Wong Kar-Wai
"In this, the first book-length study of Hong Kong cult director Wong Kar-wai, Stephen Teo provides an overview of his career as well as in-depth analyses of all eight of his feature films to date. Including As Tears Go By, Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love and his latest, 2046. In addition, Teo considers his work as a director of commercials for the likes of Motorola, BMW and Lacoste, and music videos (for DJ Shadow). The book probes into Wong's cinematic and literary influences, from Martin Scorsese to Alfred Hitchcock, from Manuel Puig to Haruki Murakami, and examines how Wong moves beyond them all. Indeed, the theme of this book is of Wong as a film-maker who transcends the borders of his native Hong Kong cinema to reach a global audience. Wong's position as the star of the Hong Kong-global nexus and a postmodern exemplar of world cinema, is reaffirmed in this comprehensive, well-researched and thoroughly accessible tome - part of the BFI's World Directors series." -- Back Cover
Print Book, English, 2005
BFI Pub., London, 2005