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In the Mood for Love
Tony Rayns
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Description for In the Mood for Love
Paperback. The 'consummate unconsummated love story of the new millennium', In the Mood for Love (2000) is firmly established as a classic of world cinema. Tony Rayns charts the film's production history (including its long gestation), its key influences, the influence that it has had on subsequent films, and its glowing critical and commercial reception. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, 60. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 190 x 7. Weight in Grams: 178.
Set in Hong Kong, Singapore and Cambodia in the 1960s, Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood for Love (2000) is a film that luxuriates in the feeling of being in love - without ever turning into a love story. Its central characters, Mr Chow and Mrs Chan, are tenants in next-door apartments in Hong Kong who discover that their respective spouses are having an affair. Both of them have promiscuous colleagues at work, but they struggle to make sense of their partners' behaviour - and to control their growing feelings for each other. Hailed by the press as 'the consummate ... Read more
Set in Hong Kong, Singapore and Cambodia in the 1960s, Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood for Love (2000) is a film that luxuriates in the feeling of being in love - without ever turning into a love story. Its central characters, Mr Chow and Mrs Chan, are tenants in next-door apartments in Hong Kong who discover that their respective spouses are having an affair. Both of them have promiscuous colleagues at work, but they struggle to make sense of their partners' behaviour - and to control their growing feelings for each other. Hailed by the press as 'the consummate ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
BFI Film Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844578740
SKU
V9781844578740
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99-50
About Tony Rayns
Tony Rayns is a London-based filmmaker, critic and festival programmer with a special interest in the film cultures of East Asia. His writings appear in Sight & Sound, Film Comment, Artforum, Cine 21 and other periodicals. His previous publications include books on Fassbinder and Chinese, Korean and Japanese cinema, and he has contributed lengthy essays to studies of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, ... Read more
Reviews for In the Mood for Love
Tony Rayns's meticulously researched study, In the Mood for Love will satisfy all readers seeking a deeper understanding of the film, its production background, and its place within Wong Kar-wai's distinguished filmography.
Gary Bettinson
Gary Bettinson