If you know Wong Kar Wai, you'll understand how the editing and colors work. Cinematography beautiful, editing great, music chosen from older times. (Like Tarantino) But what makes this film different from the director's other films?
The film is hard to understand. The story tells love on a whole new angle. Our main characters, Mrs. Chan and Mr. Chow, say goodbye to their significant others as they both realize that they are both cheating on them.
The feeling of someone cheating on you is so powerful, so haunting. The strong stab of betrayal slices your heart open like a piece of paper, you can't put it back to it's original form with tape or glue. The paper will always remain damaged no matter what. The story itself is based off on a short story that those who own the Criterion version can read for free. (It takes up 90% of the booklet which explains why the booklet is 48 pages long) The story and it's philosophy is something worth understanding. I watched this as a child, I can never understand the story again and I should've hold onto this film for a little later when I am an adult. But, the past is always the past. It's not like other Wong Kar Wai films and this one is the one that you must take seriously compared to his other works. It has a very interesting meaning about true love and its haunting.
The film is hard to understand. The story tells love on a whole new angle. Our main characters, Mrs. Chan and Mr. Chow, say goodbye to their significant others as they both realize that they are both cheating on them.
The feeling of someone cheating on you is so powerful, so haunting. The strong stab of betrayal slices your heart open like a piece of paper, you can't put it back to it's original form with tape or glue. The paper will always remain damaged no matter what. The story itself is based off on a short story that those who own the Criterion version can read for free. (It takes up 90% of the booklet which explains why the booklet is 48 pages long) The story and it's philosophy is something worth understanding. I watched this as a child, I can never understand the story again and I should've hold onto this film for a little later when I am an adult. But, the past is always the past. It's not like other Wong Kar Wai films and this one is the one that you must take seriously compared to his other works. It has a very interesting meaning about true love and its haunting.