Together was filmed.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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@ in the mood for love
Overview: A documentary following Wong Kar-wai and his cast and crew through the production of his 2000 film In the Mood for Love.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2000-05-20
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Ennio
Overview: A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable scores.
Genres: Documentary Music History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-02-17
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Ashes of Time : Redux
Overview: A recut, re-edited, rescored, and redubbed version of the film.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2009-03-26
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