World of Wong Kar Wai

“Finally, the World of Wong Kar Wai.”

“The first thing is a classic, a modern classic. We never make a mistake in recommending the box set of Wong Kar Wai. In the Mood for Love is a transformative movie... In its beautiful directness the movie has so many secrets. The final scene, when finally the lover releases himself and tells his truth in the rocks in Cambodia, it’s one of the great moments of cinema, of modern cinema... That influenced me all the time, that not only influenced me as a filmmaker, but as a person.”

“That makes me want Wong Kar Wai things because I don’t know if I’ve... Like, I know his work but I haven’t digested it. I think people should digest or not encounter it. You need to bring it in. You need to eat it. Whoa! Speak and it shall... Woah... This... I could leave now, but I won’t, obviously.”

“Where are the Wong Kar-wais? I saw Wong Kar-wai here, In the Mood for Love, and with the restored ones, wow, 4K. He worked very ferociously on the restoration and the color and I want to see some of these films again. I'm a huge fan meanwhile. Yeah, I'm gonna take it.”

“I am going to take this with me: Wong Kar Wai, someone who really has inspired so many people. I know that Barry Jenkins was very inspired by this man, and he’s really someone for filmmakers to take a look at and see how he composes frames and tells a story, sometimes with just... Very minimal. How to make really smart decisions and storytelling decisions with lighting, with framing. I want to watch everything.”

“World of Wong Kar Wai. And he’s really my favorite director, my favorite Chinese director. I will just say my favorites: Days of Being Wild. I remember the last shot so well, that probably has nothing to do with the film, but it’s absolutely unforgettable. Indelible. And then Chungking Express. I loved Chungking Express. In Chinese, Chungking Express is actually Chungking Forest. So it’s that urban jungle, that loneliness, isolation, and longing to connect. Again, so atmospheric, so beautiful.”